Exemptions abolished - not a chance! (Directive Decoder)

Exemptions abolished - not a chance!

I heard someone say that EU RoHS exemptions maybe abolished.
So I asked Dr Paul Goodman of ERA Technology, and expert on exemptions and someone who has carried out several reviews for the European Commission.
Basically, "wishful thinking" was his reply:

"It would be impossible to make 90% of electrical equipment without reliance on exemptions. Lead, for example is used, and exempt, in chip resistors which are used in almost all consumer products. Without lead in exempt forms, the mobile phone would need to be considerably larger and heavier. Fluorescent lamps need to have mercury - all mercury-free lamps use much more power and so if these exemptions were abolished, there would need to be many extra power stations built and global warming would be worse".

Exemptions it is then!

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Gary Nevison is Farnell's spokesperson and customer interface on legislation that affects the electronics industry, such as the RoHS and WEEE Directives. As part of this, Gary has spoken extensively at RoHS seminars throughout Europe, North America and Australia. He has recently turned his attention to the developments, and impact, of China RoHS.
With over 30 years service at Farnell, he has widespread experience in the electronic components industry, Gary is an active figure in the market place, sitting on the AFDEC (Association of Franchised Distributors of Electronic Components) Council and acting as the elected chairperson for its dedicated RoHS development team.
During 2005, Gary was also chairman of the European organisation DMASS (Distributors and Manufacturers Association of Semiconductor Specialists) and today sits on the board of Electronics Yorkshire, helping local businesses.

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Expert analysis of european legislation in the electronics market from Gary Nevison of Farnell InOne