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Legislative Activities
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Pb-reduction Regulatory Summary
European Union
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Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (product take-back and end-of-life treatment requirements). |
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Early drafts included material bans subsequently separated and included into proposed Directive on Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) |
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Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. The directive restricts use of Pb, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and certain halogenated flame retardants (PBB, PBDE). |
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Exemptions in directive Annex include high melting temperature tin-lead solders containing >85% lead (e.g. C4-type flipchip bumps) |
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| • Legislative History: |
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First reading in European Parliament: May 2001 |
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European Council draft common position: June 2001 |
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Second reading in European Parliament: April 2002 |
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European Parliament/Council Conciliation Committee convened September 2002 |
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Conciliation process completed October 2002 |
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ROHS Directive published February 2003: ROHS Directive 2002/95/EC |
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WEEE Directive published February 2003: WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC |
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First additions to exemption annex to ROHS adopted by Technical Adaptation Committee (TAC) in December 2004. Exemptions confirmed by TAC in March 2005 for submission to European Parliament. Publication pending review by European Council |
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Exemption annex adopted based on the Commission Decision 2005/747/EC to amend the Annex to the RoHS Directive, published in the Official Journal of the European Union, dated October 25, 2005.
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WEEE/ROHS information page
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United States
- Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act Toxic Release Inventory: reduced reporting threshold for Pb to 100 pounds: January 2001 (applies to manufacture, processing, or use)
- California passes Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 in September 2003
Japan
- Recycling Law increased fees for recycling Pb-containing items: April 2001
- Other laws encourage purchasing and use of products free of hazardous substances
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry notified the WTO of amendments to the Law for the Promulgation of Effective Utilization of Resources, including information requirements for Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr6, PBB and PBDE for businesses manufacturing or selling personal computers and other imported items: November 2005
- JEITA announcement of Japanese Industrial Standard for Marking the presence of the Specific chemical Substances for electrical and electronic equipment: January 2006
China
- First draft by Ministry of Information Industry of Management Methods on the Prevention & Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products in March 2003
- Interagency draft issued March 2004
- “Hazardous substances applies to same six materials as EU RoHS.”
- Anticipated promulgation of Management Methods by Ministry of Information and Industry: January 2006
- Anticipated implementation of first products catalogue and related requirements: January 2007 or sometime after
- Implementing standard on Requirements for Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products, containing maximum concentration values, and exempted applications: January 2006
Additional information
- EU Law:
- EU Parliament:
- EU Council:
- EU Commission:
- Report from Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (CSTEE), Health and Consumer Protection Directorate, on Danish Lead Elimination Proposal, 5 May 2000:
- WEEE/ROHS Status: EU Legislative History
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