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- EEE Environmental Compliance News Items Apr 05, 2016 First, I’ve now gotten asked about a million times whether any of the EU RoHS “Pack 9” exemptions have been extended. In fact, that’s the wrong question; the right question is whether the Oeko Institut has issued the report they said should be “expected in March 2016.” As of today it does not appear to have been issued.
- China RoHS 2 has Finally Arrived Feb 10, 2016 No less than five and a half years after its first draft revision of the regulation, on January 21, 2016 China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, along with seven other ministries, finally promulgated the new revision of China RoHS, now called “Management Methods for the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products.”
- EU RoHS and REACH Updates Dec 17, 2015 In case you were wondering whether to expect a decision on the huge number of RoHS exemption renewal application received by the Commission a year ago by January 21 of this year, as required by Article 5, paragraph 5 of the RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU), one word: don’t.
- The Meaning of the European Court of Justice Judgment on REACH SVHCs Oct 13, 2015 On September 10, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a “Reference for a preliminary ruling” on the topic of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation). The judgement addressed the duties to notify and provide information (as required by Articles 7(2) and 33, respectively) on Substances of very high concern (SVHCs) present in articles.
- A REACH Update, Plus Another Unharmonized RoHS-like Regulation? Aug 13, 2015 Speaking of dynamic regulations, the European Union’s REACH regulation of course takes the cakes for the environmental regulation that has the most moving parts manufacturers need to pay close attention to.
- Mexico (semi-)RoHS, and an EU RoHS Update Jul 22, 2014 One tool I find extremely useful is Compliance & Risks’ C2P system. It helps me help my clients to stay on top of new regulations that impact their products, and sometimes their company, in their markets. I monitor it on behalf of clients that subscribe to the system and let them know when there’s something they need to review, along with some degree of assessment of the regulatory requirement and why it impacts them or their product (or, if it’s a proposal/bill, I provide some guidance on what they may be able to do to influence it).