Correct implementation of the EU ROHS directive
ROHS From time to time questions arise about the scope of EU Directive 2011/65/EU, also known as RoHS 2. RoHS 2 regulates the use and marketing of hazardous substances in…
ROHS From time to time questions arise about the scope of EU Directive 2011/65/EU, also known as RoHS 2. RoHS 2 regulates the use and marketing of hazardous substances in…
IMDS The IMDS Steering Committee has decided that in the near future, standard data sheets for electronic components may no longer be used for reporting in the IMDS system as…
REACH Since 4 July 2020, PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and other compounds related to PFOA have been banned in the EU. It was regulated in Annex I of the…
Proposition 65 California has defined and added to the Proposition 65 list two additional chemicals known to be carcinogens: molybdenum trioxide (CAS No. 1313-27-5) indium tin oxide (CAS No. 50926-11-9)…
IMDS Critical Raw Materials (CRM) refers to a new group of basic substances in the IMDS and these will have to be reported from 2022 onwards. The term summarizes raw…
ROHS The EU RoHS Directive, which restricts certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, still allows an exemption for copper alloys containing up to 4 percent lead by mass…
IMDS Since the European End-of-Life Vehicles Directive (Directive 2000/53/EC, also known as the "ELV Directive") was adopted in 2000, it has not changed fundamentally. However, in mid-March 2021, the EU…
ROHS The EU RoHS Directive, which restricts certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, still allows an exemption for copper alloys containing up to 4 percent lead by mass…
IMDS When you have two or more suppliers for the same component (e.g a screw or a capacitor), do you know how to record this in the IMDS? This situation…
IMDS REC019 has now been deactivated in IMDS Release 13.0. Until this point ZVEI data sheets could easily be used to report printed circuit boards (PCBs) as a generic mixed…