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Differences of RoHS Compliance in China  and the European Union

RoHS Compliance Differences between the EU and China

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• Similarities between China and EU RoHS compliance
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Differences between European & China RoHS:

• The Administrative Measure is national regulation while EU RoHS Directive doesn’t have a binding force until it is transposed into a member state’s law prior to implementation.
• The Administrative Measure focuses on electronic information products. The EU RoHS Directive focuses on electrical and electronic equipment with voltage less than 1000Vac or 1500Vdc.
• The Administrative Measure for the control of toxic and hazardous substances adopts a Catalogue Management Model; the Catalogue lists all regulated products without exemption. The EU RoHS Directive contains eight categories of the WEEE Directive, then adopts exemption method to exclude those products which are not ready or economically possible.
• The Administrative Measure was published February 28, 2006. It takes effect one year later (March 1, 2007). The timelines for the restriction and prohibition of toxic and hazardous substances have not
  been determined. EU RoHS Directive was published February 13, 2003 and transformed to member states regulation by August 13, 2004. It takes effect July 1, 2006. The effective date for the EU RoHS Directive is earlier than the Administrative Measure’s.
• To implement the Administrative Measure, “Standard(s)” and“Catalogue” are needed. To implement the EU RoHS Directive needs only a standard(s) to support. The Administrative Measure adopts a “two-step approach” method for the control process of toxic and hazardous substances caused by
  electronic information products.
• The first step: at the beginning of implementation of the Administrative Measure, only explicit indication of toxic and hazardous substances or elements in electronic information products is required, i.e., using a label or indicating in the product user’s manual to tell your downstream users (consumers) the names and contents of toxic and hazardous substances, environment-friendly use period, and recyclability, etc. for
  the products. At this time, for these products, there are no requirements for the substitution or limiting amount of toxic and hazardous substances or elements.
• The second step: When products are listed in the key Administrative Catalogue of electronic information products, the products either do not contain toxic and hazardous substances or meet the limit(s) set by the
  standard(s), They must meet 3C certification before entering the market.