Standards

IEC/TC111 - Environmental Standardization of Electronic Products and Systems

IPC1751 and IPC1752 – Materials Declaration

News

June 18, 2010: EU - ECHA adds eight substances to the Candidate List for authorisation more...

June 9, 2010: Canada - proposes new  Canada Consumer Product Safety Act more...

June 2, 2010: Quebec - Changes to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mandatory reporting regulation more...

June 2, 2010: EU Parliament ENVI committee approved compromise amendments for recast of RoHS Directive (RoHS-2). more...

May 12, 2010: Canada - Substances added to CEPA Schedule 1more...

May 5, 2010: Canada - Canadian Lawmakers Pass Climate Change Act more...

April 6, 2010: EU Parliament delays vote on RoHS-2 more...

March 31, 2010: JIG-101 V3 Released for the Electronics Industry more...

March 23, 2010: Revised IPC-1752A Material Declaration standard is Approved more...

February 2010: IEC/TR62476 Published - Guidance for evaluation of product with respect to substance-use restrictions more...

March 23, 2009: EU Commission makes available the report on recommendations for the current EU RoHS exemptions more...

March 2009: An article by Walter Jager is published in EP&T magazine more...

January 14, 2009: ECHA prioritizes seven SVHC substances for REACH authorization more...

December 3, 2008 - EU Commission releases updated RoHS and WEEE Directives more...

October 28, 2008: ECHA publishes official REACH SVHC list more...

October 10, 2008: IEC PAS 62596 on Sample Disjointment is Approved more...

October 3, 2008: IEC 62321 — Standard for Test Methods for RoHS substances is Approved more...

September 5, 2008: IEC 62430 - Environmentally Conscious Design (ECD) Standard is Approved more...

July 1, 2008: Korea RoHS comes into effect for certain types of electrical and electronic products.

February 22, 2008: The fourth meeting of the EuP Consultation forum is held to consider Implementing Measures for more...

January 1, 2008: Korea RoHS was to have come into effect on Jan 1, 2008.  Enforcement has been formally delayed until July 1, 2008 due to more...

December 15, 2007: The draft standard IEC 62321 on Procedures for the determination of levels of six regulated substances more...

November 2, 2007: NWML releases report on UK RoHS Enforcement more...

October 19, 2007: The second meeting of the EuP Consultation Forum is held to consider Implementing Measures for “standby and off-mode electric more...

May 29, 2007: Intel announces that their next generation processors will be entirely Pb-free. Intel has been hinting for the past year that it will more...

April 2007: The IEC is developing an international standard on Environmentally Conscious Design (ECD) of IT and Communication Technology products (IEC62075, Ed 1.0). The standard is being developed by experts more...

March 1, 2007:China RoHS marking, documentation, and packaging requirements come into effect.

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