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ERA Wins EC Contract for Review of RoHS Directive Exemptions
September 23, 2004 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
UK — ERA Technology has been awarded a contract by the European Commission to review specific exemptions under the RoHS Directive.
This study is intended to clarify the case for each exemption and ensure that legislation takes account of advances in more environmentally friendly technologies as they are developed by industry.
The study will assess the validity of two existing and nine proposed exemptions, namely:
- "mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes"
- "lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications (with a view to setting a specific time limit for this exemption)"
- "light bulbs"
- "compliant pin & press fit connector systems"
- "lead as a coating material for thermal conduction module C-ring"
- "lead and cadmium in optical and filter glass"
- "optical transceivers for industrial applications"
- "lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than 85 percent in the proportion to the proportion to the tin-lead content (exemption until 2010)"
- "lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e., tin-lead solder alloys containing more than 85 percent lead) and any lower melting temperature solder required to be used with high melting temperature solder to complete a viable electrical connection"
- "lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection internal to certain Integrated Circuit Packages (flip chips) (exemptions until 2010)"
- "safety equipment for fire and rescue services"
The project will gather relevant information on existing and alternative technologies from industry experts, trade associations, and published or other sources. In particular, those organizations originally requesting the exemptions will be consulted.
The exemptions under review will be evaluated against defined criteria (based on Article 5(1)(b) of RoHS). These include scope, costs, advantages and disadvantages, feasibility and status of alternatives, environmental, and health and consumer safety.
The output of this study, due in December 2004, will be published on the Commission's Web site and will be used by the TAC to make informed decisions on the validity of each exemption.
For more information contact Paul Goodman, Ph.D., +44 1372 367444, mailto:paul.goodman@era.co.uk.