Directive Decoder

One of the most frequently asked questions at present is around cable and whether or not CE marking / a declaration will be required under the RoHS Recast Directive.

As it stands this remains unclear and we await further guidance from the EC.

Directive Decoder

Very popular question at the minute around when the CE Mark obligations included in the RoHS Recast will kick in, especially as some Member States are expected to transpose into national law sooner than the specified 18 months.

According to the "UK Enforcers" 2/1/2013 is a common date for when the CE obligations will enter into force regardless of how quickly a Member State transposes the Recast into national law.

Directive Decoder

Without doubt a hot topic at present is the CE Mark implications of the RoHS Directive.

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CE Mark / RoHS

Directive Decoder

As we continue to report, the RoHS Recast Directive 2011/65/EU requires a Declaration of Conformity, and a CE mark to be affixed on the products for all finished products in scope of the RoHS Recast and placed on the market after 2 January 2013.

The CE mark on a product means that the product conforms to all CE marking directives that apply to it but is does not specifically identify that a product is compliant with the Recast.

The CE mark indicates that the manufacturer of the product declares that the product was compliant with all CE marking directives that applied to the product at the time it was first placed on the market.

Directive Decoder

Directive 2011/65/EU was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 1 July 2011 and became law on 22 July 2011.

All 27 Member States must bring into effect by 2 January 2013

The Directive will apply to all electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) but split as follows:

§         Applies to the original 8 categories of the RoHS directive with medical devices and monitoring and control instruments phased in from 22 July 2014, in-vitro diagnostic medical devices from 22 July 2016 and industrial monitoring and control from 22 July 2017

§         A new category 11 to cover all EEE phased in by 22 July 2019, unless excluded. Exclusions would include such as military equipment, equipment designed to be sent into space, equipment designed and installed as part of other equipment not within scope, large-scale stationary industrial tools, large-scale fixed installations, means of transport, non-road mobile machinery for professional use, active implantable medical devices, photovoltaic panels and R&D equipment only available on a business-to-business basis