Legislation & Skills

This week's question looks back to a previous answer on Category 9 exemptions...

This week Dr RoHS answers a question on sub-assemblies that don't contain any electronics

This week a question on vehicles and the end of life vehicles (ELV) Directive

Almost every electronics company in the UK will be affected by a the EU's Energy using Products Directive which aims to cut energy consumption

Manufacturers and test firms talked confidently at the Nepcon Electronics exhibition last week about business conditions in the run up to the July deadline for the RoHS lead-free Directive

The great irony of the switch to lead-free components is that the exempt industries – aerospace, defense, medical and portions of telecom – are having the hardest time adjusting to the change

The draft Battery Directive is approaching sign-off after the European Parliament and Council agreed a recycling target for batteries not containing cadmium or lead

Exemptions are a hot topic in RoHS, and this week there's a warning!

UK distributor Farnell InOne has announced the latest dates in its 'School of RoHS' series, which aims to provide expert information on the lead-free legislation

The European Commission looks set to review a loophole in the RoHS Directive which may be allowing some manufacturers to claim their products are exempt from the lead-free rules