Two New RoHS Exemptions Added by European Commission

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Two New RoHS Exemptions Added by European Commission

The Decision 2011/534/EU of the European Commission amending the list of exemptions for the RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC) on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment was published in the Official Journal of the European Union L234 of 10 September 2011. 。

The RoHS Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than the permitted levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium VI, PBB and PBDE.

Some exemptions are granted for technical reasons. For the purposes of adapting to technical progress, two exemptions for applications containing lead or cadmium were added.

The Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC is amended as follows:
2002/95/EC：

(a) the following point 7(c)-IV is inserted:

7(c)-IV

Lead in PZT based dielectric ceramic materials for capacitors being part of integrated circuits or discrete semiconductors

(b) the following point 40 is added:

Cadmium in photoresistors for analogue optocouplers applied in professional audio equipment

Expires on 31 December 2013

The European Commission Decision can be viewed at:

http://www.toys.or.jp/st/pdf/2011/st_kijyun3bu_kaitei_20110823.pdf

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