In
2006, the Chinese Ministry of
Information Industry circulated
the long-awaited ¡§Management
Methods for Controlling Pollution
Caused by Electronic Information
Products Regulation¡¨ (usually
called ¡§China RoHS¡¨). Manufacturers,
importers, and some retailers
will have to adhere to the China
RoHS regulations after March 2007.
The China RoHS is similar to the
EU RoHS in that it restricts certain
hazardous substances in consumer
products and in packaging materials.
However,
the China RoHS is in fact quite
different from its EU counterpart
in a few significant ways. In
fact, China RoHS was developed
entirely separately from the
EU regulations and in many ways
is stricter. China RoHS includes
automotive medical devices,
manufacturing equipment, components,
electronics, radar equipment,
certain raw materials, and packaging
materials. However, China RoHS
does not include home appliances
and toys within its regulations
(although components of these
products might have to comply
with China RoHS).
China
RoHS has two distinct phases in
its directive which are listed
below.
1.
China RoHS Phase One requires
labeling of end item Electronic
Information Products (EIPs)
with an Environmental Protection
Use Period (EPUP). The China
RoHS directive has a hazardous
material chart showing the six
substances registered which
should not be above the threshold
values. The China RoHS requirement
went into effect for all end
item EIP manufactured after
March 1, 2007.
2.
China RoHS Phase Two has a requirement
of maximum concentration values
for all products that are identified.
China has not release the catalog
of the levels or concentrations.
Xmultiple will comply as the
China RoHS list is made available.
China
RoHS
Management
Methods for Controlling Pollution
by Electronic Information Products
under Section 4 (General Rules)
commonly referred to as "China
RoHS" it states: "for
electronic information products
purchased for use as components
in production, it is fine for
the supplier not to perform
the marking on the provided
product."
Xmultiple
as a supplier of connectors
and components which are used
in production electronic parts
as well as assemblies will comply
with the law per Section 4 and
therefore has no plans to provide
labeling on products. However,
Section 4 of the law continues:
"but the supplier must
provide the purchaser with all
the information needed for marking
[of the finished goods]."
China
RoHS Certificate
Xmultiple
does provide this information
on our website. Xmultiple has
adapted the use of the China
RoHS packaging/labeling logos.
The symbols and associated descriptions
are included in the table below:
| Symbols |
Description |
|
This
symbol indicates that
the parts displaying with
this label do not contain
any of the restricted
toxic and hazardous substances
in the prescribed thresholds
in the China RoHS legislation.
The substances and their
thresholds are:
- Lead (Pb) 0.1% (or 1000
ppm)
- Mercury 0.1% (or 1000
ppm)
- Hexavalent Chromium
(Cr+6) 0.1% (or 1000 ppm)
- Polybrominated Biphenyls
(PBB) 0.1% (or 1000 ppm)
- Polybrominated Diphenyl
Ethers (PBDE) 0.1% (or
1000 ppm)
- Cadmium 0.01% (or 100
ppm)
|
Pb
|
The
50 Pb symbol indicates
that the part contains
lead contain which is
above the prescribed threshold.
This 50 symbol also refers
to the Environmental Protection
use Period (EPuP). EPuP
defines the period in
which the toxic and hazardous
substances or elements
contained in the electronic
information products are
in normal use,. These
substances or elements
will not leak out or undergo
abrupt change. In addition.
the use of the electronic
information product by
an electronic information
product user will not
result in serious pollution
to the environment or
result in serious personal
injury or property damage
with regard to the user.
The use of lead in these
products will for 50+
years not result in a
detrimental environmental
impact while use. |
|
This
symbol indicates that
the part contains one
or more of the restricted
toxic and hazardous substances
listed in the prescribed
threshold. |
No
Symbol |
No
symbol indicates the part
is either excluded from
the legislation or has not
yet been reviewed.
|
