Oko recommendations running late (Directive Decoder)

Oko recommendations running late

While there has been debate around the difference in approach of REACH and RoHS to substance restrictions, REACH is unlikely to "swallow RoHS up".

Industry was said to favour the REACH approach during consultations around substance restrictions as part of the review of the scope of RoHS undertaken by Oko Institut on behalf of the European Commission.

RoHS restrictions are easier to adopt than REACH and so many EU Member States still prefer the RoHS approach.

In respect of the review, Oko were expected to publish their findings in early June. While discussions on additional substances are now complete the study on exemptions is on going and is not due to finish until September.

It is fair to say that industry is not totally happy about some of Oko's proposed recommendations on substance restrictions!

Directive Decoder

Tags:

Posted by Gary on July 31, 2008 8:35 AM | Permalink|

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/32332

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

Name:

Email Address:

URL:

Remember personal info?

Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)

About

This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on July 31, 2008 8:35 AM.

The previous post in this blog was Oko RoHS review delayed.

The next post in this blog is "RoHS2" announcements.

Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

About the author

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.

Directive Decoder

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