Orgalime Position Paper on Assessment of Compliance in the Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive)

Published: 14 March 2005

Policies & Issues: Environment

The RoHS compliance dates are approaching rapidly. T he electrical and electronic industry in Europe has launched internal RoHS-compliance programs in order to meet the deadlines and now urgently seeks legal certainty for its working assumptions.

The present paper is meant to provide key suggestions on how to proceed in the future with the assessment of RoHS compliance.

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