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As we say up North "you don't get owt for nowt".
Well, now you do!
On 10 July in
Only keeping you away from the office for half a day the guest speakers Mark Shayler, Leigh Holloway and myself will cover REACH, Batteries, RoHS2, WEEE, EuP, energy management and design efficiency.
Delegates will have plenty of time to question the panel and finish their morning off with one of EY's excellent buffet lunches.
To register click here.
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Just a quick plug for one of the highlights of the conference season.
The Europartners Distribution Conference takes place in
The theme is the "electronic components industry after the crisis".
Guest speakers include NXP, TTI, Farnell, Avnet, Omron, AVX, FBDi and many more.
I was lucky enough to present at this conference a few years ago and I found it to be an excellent event and a great opportunity for networking.
For full details of the conference click here.
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6 new exemptions have been added to the scope of the RoHS Directive.
For a full, comprehensive listing of numbers 1 to 38 click here.
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REACH data collection continues to cause chaos within the supply chain.
There are two basic "legal" obligations and no end of "nice to have's".
We are told that we should know our customers and provide specific information to match their needs, and that we should place leaflets in each parcel to be read by the user.
In an industry that ships tens of thousands of packages every single day to thousands of customers, that is simply not going to happen.
We are asked for pre-registration information and certificates of conformity......why!?
For details of what is a legal obligation and what is not, click here.
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I have had a nice e-mail from a gentleman in
I think I am guilty here as I have used the terminology in many articles to differentiate the proposals that are under review from the original directive.
This is not an official term and once the proposals are adopted they will simply form part of the updated RoHS Directive and not RoHS2.
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The new battery regulations in the
Examples in the government guidance provide the following examples of producers:
The
The guidance covers subjects such as scope, exemptions, definitions, maximum concentration values, compliance, enforcement and penalties.
To view the guidance click here.
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Seems to be a bit of a fuss in mainland
Back in 2006 I can clearly remember the concerns around "semiconductor evaluation boards" often referred to as "development tools".
Were they in scope of the RoHS Directive or not?
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are a family of chemicals mainly derived from oil and coal but also as by-products from burning a variety of materials. Therefore the main environmental sources are from coke production, from petrol and diesel engine exhausts, from grilling meat and burning toast. Some PAH compounds, such as Benzopyrene are carcinogens, mutagens and reproductive toxins. Very few have direct uses although naphthalene was widely used at one time as mothballs and several are used as chemical intermediates to manufacture pigments.
The only restriction today of PAH is from the Marketing and Use Directive (now Annex XVII of the REACH Regulations) which bans the use of extender oil containing any of eight specified PAH in tyres.
The EU Battery Directive requires battery manufacturers and importers to mark all portable and automotive batteries with their capacity from 26 September 2009. It was also proposing that the definition of "capacity" would be published no later than 26 March 2009.
While the French firm Bio Intelligence, commissioned by the European Commission, completed their review on time last September, as yet there has been no decision on the several options they proposed.
So clearly the September 2009 deadline will be missed and even if the proposals were published now these will need to be considered by individual member states and the
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According to the excellent RE4view magazine produced by ERA Technology - Cobham Technical Services (click here for further details) the European Parliament has adopted the European Commission (EC) proposal to widen the scope of the Eco-design Directive 2005/32/EC to include energy related products. Until now the Directive has been limited to Energy using Products (EuPs) defined as products that consume energy during their use phase.
However, it is clear that many products have an indirect impact on the energy in use even though they do not consume energy themselves.
The EC mentions some examples including taps, showerheads, and double glazing where improvements in design could result in major energy savings.
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The "Electrical and Electronic Equipment and the Environment" Conference hosted by ERA Technology during November 2008 was probably the best event of the year in terms of legislative matters.
The programme for the 2009 conference has now been released.
The date for the diary is 17 and 18 November and the venue the Sheraton Skyline Hotel in Heathrow.
The extensive programme includes speakers from Cobham Technical Services (formerly ERA) the ECHA, DEFRA, BIS, NMO, Oko Institut, Intel and many more.
Probably the best value for money event of its kind and one not to miss.
If you only attend one seminar this year, then this is the one.
Click here for details.
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The Environment Agency has published a two page leaflet that provides a brief overview of the UK Battery Regulations.
The focus is around who the regulations affect and what they need to do. It also answers the frequently asked question of who is a producer.
Click here for battery guidance.
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The European Parliament has adopted the European Commission's (EC) proposal to widen the scope of the Eco-design Directive 2005/32/EC to include energy related products. Until now the directive was referred to as the Energy using Products Directive (EuP) that was limited to products that consume energy during use such as boilers, computers, televisions, industrial fans and light bulbs. The scope monitored energy efficiency of a product from the mining of the raw material right through to recycling at end-of-life.
However, many products have an indirect impact on the energy in use such as water using devices, taps and showerheads for example, and double glazing windows or insulating material.
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The recent restriction on Dimethyl Fumarate (DMF) in imported products was clearly not by the standard procedure. The use of DMF was already banned in the EU but not as a component in imported products. In the
Seems to be a bit of a fuss in mainland
Back in 2006 I can clearly remember the concerns around "semiconductor evaluation boards" often referred to as "development tools".
Were they in scope of the RoHS Directive or not?
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