Environmental Legislation

• RoHS Directive
• RoHS Maximum Concentration Values
• RoHS Annex amendments (includes Deca-BDE exemption)
• RoHS Annex amendments (includes compliant pin & cadmium contacts exemption)
• RoHS Annex amendments (April 21, 2006)
• RoHS Annex amendments (includes lead in glass exemption) Oct 12, 2006
• RoHS Annex amendments (includes hexavalent chromium exemption) Oct 12, 2006
• RoHS Annex amendments (includes lead in garnet and fine pitch components exemption) Oct 12, 2006
• WEEE Directive
• ELV Directive
• ELV Annex II Amendment
• EU PFOS Directive 2006/122/EC
• EU Regulation 1907/2006/EC Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
  • For additional REACH information, visit the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) website

China RoHS
China has issued Management Methods and Standards related to the control and identification of hazardous materials in certain Electronic Information Products (EIP). English translations of key documents have been provided by AeA and are available at their website; however, it should be noted that the official documents are in Chinese only and can be found at http://jns.miit.gov.cn/ .

• Management Methods for Controlling Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products Regulation ("China RoHS")
• Scope of Electronic Information Products (EIP)
• Maximum Concentration Values (MCV) Standard
• China Label Standard