China RoHS progress, or lack of! (Directive Decoder)

China RoHS progress, or lack of!

Under the proposed China RoHS measures published recently the scope will be extended from "electronic information products" to "electrical and electronic products" .

Chinese authorities are working on various standards that should be published shortly. These include "marking for the control of pollution caused by electrical and electronic equipment" and "guidance on risk assessment for certain hazardous substances contained in electrical and electronic equipment".

Other standards under review include "general rules on the screening of restricted substances in electrical and electronic equipment - x-ray fluoresnence spectrometry" and "application requirement of the soldering process for lead-free components".

So, some four years late there does, at last, appear to be some progress on China RoHS including the move from electronic information products to electrical and electronic products more in line with EU RoHS.

However, as is the norm, information is fairly sparce.

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Posted by Gary on September 2, 2011 1:58 PM | Permalink|

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