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China Eyes European Environmental Directives
January 20, 2005 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — China's government authorities are increasingly looking to not just Europe's electronics takeback directives, WEEE and RoHS, but are also eyeing a total of six other environmental directives, according to Richard Ferris. Ferris is a China legal expert and partner at the international law firm of Holland & Knight LLP, and will speak at a Raymond Communications (www.raymond.com) China teleconference on February 7.
The other directives include the End of-Life Vehicles directive, the proposal on Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH), and the proposed directive on the Setting of Eco-design Requirements for Energy-using Products (EuP).
"We are pretty sure the Chinese agency officials involved are sensitive to the importance of harmonizing their approach with the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directives," says Ferris. "However, there are aspects of the proposed Chinese laws addressing WEEE and RoHS that are uniquely Chinese. In the RoHS context, these aspects include marking and labeling provisions."
Ferris also notes that the implementing details for the proposed Chinese RoHS regulation are at the early stages of development. Issues, such as the exemptions procedures that the Chinese authorities will employ, are not yet clear.
The "China RoHS" is being developed by the Ministry of Information Industries (MII), and the electronics takeback and recycling law initiative (e.g. "China WEEE") is being lead by the National Development Reform Commission (NDRC, also referred to as SDRC).
While both of these proposed laws are still being finalized, Ferris will provide background for manufacturers and answer questions on what to expect from China's new electronics mandates at the February 7 teleconference, "China WEEE and RoHS Rules: a First Look."
The new electronics regulations will have a major ripple effect on many of China's small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises supplying many multinational U.S. and European companies. "There will be a shakeout," Ferris acknowledges. "In order to do business with multinational customers, they likely have to accommodate new supplier RoHS specifications for Europe. These specifications will soon reflect China's new RoHS requirements as well."