The European Commission has appointed the Öko-Institut together with Fraunhofer IZM to technically assist in reviewing the requests for exemptions from the substance restrictions of RoHS II. Last week, the Öko Institut published a stakeholder consultation for five exemptions; four are new and one is a request for renewal of exemption 39. This 12 week consultation period will end on 11 November 2013.
The five requests are as follows:
1) "Lead as thermal stabilizer in Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) used as base for substrates in amperometric, potentiometric and conductometric electrochemical sensors”
2) "Cadmium in color converting II-VI LEDs (< 10 μg Cd per mm2 of light-emitting area) for use in solid state illumination or display systems"
3) "Lead in solders used in boards of heart-lung machines" exemption to expire in 2017
4) "Mercury used in high speed rotating electrical connectors (slip ring) with electrical conduction paths that have sealed liquid mercury, molecularly bonded to the contacts”.
5) "Cadmium in light control materials used for display devices”
ERA Technology, experienced RoHS compliance advisors and members of Compliance and Risks’ Data Partner Network have summarized the technical reasons for the requests for C2P users. To sign up for your free 30 day trial of C2P, our compliance knowledge management platform, please click here.
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