Enterprises have new ways to deal with RoHS environmental protection directive

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At the end of June, the Technical Committee for Environmental Standardization of Electrical and Electronic Products and Systems (TC111) of the International Electrotechnical Union (IEC), the international organization for standardization of electrical and electronic products, was held at the Microsoft headquarters in Washington State, USA. Engineer Chen Zeyong, an expert on environmental directives from Shenzhen Institute of Metrology and Quality Inspection, attended the meeting as a formal member of the technical committee and one of the two technical representatives from China. According to the information revealed at the meeting, Chen Zeyong said that domestic enterprises can follow two ways to deal with the EU's "Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment" (i.e. RoHS Directive).

　　Environmental protection standards for production environment will be formulated

　　It is reported that the meeting introduced and exchanged the work of the technical committee in the fields of material declaration, environmental awareness design, sample splitting, hazardous substance detection, and conformity evaluation of electrical and electronic products, and deployed related work on environmental standardization of electrical and electronic products. Engineer Chen Zeyong introduced the proposal of sample splitting on behalf of China at the meeting.

　　Chen Zeyong introduced that IEC and TC111 decided to set up two special working groups to formulate technical specifications for sample splitting and conformity evaluation of electrical and electronic products. The sample splitting technical specifications were formulated based on the Chinese proposal and are expected to be completed and submitted to IEC in October this year. The conformity evaluation working group is led by the French National Standards Committee, and the relevant proposals of China and Japan are absorbed into the technical specifications. At the same time, the two countries also participate in the working group.

　　It is reported that IEC attaches great importance to the environmental standardization of electrical and electronic products. The relevant standards and technical regulations being formulated also provide relevant companies with a set of response plans, from response (sample splitting, hazardous substance testing, conformity evaluation) to supply chain management (material declaration) to the final solution (product environmental awareness design), ensuring that the entire process from product design, raw material procurement to final product production can meet green and environmental protection requirements.

　　Enterprises can first declare that their products meet the standards

　　Chen Zeyong revealed that according to the content of relevant standards and technical regulations, enterprises can follow the following two methods when dealing with the RoHS directive: large enterprises with conditions can first self-declare that their products comply with the requirements of the RoHS directive; secondly, provide technical documents on the quality management system that has been established within the enterprise to ensure RoHS compliance; thirdly, provide documents proving effective control of the supply chain, such as suppliers' self-declaration of RoHS compliance, analysis reports of all homogeneous materials, and analysis and testing of high-risk materials.

　　Small and medium-sized enterprises can follow the following methods: first, self-declare that the company's products comply with the requirements of the RoHS Directive. The second step is to provide technical documents based on products/components. For example, the manufacturer or supplier declares that it uses restricted substances within the permitted scope. The manufacturer or supplier's complete material declaration for each component and a reasonable explanation of RoHS classification and exemption application, the analysis report of homogeneous materials in the component/component, the above technical documents have been proved to be credible, and the analysis and testing of high-risk materials, etc.

　　"These two suggestions will provide companies with an effective and economical way to deal with the RoHS directive." Chen Zeyong reminded the majority of electronic manufacturing companies to actively pay attention to the formulation of international standards and closely follow the latest developments in RoHS response measures to adapt to the development needs of the international market.