SGS綠色產品資訊平台已開放”報告真偽查核”的功能
有鑒於市面上偽造SGS檢測報告的問題層出不窮，SGS基於企業的責任與義務，及維護廣大客戶的權益，已於2006年1月1日起於「綠色產品資訊平台（Restricted Substances Testing and Services）」開放”檢測報告查核”的功能；相關訊息請連結網址：http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts「會員專區」參觀查詢。歡迎各位先進立即線上申請加入RSTS會員(免入會費)。
歐盟持續展開RoHS豁免項目的諮詢
歐盟持續展開RoHS指令豁免項目的公開諮詢，本次公開諮詢截止日期為2006年2月10日。其中，提出13條豁免項目與鉛相關，尤其應用於喇叭、樂器、音響設備和電玩娛樂機器的鉛焊料；另外有2項為鎘應用在電接點與電鍍方面。關於企業所提出的15條豁免項目如下：
1) MCR265-10 SCR應用於半導體相關業。
2) NEC V55 零件。
3) 應用於超過10年使用期限的樂器中電子零件之焊料的鉛。
4) 應用於大型防護儀器中的鉛焊錫合金。
5) 含鉛錫焊料的特殊IC應用於專業設備中的鉛。
6) 專業喇叭的轉換器中電子焊料的鉛合金。
7) 至少需運轉30,000小時於150 ℃高溫以上之焊料的鉛。
8) 專業音響設備製造過程中使用的鉛錫焊料。
9) 專業模組件應用於專業設備中的鉛錫焊料。
10) 電子真空管中的鉛。
11) 家庭烹調使用的瓦斯爐開關之鋁的含鉛量。
12) 迅速熱黏接以外的電接點之鎘和鎘化合物以及銷售和使用91/338/EC指令禁用範圍以外之特定危險物質的鎘電鍍層中的鎘。
13) 1/07/06前上市的電玩娛樂機器的回收零件中焊料的鉛。
14) 非消費性產品之零配件焊料的鉛，需提供上述零組件於1/07/06前的採購合約證明以及確定將應用於1/07/06前上市的電子電器設備的模型之中。
15) 銷售和使用91/338/EC指令禁用範圍以外之特定危險物質的鎘電鍍層中的鎘。
參考網址: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/rohs_4_consult.htm
微軟和其他大廠要淘汰PVC塑膠產品
微軟(Microsoft)、皇帝Permanente(Kaiser Permanente)以及瑰柏翠(Crabtree& Evelyn)..等已經加入大型廠商的迅速成長行列，藉由淘汰PVC塑膠產品(polyvinyl chloride or vinyl)以證明他們非常關心其產品和包裝材料對環境方面的健康所造成之影響。PVC是世界上第二暢銷的塑膠產品，有害的化學物質常被添加於此一普遍被使用的材料之中。研究顯示PVC化學物質的製造和使用對於再生、免疫系統的損害及氣喘病的發生有相當密切之關聯性。
最新淘汰PVC的發展包括下列：
◎微軟(Microsoft)宣佈2005年底將完全淘汰PVC包裝材料，自2005年7月起已經禁用361,000磅的PVC產品。
◎瑰柏翠(Crabtree& Evelyn)，國際知名的身體乳液、化妝品、家用芳香產品及和精緻食品的廠商及零售商，已經宣佈將淘汰其包裝材料上的PVC。瑰柏翠(Crabtree& Evelyn)，已經開始淘汰其現存及所有新生產線之中的PVC，還有，也正在研擬一個完全淘汰PVC的時間點。
◎皇帝Permanente(Kaiser Permanente)，美國最大的非營利醫療體系，已經宣佈十年後將建造的數百萬平方英尺的新醫院全部要淘汰PVC。皇帝的營造廠商已經發展出不含PVC的牆壁及地毯。
參考網址: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29587
New Function Available “check the Reality / Falsity of Report” in SGS RSTS Database
Because the problems of SGS false reports found in market, as an industry ‘s responsibility and duty, SGS will provide a new function for Checking the Reality / Falsity of Report in order to protect the rights of all clients in RSTS Database from 1st Jan 2006. Please link our Website: http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts on “Member” for related information. Moreover, please kindly apply for free membership online to get more services.
Fourth consultation on RoHS ban exemptions
The European commission is consulting until 10 February on whether to exempt a further 15 devices from a ban on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment due to enter force on 1 July under the RoHS directive. Thirteen of the exemptions sought by industry are for lead including for lead, especially in lead solder, for example in loudspeakers, musical instruments, surge protective devices, audio equipment and amusement machines. Two are for cadmium in electrical contacts and in plating. See consultation.
The titles for the exemptions as submitted by industry and the request for exemptions, with the substantiated evidence are:
1) On-Semi MCR265-10 SCR;
2) Components NEC V55;
3) The use of lead in solder applications for electronic components of musical instruments having an average lifespan in excess of 10 years;
4) Lead solder alloy in Surge protective devices (SPDs);
5) Inventory of Special ICs having tin-lead solder on/in leads/balls, used in specialist/professional equipment;
6) Lead alloys as electrical/mechanical solder for transducers used in high-powered professional and commercial loudspeakers;
7) Solder containing lead for applications where the local temperature exceeds 150 C and reliable operation for a minimum of 30,000 hours is required;
8) T in-lead solder in the manufacture of professional audio equipment;
9) Specific modular units including tin-lead solder being used in special professional equipment;
10) Lead in electronic vacuum tubes;
11) Lead in aluminium used in gas valves for domestic cooking appliances;
12) “8. Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts except for applications of one-shot operation function such as thermal links and cadmium plating except for the applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC amending Directive 76/769/EEC relating to the restriction on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.”;
13) Lead in solder of parts recovered from gaming/amusement machines put on the market before 1/07/06 and reused for the same purpose within a manufacturer’s closed loop until July 2014;
14) Lead in solders in components and assemblies used in non-consumer products, provided that: - such components and assemblies were purchased or are subject to a proven last-time buy contract placed before 1 July, 2006; and - such components and assemblies are used in models of EEE that were already available on the market before 1 July 2006;
15) “8. Cadmium plating as defined in Directive 91/338/EEC except for applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC amending Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.”
Website for more information: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/rohs_4_consult.htm
Microsoft, Other Major Companies to Complete Phase-Out of PVC Plastic
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2005 - Microsoft, along with Kaiser Permanente, Crabtree and Evelyn, and others, have joined the fast-growing ranks of major corporations demonstrating concern about the environmental health impacts of their products or packaging by phasing out PVC plastic (polyvinyl chloride or vinyl). Hazardous chemicals are used and released in this commonly used material, the second highest selling plastic in the world. Studies show links between chemicals created and used during the PVC lifecycle and cancer, reproductive and immune system damage, and asthma.
New PVC phase-out developments include the following:
◎Microsoft announced that by the end of 2005 it will have completed its PVC packaging phase out, which has already resulted in the elimination of 361,000 pounds of PVC since July, 2005.
◎Crabtree & Evelyn, an international manufacturer and retailer of personal care products, toiletries, home fragrance products and fine foods, has announced it will phase out PVC in its packaging. Crabtree & Evelyn has already begun to phase out PVC in existing and all new product lines, and is developing a complete PVC phase out timeline.
◎Kaiser Permanente, the largest non-profit health care system in the U.S., has announced phasing out PVC wherever possible in millions of square feet in new construction to be built over the next decade. Kaiser vendors have developed PVC-free wall protection products and PVC-free carpeting.
Website for more information: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29587
2009年9月21日 星期一
20051212 產業最新消息匯集(三)
英國環保署報告指出環保法規對企業有利（2005年11月29日 倫敦 ）
以歐洲各國環保署為首，包括英國環保署(EA)在內，發表一項最新報告，報告當中指出良好的環境管理與法規不但有助於企業永續經營而且也促進經濟競爭力以及增加企業盈利。英國環保署(EA)署長芭芭拉 楊，上週於倫敦在”更深層、更寬闊、更環保”的會議當中發表了這份報告。她告訴所有參加會議的人員：這項最新分析顯示企業若支持推動環保就能有效做到節約能源。其次，報告當中亦主張良好的環境法規對英國經濟競爭力的貢獻：
◎企業減少廢棄物有助於製造業者每年節省大約3萬億的原料及垃圾掩埋費用。
◎企業透過能源節約可節省1.8萬億以上，以利企業發展。
◎農業司透過實施已改善的環境管理以及更有計劃使用殺蟲劑，可節省將近1萬億。
同時，也指出環保法規幾乎確保了與環境關連的270萬個英國工作機會。最後，報告當中陳述，健全的法規不但確保一項競爭優勢，而且也保護勞工與消費者的健康以及安全，同時也保護大自然資源。
參考網址: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29232
回收業者提出WEEE回收點的計畫
根據www.letsrecycle.com刊載，以林肯郡為根據地的回收業者-Environcom ，計畫架設一橫跨英國與愛爾蘭的電器設備的回收點網絡。此回收業者打算於2006年架設一超過3百萬平方公尺的回收網絡，總共12個預定回收場址橫跨英國與愛爾蘭。還有，Environcom於2004年在Grantham開放了第一個陰極射線管的回收廠，並且於聖誕節後增加一個一般電子電器產品廢棄物回收點。同時，也正在英國東北方開發第二個回收場所。最近，Environcom 於愛爾蘭成立第一個電子廢棄物的回收場。假如愛爾蘭回收廠進展順利，Environcom將成為第一個於愛爾蘭設置WEEE回收點的業者。
參考網址: http://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/news.asp?ID=8821
SGS 台北化學實驗室將於2006年1月份召開四場研討會：
◎1月06日【RoHS 禁用化學物質研討會】---台北
◎1月11日【德國、奧地利WEEE註冊與Mapping服務說明會】---高雄
◎1月13日【RoHS Certification / VPC 新服務發表會】---台北
◎1月20日【WEEE 電子電器設備廢棄物研討會】---台北
詳細內容及報名方式請至本公司綠色產品資訊平台網站http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts參觀查詢，竭誠歡迎您的參與！線上申請加入RSTS會員(免入會費)。
U.K. Report Finds Environmental Regulation Is Good for Business
LONDON, Nov. 29, 2005 - A new report by the heads of Europe's various environmental protection agencies, including the U.K.'s Environment Agency (EA), says that good environmental management and regulation not only promotes sustainability but also encourages economic competitiveness and increased profits. Barbara Young, the EA's chief executive, launched the report in London last week at the agency's "Deeper, Wider, Greener "conference. This new analysis shows that businesses and industries with environmentally friendly practices are prospering and making savings," she told delegates.
The report, Contribution of Good Environmental Regulation to Competitiveness, claims that in the U.K. alone:
◎Reducing waste could save manufacturers almost 3 billion a year by cutting bills for materials and landfill costs.
◎Industry could save a further 1.8 billion through energy efficiency, adding to progress already made.
◎The agriculture sector could save some 1 billion through improved environmental management practices such as more targeted use of pesticides.
It also claims that regulation ensures employment, with almost 2.7 million British jobs linked to the environment. As well as ensuring a competitive edge, says the report, robust regulation also protects the health and safety of workers and consumers, reduces environmental degradation, and conserves natural resources.
Website for more information: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29232
Company Reveals Plans for WEEE Recycling Facilities
Lincolnshire-based recycler Environcom plans to install a network of recycling facilities for electronic equipment across the U.K. and Ireland, according to a report on www.letsrecycle.com. The company intends to install more than 3 million metric of recycling capacity during 2006 at 12 potential sites across the U.K. and Ireland. Environcom opened its first cathode ray tube recycling plant in Grantham in 2004, and will add a general waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling facility after Christmas, according to letsrecycle.com. It is also developing plans to open a second site in the Northeast of England. Environcom recently took in its first delivery of electronic waste from Ireland. If the Irish plant goes ahead, Environcom could be the first company to place WEEE recycling capacity in Ireland, the company told letsrecycle.com.
Website for more information: http://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/news.asp?ID=8821
Seminar Schedule of SGS Taipei Chemical Lab. on January 2006
◎Jan. 6th 【RoHS “ Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substance ” Seminar】－ Taipei
◎Jan. 11th 【Germany WEEE Registration & Mapping Introduction】－ Kaohsiung
◎Jan. 13th 【RoHS Certification / VPC new Services Introduction】－ Taipei
◎Jan. 20th 【WEEE “ Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment ” Seminar】－ Taipei
Please view the seminar details at our RSTS Website: http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts
Moreover, please kindly apply for free membership online to get more services.
以歐洲各國環保署為首，包括英國環保署(EA)在內，發表一項最新報告，報告當中指出良好的環境管理與法規不但有助於企業永續經營而且也促進經濟競爭力以及增加企業盈利。英國環保署(EA)署長芭芭拉 楊，上週於倫敦在”更深層、更寬闊、更環保”的會議當中發表了這份報告。她告訴所有參加會議的人員：這項最新分析顯示企業若支持推動環保就能有效做到節約能源。其次，報告當中亦主張良好的環境法規對英國經濟競爭力的貢獻：
◎企業減少廢棄物有助於製造業者每年節省大約3萬億的原料及垃圾掩埋費用。
◎企業透過能源節約可節省1.8萬億以上，以利企業發展。
◎農業司透過實施已改善的環境管理以及更有計劃使用殺蟲劑，可節省將近1萬億。
同時，也指出環保法規幾乎確保了與環境關連的270萬個英國工作機會。最後，報告當中陳述，健全的法規不但確保一項競爭優勢，而且也保護勞工與消費者的健康以及安全，同時也保護大自然資源。
參考網址: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29232
回收業者提出WEEE回收點的計畫
根據www.letsrecycle.com刊載，以林肯郡為根據地的回收業者-Environcom ，計畫架設一橫跨英國與愛爾蘭的電器設備的回收點網絡。此回收業者打算於2006年架設一超過3百萬平方公尺的回收網絡，總共12個預定回收場址橫跨英國與愛爾蘭。還有，Environcom於2004年在Grantham開放了第一個陰極射線管的回收廠，並且於聖誕節後增加一個一般電子電器產品廢棄物回收點。同時，也正在英國東北方開發第二個回收場所。最近，Environcom 於愛爾蘭成立第一個電子廢棄物的回收場。假如愛爾蘭回收廠進展順利，Environcom將成為第一個於愛爾蘭設置WEEE回收點的業者。
參考網址: http://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/news.asp?ID=8821
SGS 台北化學實驗室將於2006年1月份召開四場研討會：
◎1月06日【RoHS 禁用化學物質研討會】---台北
◎1月11日【德國、奧地利WEEE註冊與Mapping服務說明會】---高雄
◎1月13日【RoHS Certification / VPC 新服務發表會】---台北
◎1月20日【WEEE 電子電器設備廢棄物研討會】---台北
詳細內容及報名方式請至本公司綠色產品資訊平台網站http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts參觀查詢，竭誠歡迎您的參與！線上申請加入RSTS會員(免入會費)。
U.K. Report Finds Environmental Regulation Is Good for Business
LONDON, Nov. 29, 2005 - A new report by the heads of Europe's various environmental protection agencies, including the U.K.'s Environment Agency (EA), says that good environmental management and regulation not only promotes sustainability but also encourages economic competitiveness and increased profits. Barbara Young, the EA's chief executive, launched the report in London last week at the agency's "Deeper, Wider, Greener "conference. This new analysis shows that businesses and industries with environmentally friendly practices are prospering and making savings," she told delegates.
The report, Contribution of Good Environmental Regulation to Competitiveness, claims that in the U.K. alone:
◎Reducing waste could save manufacturers almost 3 billion a year by cutting bills for materials and landfill costs.
◎Industry could save a further 1.8 billion through energy efficiency, adding to progress already made.
◎The agriculture sector could save some 1 billion through improved environmental management practices such as more targeted use of pesticides.
It also claims that regulation ensures employment, with almost 2.7 million British jobs linked to the environment. As well as ensuring a competitive edge, says the report, robust regulation also protects the health and safety of workers and consumers, reduces environmental degradation, and conserves natural resources.
Website for more information: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29232
Company Reveals Plans for WEEE Recycling Facilities
Lincolnshire-based recycler Environcom plans to install a network of recycling facilities for electronic equipment across the U.K. and Ireland, according to a report on www.letsrecycle.com. The company intends to install more than 3 million metric of recycling capacity during 2006 at 12 potential sites across the U.K. and Ireland. Environcom opened its first cathode ray tube recycling plant in Grantham in 2004, and will add a general waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling facility after Christmas, according to letsrecycle.com. It is also developing plans to open a second site in the Northeast of England. Environcom recently took in its first delivery of electronic waste from Ireland. If the Irish plant goes ahead, Environcom could be the first company to place WEEE recycling capacity in Ireland, the company told letsrecycle.com.
Website for more information: http://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/news.asp?ID=8821
Seminar Schedule of SGS Taipei Chemical Lab. on January 2006
◎Jan. 6th 【RoHS “ Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substance ” Seminar】－ Taipei
◎Jan. 11th 【Germany WEEE Registration & Mapping Introduction】－ Kaohsiung
◎Jan. 13th 【RoHS Certification / VPC new Services Introduction】－ Taipei
◎Jan. 20th 【WEEE “ Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment ” Seminar】－ Taipei
Please view the seminar details at our RSTS Website: http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts
Moreover, please kindly apply for free membership online to get more services.
20051129 產業最新消息匯集(二)
電子業者害怕承擔WEEE生產者責任
最近在新的電子電器設備廢棄物法規中，討論如何將生產者責任費用分攤在電子製造業者之間。電子產業擔憂一旦註冊加入貿易工業部(DTI)，可能意味著其自願負擔未來難以回收之電子廢棄物設備之費用。如何符合這些法規的相關細節，皆可於伴隨著WEEE法規出版之非法定指導文件當中看見。分配系統建議需回收WEEE至指定地點之大型公司可轉讓部分回收費用予未回收WEEE之小型公司負擔。
參考網址: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5042
2006年起包裝材料之最新回收目標
Defra已經宣佈自2006年至2010年期間，每一年回收廢棄包裝材料之最新目標。此項聲明代表著之前已經宣佈到2008年之目標之修正方案，以及2009年與2010年之新目標。同時，亦宣布其他關於包裝材料製造業者責任條例之修正方案。Defra日後每年將會宣佈符合性計畫以獲得政府機關之認可。所有修正法案均會通過國會同意。
參考網址: http://www.letsrecycle.com/materials/packaging/news.jsp?story=5092
美國對於京都議定書持反對立場，將邁向下一階段
美國總統 布希身邊之首席環保官員於週一為京都議定書持華盛頓之反對立場，他認為全世界人類應該已經深思熟慮到劃時代性重大協定到期之後之選擇。詹姆士康諾頓於布魯塞爾(比利時首都)與歐盟議會人員商談中，認為1997年京都議定書的要求，對於美國簡直太過於苛求。尤其，他駁回溫室效應排放貿易”不適當”之選擇，其為歐盟今年所發動一種鼓勵生產者減少二氧化碳生產量之方式之系統。詹姆士康諾頓向記者透露:「美國總統正在緊縮策略，目標在提升經濟成長，並非降低經濟成長，因此溫室效應排放貿易並非一個有益之工具。」
參考網址: http://www.wbcsd.org/Plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?DocTypeId=32&ObjectId=MTczNTk&URLBack=%2520asc
SGS綠色產品資訊平台網站
欲知更多相關環保訊息請連結網址：http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts 或http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts。線上申請加入RSTS會員(免入會費)。
Industry fears over "opt in" WEEE producer responsibility (08.11.05)
Last-minute discussions on new waste electronics regulations are focussing on how producer responsibility costs will be shared out between electronics manufacturers. Industry is concerned that the "opt in" system now being put forward by the Department of Trade and Industry may mean producers that volunteer to collect waste electrical equipment could find it difficult to recover costs. The new regulations themselves, which will bring into force Europe's WEEE Directive in the UK, are virtually complete. However, they are likely to be only a loose framework for how producers will pay for the collection and recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE).
Guidance The real details of how to meet these regulations – and hence the current areas of contention – will be found in non-statutory guidance published alongside the WEEE regulations.
Allocation The DTI's "allocation system" is similar to the proposal from industry in that larger companies would volunteer to carry out collections from designated collection sites, passing some costs to smaller companies that do not collect WEEE. The government is now proposing more of a free market for the evidence of WEEE compliance – perhaps even akin to the PRNs (packaging waste recovery note) bought and sold in packaging producer responsibility.
Website for more information: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5042
New recycling targets announced for packaging from 2006
Defra has announced new targets for the recycling of packaging waste in each year from 2006 until 2010. The announced targets represent a revision of targets previously announced for the period up to 2008, as well as new targets for two further years in 2009 and 2010. Other changes to the packaging producer responsibility regulations have also been announced today, with Defra abandoning plans to make compliance schemes apply for ministerial approval every year. All of the changes are subject to Parliamentary approval.
Website for more information: http://www.letsrecycle.com/materials/packaging/news.jsp?story=5092
US defends opposition to Kyoto, looks to next steps
President George W. Bush's top environmental aide defended Monday Washington's opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, saying the world should already be mulling options for after the landmark pact runs out. In Brussels for talks with his European Union counterparts, James Connaughton said requirements of the 1997 protocol were simply too costly for the United States. Specifically he dismissed as "inappropriate" the option of trading in greenhouse gas emissions, a system launched by the European Union this year as a way of encouraging companies to cut their production of carbon dioxide. "The (US) president is pursing a strategy that is aimed at advancing economic growth, not subtracting from economic growth, and therefore emissions trading is not a useful tool," Connaughton told a small group of reporters.
Website for more information: http://www.wbcsd.org/Plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?DocTypeId=32&ObjectId=MTczNTk&URLBack=%2520asc
SGS RSTS Database Service – Chemical Laboratory – Taipei, Taiwan
SGS RSTS Website: http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts or http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts
Please kindly apply for free membership online to get more services.
最近在新的電子電器設備廢棄物法規中，討論如何將生產者責任費用分攤在電子製造業者之間。電子產業擔憂一旦註冊加入貿易工業部(DTI)，可能意味著其自願負擔未來難以回收之電子廢棄物設備之費用。如何符合這些法規的相關細節，皆可於伴隨著WEEE法規出版之非法定指導文件當中看見。分配系統建議需回收WEEE至指定地點之大型公司可轉讓部分回收費用予未回收WEEE之小型公司負擔。
參考網址: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5042
2006年起包裝材料之最新回收目標
Defra已經宣佈自2006年至2010年期間，每一年回收廢棄包裝材料之最新目標。此項聲明代表著之前已經宣佈到2008年之目標之修正方案，以及2009年與2010年之新目標。同時，亦宣布其他關於包裝材料製造業者責任條例之修正方案。Defra日後每年將會宣佈符合性計畫以獲得政府機關之認可。所有修正法案均會通過國會同意。
參考網址: http://www.letsrecycle.com/materials/packaging/news.jsp?story=5092
美國對於京都議定書持反對立場，將邁向下一階段
美國總統 布希身邊之首席環保官員於週一為京都議定書持華盛頓之反對立場，他認為全世界人類應該已經深思熟慮到劃時代性重大協定到期之後之選擇。詹姆士康諾頓於布魯塞爾(比利時首都)與歐盟議會人員商談中，認為1997年京都議定書的要求，對於美國簡直太過於苛求。尤其，他駁回溫室效應排放貿易”不適當”之選擇，其為歐盟今年所發動一種鼓勵生產者減少二氧化碳生產量之方式之系統。詹姆士康諾頓向記者透露:「美國總統正在緊縮策略，目標在提升經濟成長，並非降低經濟成長，因此溫室效應排放貿易並非一個有益之工具。」
參考網址: http://www.wbcsd.org/Plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?DocTypeId=32&ObjectId=MTczNTk&URLBack=%2520asc
SGS綠色產品資訊平台網站
欲知更多相關環保訊息請連結網址：http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts 或http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts。線上申請加入RSTS會員(免入會費)。
Industry fears over "opt in" WEEE producer responsibility (08.11.05)
Last-minute discussions on new waste electronics regulations are focussing on how producer responsibility costs will be shared out between electronics manufacturers. Industry is concerned that the "opt in" system now being put forward by the Department of Trade and Industry may mean producers that volunteer to collect waste electrical equipment could find it difficult to recover costs. The new regulations themselves, which will bring into force Europe's WEEE Directive in the UK, are virtually complete. However, they are likely to be only a loose framework for how producers will pay for the collection and recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE).
Guidance The real details of how to meet these regulations – and hence the current areas of contention – will be found in non-statutory guidance published alongside the WEEE regulations.
Allocation The DTI's "allocation system" is similar to the proposal from industry in that larger companies would volunteer to carry out collections from designated collection sites, passing some costs to smaller companies that do not collect WEEE. The government is now proposing more of a free market for the evidence of WEEE compliance – perhaps even akin to the PRNs (packaging waste recovery note) bought and sold in packaging producer responsibility.
Website for more information: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5042
New recycling targets announced for packaging from 2006
Defra has announced new targets for the recycling of packaging waste in each year from 2006 until 2010. The announced targets represent a revision of targets previously announced for the period up to 2008, as well as new targets for two further years in 2009 and 2010. Other changes to the packaging producer responsibility regulations have also been announced today, with Defra abandoning plans to make compliance schemes apply for ministerial approval every year. All of the changes are subject to Parliamentary approval.
Website for more information: http://www.letsrecycle.com/materials/packaging/news.jsp?story=5092
US defends opposition to Kyoto, looks to next steps
President George W. Bush's top environmental aide defended Monday Washington's opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, saying the world should already be mulling options for after the landmark pact runs out. In Brussels for talks with his European Union counterparts, James Connaughton said requirements of the 1997 protocol were simply too costly for the United States. Specifically he dismissed as "inappropriate" the option of trading in greenhouse gas emissions, a system launched by the European Union this year as a way of encouraging companies to cut their production of carbon dioxide. "The (US) president is pursing a strategy that is aimed at advancing economic growth, not subtracting from economic growth, and therefore emissions trading is not a useful tool," Connaughton told a small group of reporters.
Website for more information: http://www.wbcsd.org/Plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?DocTypeId=32&ObjectId=MTczNTk&URLBack=%2520asc
SGS RSTS Database Service – Chemical Laboratory – Taipei, Taiwan
SGS RSTS Website: http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts or http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts
Please kindly apply for free membership online to get more services.
20051115 產業最新消息匯集(一)
HP禁用來自產品外殼部分之溴系耐燃劑 (RoHS訊息)
HP已於2005/11/02宣布一項目標：自2006/12/31起，所有HP商標新發表產品將除去外殼部分之溴系耐燃劑the brominated flame retardant (BFR)。
根據HP報告指出：隨著歐盟訂定禁用6大項有害物質(RoHS)規範之後，HP決定除去使用超過十年以上之產品外殼部分之溴系耐燃劑，包含聚溴聯苯(PBB)與聚溴聯苯醚(PBDE)。
參考資料請連結網址：http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29078
歐洲電子回收工會聯盟已經出版回收最新電子產品的指導文件 (WEEE訊息)
歐洲電子回收工會聯盟(EERA)已經出版一份文件：此文件將有助於解釋電子生產者未來如何指導WEEE之回收公司，並且符合歐盟WEEE指令之需求。
指導文件中提議：生產者與回收公司應定期針對產品之過去與未來科技趨勢以及回收公司之科技進化提出討論，因此EERA同意此份指導文件可隨時依據需求而更新。
參考資料請連結網址：http://www.letsrecycle.com/info/waste_management/news.jsp?story=5018
SGS綠色產品資訊平台網站
近年來由於歐盟WEEE與RoHS指令的要求，致使各大電子電器設備之廠商面臨許多問題。為了能提供更好的服務效率及品質，SGS化學實驗室已於2005年7月1日正式在網站上設立--「綠色產品資訊平台（Restricted Substances Testing and Services）」內容網羅了世界各國及各大廠牌之測試規範與要求，並能即時線上查詢送測報告進度；主要服務項目請連結網址：http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts 或http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts。線上申請加入RSTS會員(免入會費)。
有關網站任何問題請洽分機3141~3145。
HP to Eliminate Brominated Flame Retardants from Products' External Case Parts (RoHS)
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 2, 2005 - HP has announced a goal to eliminate the brominated flame retardant (BFR) tetrabromobisphenol A from external case parts of all new HP brand products introduced after Dec. 31, 2006.
HP reports it eliminated more than 95% of the BFRs used in the external case parts of its products more than ten years ago, including two, PBDE and PBB, which were subsequently among the substances restricted by the EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive.
Please connect to the Website for more information: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29078
Guidance produced for recycling newest electronic products (01.11.05) (WEEE)
The European Electronics Recyclers Association has worked with the European Digital Technology Industry, the Household Appliance Manufacturers in Europe, and the American Electronics Association Europe in order to produce the guidance document.
The guidance will help meet the demands of Europe's WEEE Directive, which requires electronics producers to provide information on the dismantling and recovery of any products they place on the market.
In the guidance it is also suggested that producers and recyclers converse regularly on past and future technology trends in products as well as the technical evolutions of treatment operations. According to the EERA this will allow guidance to be updated when need be.
Please connect to the Website for more information: http://www.letsrecycle.com/info/waste_management/news.jsp?story=5018
SGS RSTS Database Service – Chemical Laboratory – Taipei, Taiwan
Because the requirement of EU WEEE and RoHs Regulation in recent year, a lot of electrical and electronic equipment firms face many troubles on it. In order to offer more efficient services, SGS Chemical Laboratory has set a website －「Restricted Substances Testing and Services Platform」on 1st July, 2005. The website includes test requests and regulations of own brand firms all over the world and also you can surf the website to inquire the rate of testing reports progress.
STS RSTS Website: http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts or http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts
Please kindly apply for free membership online to get more services.
Any problems for RSTS Database please do not hesitate to contact with Extension 3141~3145.
HP已於2005/11/02宣布一項目標：自2006/12/31起，所有HP商標新發表產品將除去外殼部分之溴系耐燃劑the brominated flame retardant (BFR)。
根據HP報告指出：隨著歐盟訂定禁用6大項有害物質(RoHS)規範之後，HP決定除去使用超過十年以上之產品外殼部分之溴系耐燃劑，包含聚溴聯苯(PBB)與聚溴聯苯醚(PBDE)。
參考資料請連結網址：http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29078
歐洲電子回收工會聯盟已經出版回收最新電子產品的指導文件 (WEEE訊息)
歐洲電子回收工會聯盟(EERA)已經出版一份文件：此文件將有助於解釋電子生產者未來如何指導WEEE之回收公司，並且符合歐盟WEEE指令之需求。
指導文件中提議：生產者與回收公司應定期針對產品之過去與未來科技趨勢以及回收公司之科技進化提出討論，因此EERA同意此份指導文件可隨時依據需求而更新。
參考資料請連結網址：http://www.letsrecycle.com/info/waste_management/news.jsp?story=5018
SGS綠色產品資訊平台網站
近年來由於歐盟WEEE與RoHS指令的要求，致使各大電子電器設備之廠商面臨許多問題。為了能提供更好的服務效率及品質，SGS化學實驗室已於2005年7月1日正式在網站上設立--「綠色產品資訊平台（Restricted Substances Testing and Services）」內容網羅了世界各國及各大廠牌之測試規範與要求，並能即時線上查詢送測報告進度；主要服務項目請連結網址：http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts 或http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts。線上申請加入RSTS會員(免入會費)。
有關網站任何問題請洽分機3141~3145。
HP to Eliminate Brominated Flame Retardants from Products' External Case Parts (RoHS)
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 2, 2005 - HP has announced a goal to eliminate the brominated flame retardant (BFR) tetrabromobisphenol A from external case parts of all new HP brand products introduced after Dec. 31, 2006.
HP reports it eliminated more than 95% of the BFRs used in the external case parts of its products more than ten years ago, including two, PBDE and PBB, which were subsequently among the substances restricted by the EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive.
Please connect to the Website for more information: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29078
Guidance produced for recycling newest electronic products (01.11.05) (WEEE)
The European Electronics Recyclers Association has worked with the European Digital Technology Industry, the Household Appliance Manufacturers in Europe, and the American Electronics Association Europe in order to produce the guidance document.
The guidance will help meet the demands of Europe's WEEE Directive, which requires electronics producers to provide information on the dismantling and recovery of any products they place on the market.
In the guidance it is also suggested that producers and recyclers converse regularly on past and future technology trends in products as well as the technical evolutions of treatment operations. According to the EERA this will allow guidance to be updated when need be.
Please connect to the Website for more information: http://www.letsrecycle.com/info/waste_management/news.jsp?story=5018
SGS RSTS Database Service – Chemical Laboratory – Taipei, Taiwan
Because the requirement of EU WEEE and RoHs Regulation in recent year, a lot of electrical and electronic equipment firms face many troubles on it. In order to offer more efficient services, SGS Chemical Laboratory has set a website －「Restricted Substances Testing and Services Platform」on 1st July, 2005. The website includes test requests and regulations of own brand firms all over the world and also you can surf the website to inquire the rate of testing reports progress.
STS RSTS Website: http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts or http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts
Please kindly apply for free membership online to get more services.
Any problems for RSTS Database please do not hesitate to contact with Extension 3141~3145.
20051103 歐盟RoHS指令已確定將十溴聯苯醚(Deca-BDE)列為管制外項目
歐盟RoHS指令已確定將十溴聯苯醚(Deca-BDE)列為管制外項目
經過長時間的議會決策，十溴聯苯醚(Deca-BDE)從RoHS指令中禁用物質的限制中免除，終於有了定案。歐盟委員會已經在2005年10月13日發佈官方公告2005/717/EC。其中很明確的將十溴聯苯醚用於高分子類產品(Deca-BDE in polymeric applications)增列為管制外項目9a. (ANNEX 9a.)；另外，鉛用於鉛銅培林、軸承外殼 (Lead in lead-bronze bearing shell and bushes)也增列為管制外項目9b. (ANNEX 9b.)。所有管制外項目，委員會在西元2010年前依然會持續每四年檢視實際狀況，並在必要時修改更新。此外；歐盟也於2005年10月21日公布另一2005/747/EC指令，增列/修改了2002/95/EC的排外條款，如下所示：
鎘 ( Cadmium )：
電接點(electrical contacts)的鎘及鎘化合物以及91/338/EEC指令限制範圍以外的鎘鍍層中的鎘。
光學玻璃及濾光玻璃(optical and filter glass)中所用的鎘。
鉛 ( Lead )：
高熔點銲錫中的鉛 ( 例如鉛含量 ≧85 % 的合金中的鉛 )。
用於伺服器(servers)、記憶體(storage)和存儲系統(storage array systems)和交換、信號和傳輸，以及電信網路管理的網路基礎設施設備(network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications)中焊料的鉛。
電子陶瓷產品中的鉛。
用於鉛青銅軸承外殼(lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes)的鉛。
光學玻璃及濾光玻璃(optical and filter glass)中所用的鉛。
順應針連接系統(compliant pin connector systems)中使用的鉛
熱導槍釘模組(thermal conduction module c-ring)塗層中所用的鉛。
微處理器針腳及封裝連接所使用含鉛量佔80%-85%的焊接劑(含有超過兩種成份)中的鉛。
用於焊接半導體終端和集成電路板載體的焊料中含鉛量。
十溴聯苯醚 ( Deca-BDE )
應用於高分子類(Polymeric)之十溴聯苯醚之含量。
Deca-BDE is exempted from RoHS Directive
The long struggle on Deca-BDE exemption is finally come to an end. The EU Commission has come to a decision and published the Official Journal 2005/717/EC on 13 Oct 2005, which officially exempted Deca-BDE in polymeric application.
The ground of this Deca-BDE exemption decision is based on the positive risk assessment conclusion, under EEC 793/93 of 23 March 1993, that there is at present no need for measures to reduce the risks for consumer beyond those which are being applied already. Should new evidence lead to a different conclusion of the risk assessment, this decision would be re-examined and amended, if appropriate.
By the same Official Journal 2005/717/EC, “lead in lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes” is also exempted. Like all other exemptions, both of these exemptions will be subjected to a continuation review within a 4 year interval, before 2010.
In addition, the EU Commission published the Official Journal 2005/747/EC which also amended and added exemptions on 21 Oct 2005. Please see list below:
Cadmium:
Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts and cadmium plating except for applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC (*) amending Directive 76/769/EEC (**) relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.
Cadmium in optical and filter glass.
Lead:
Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead)
Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications.
Lead in lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes.
Lead used in compliant pin connector systems.
Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module c-ring.
Lead in optical and filter glass.
Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80 % and less than 85 % by weight.
Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit Flip Chip packages.
Deca-BDE
Deca-BDE in polymeric applications.
經過長時間的議會決策，十溴聯苯醚(Deca-BDE)從RoHS指令中禁用物質的限制中免除，終於有了定案。歐盟委員會已經在2005年10月13日發佈官方公告2005/717/EC。其中很明確的將十溴聯苯醚用於高分子類產品(Deca-BDE in polymeric applications)增列為管制外項目9a. (ANNEX 9a.)；另外，鉛用於鉛銅培林、軸承外殼 (Lead in lead-bronze bearing shell and bushes)也增列為管制外項目9b. (ANNEX 9b.)。所有管制外項目，委員會在西元2010年前依然會持續每四年檢視實際狀況，並在必要時修改更新。此外；歐盟也於2005年10月21日公布另一2005/747/EC指令，增列/修改了2002/95/EC的排外條款，如下所示：
鎘 ( Cadmium )：
電接點(electrical contacts)的鎘及鎘化合物以及91/338/EEC指令限制範圍以外的鎘鍍層中的鎘。
光學玻璃及濾光玻璃(optical and filter glass)中所用的鎘。
鉛 ( Lead )：
高熔點銲錫中的鉛 ( 例如鉛含量 ≧85 % 的合金中的鉛 )。
用於伺服器(servers)、記憶體(storage)和存儲系統(storage array systems)和交換、信號和傳輸，以及電信網路管理的網路基礎設施設備(network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications)中焊料的鉛。
電子陶瓷產品中的鉛。
用於鉛青銅軸承外殼(lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes)的鉛。
光學玻璃及濾光玻璃(optical and filter glass)中所用的鉛。
順應針連接系統(compliant pin connector systems)中使用的鉛
熱導槍釘模組(thermal conduction module c-ring)塗層中所用的鉛。
微處理器針腳及封裝連接所使用含鉛量佔80%-85%的焊接劑(含有超過兩種成份)中的鉛。
用於焊接半導體終端和集成電路板載體的焊料中含鉛量。
十溴聯苯醚 ( Deca-BDE )
應用於高分子類(Polymeric)之十溴聯苯醚之含量。
Deca-BDE is exempted from RoHS Directive
The long struggle on Deca-BDE exemption is finally come to an end. The EU Commission has come to a decision and published the Official Journal 2005/717/EC on 13 Oct 2005, which officially exempted Deca-BDE in polymeric application.
The ground of this Deca-BDE exemption decision is based on the positive risk assessment conclusion, under EEC 793/93 of 23 March 1993, that there is at present no need for measures to reduce the risks for consumer beyond those which are being applied already. Should new evidence lead to a different conclusion of the risk assessment, this decision would be re-examined and amended, if appropriate.
By the same Official Journal 2005/717/EC, “lead in lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes” is also exempted. Like all other exemptions, both of these exemptions will be subjected to a continuation review within a 4 year interval, before 2010.
In addition, the EU Commission published the Official Journal 2005/747/EC which also amended and added exemptions on 21 Oct 2005. Please see list below:
Cadmium:
Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts and cadmium plating except for applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC (*) amending Directive 76/769/EEC (**) relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.
Cadmium in optical and filter glass.
Lead:
Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead)
Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications.
Lead in lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes.
Lead used in compliant pin connector systems.
Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module c-ring.
Lead in optical and filter glass.
Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80 % and less than 85 % by weight.
Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit Flip Chip packages.
Deca-BDE
Deca-BDE in polymeric applications.
20091024 歐盟RoHS指令已確定將十溴聯苯醚(Deca-BDE)列為管制外項目
歐盟RoHS指令已確定將十溴聯苯醚(Deca-BDE)列為管制外項目
經過長時間的議會決策，十溴聯苯醚(Deca-BDE)從RoHS指令中禁用物質的限制中免除，終於有了定案。歐盟委員會已經在2005年10月13日發佈官方公告2005/717/EC。其中很明確的將十溴聯苯醚用於高分子類產品(Deca-BDE in polymeric applications)增列為管制外項目9a. (ANNEX 9a.)；另外，鉛用於鉛銅培林、軸承外殼 (Lead in lead-bronze bearing shell and bushes)也增列為管制外項目9b. (ANNEX 9b.)。所有管制外項目，委員會在西元2010年前依然會持續每四年檢視實際狀況，並在必要時修改更新。
參考資料 http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_271/l_27120051015en00480050.pdf
SGS提供RoHS相關檢測服務及諮詢，意者請洽--業務客服組。或到本公司綠色產品資訊平台網站http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts參觀瀏覽最新消息。(若上列網址無法連線，請改連結http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts或洽分機3142劉小姐。)
經過長時間的議會決策，十溴聯苯醚(Deca-BDE)從RoHS指令中禁用物質的限制中免除，終於有了定案。歐盟委員會已經在2005年10月13日發佈官方公告2005/717/EC。其中很明確的將十溴聯苯醚用於高分子類產品(Deca-BDE in polymeric applications)增列為管制外項目9a. (ANNEX 9a.)；另外，鉛用於鉛銅培林、軸承外殼 (Lead in lead-bronze bearing shell and bushes)也增列為管制外項目9b. (ANNEX 9b.)。所有管制外項目，委員會在西元2010年前依然會持續每四年檢視實際狀況，並在必要時修改更新。
參考資料 http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_271/l_27120051015en00480050.pdf
SGS提供RoHS相關檢測服務及諮詢，意者請洽--業務客服組。或到本公司綠色產品資訊平台網站http://www.sgs.com.tw/sgsrsts參觀瀏覽最新消息。(若上列網址無法連線，請改連結http://61.218.43.19/sgsrsts或洽分機3142劉小姐。)
2009年9月20日 星期日
07242006 歐盟各國RoHS及WEEE罰則說明 (三)
歐盟各國RoHS及WEEE罰則說明 (三)
目前為止，在歐盟25個成員國之中，已經介紹了匈牙利、西班牙、荷蘭、波蘭、愛爾蘭、希臘、葡萄牙、賽普勒斯、丹麥、芬蘭、瑞典及奧地利等近半數的成員國關於違反RoHS及WEEE的罰則，本期繼續簡介包括：德國、愛沙尼亞、法國、義大利、比利時、盧森堡等國的罰則。
◎德國
● 違反RoHS。
處以最高EUR(歐元) 50,000罰款。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
● 違反WEEE。
處以最高EUR(歐元) 50,000罰款。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
◎愛沙尼亞
● 違反全國RoHS及WEEE法例。
罰款最高5萬克朗(約3,200歐元)。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
◎法國
● 違反RoHS。
最高罰款EUR(歐元) 1,500。
● 違反WEEE。
處以罰款。
◎義大利
● 違反RoHS。
最高罰款EUR(歐元) 100,000。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
● 違反WEEE。
違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
※ 經銷商未提供免費回收之承諾。
每件罰款EUR(歐元) 400。
※ 生產者未安排適當專業收集(collection) 、處理(treatment)、回收(recovery)、財務(finance)
之程序。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 100,000。
※ 2005.08.13後，生產者未提供財務擔保。
每次上市產品處罰EUR(歐元) 1,000。
※ 生產者未提供EEE資訊之指導手冊。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 5,000。
※ 生產者未以手冊或電子媒體形式提供資訊給回收商、處理廠等。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 30,000。
※ 2005.08.13後，產品未提供資訊或標示即上市。
每件罰款EUR(歐元) 1,000。
※ 生產者未經註冊即上市EEE產品。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 100,000。
※ 指令實施後，生產者如未向主管機關申報。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 20,000。
◎比利時
● 違反RoHS。
罰款EUR(歐元) 40~400萬和/或監禁3日至3年。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
※ 生產者若未在電子及電器設備標示名稱。
罰款EUR(歐元) 6.25~250。
● 違反WEEE。
監禁最高5年，罰款可逾EUR(歐元) 25萬。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
◎盧森堡
● 違反盧森堡的RoHS及WEEE法例。
監禁8天至6個月，及罰款EUR(歐元) 62~123,950，兩年內再犯者，刑罰加倍。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
－ 本翻譯僅供參考，如有疑問請以網站原文為主。－
資料來源: 《英國Perchards網站》《香港貿發網》《各國政府及European Environmental Agency網站》
RoHS and WEEE Penalties for EU Member States (3)
The current implementation status and penalties of Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) will be of interest to businesses importing electronic goods into the EU. We are continuing to provide reports in this and forthcoming issues on eventually all 25 Member States. The following text provides an update of the current situation with penalties in Germany, Estonia, France, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg:
◎ GERMANY:
Penalties - Producers who fail to comply with the major obligations for dealing with WEEE may be fined up to 50,000 euros. If a producer seriously violates his obligation to pick up WEEE from collection points when requested to do so by the EAR, or does not present an adequate guarantee, his registration may be withdrawn, leading to a prohibition on sales.
◎ ESTONIA:
Penalties - Non-compliance with the national RoHS and WEEE legislation is subject to a fine of up to 50,000 Kroons (approximately EUR3,200). Higher fines may be invoked where the breach of the relevant provisions is deemed sufficiently serious or in light of aggravating circumstances.
◎ FRANCE:
Penalties - The Decree also provides for penalties in case producers or distributors do not comply with the obligations which are imposed by the Decree. The penalties vary depending on the type of breach.
◎ ITALY:
Penalties - The Italian legislation provides for fines where some of its provisions are breached. In particular:
• distributors who do not provide a guarantee that the EEE can be returned to them free of charge may be subject to fines of up to 400 euro (per unit of EEE);
• producers who do not make arrangements for adequate separate professional WEEE collection systems, treatment, recovery, and financing procedures, may be subject to fines of up to 100,000 euro;
• producers who do not provide a financial guarantee by 13 August 2005 may be subject to fines of up to 1,000 euro (per unit of EEE put on the market);
• producers who do not include in the user instructions of EEE the information provided for in the Italian legislation may be subject to fines of up to 5,000 euro;
• producers who do not make available to reuse centres, treatment and recycling facilities, in the form of manuals or by means of electronic media, the information provided for by the Italian legislation may be subject to fines of up to 30,000 euro;
• producers who, after 13 August 2005, put on the market EEE without the indication and the mark provided for by the Italian legislation, may be subject to fines of up to 1,000 euro (per EEE);
• producers who put on the market EEE before they register with the Chambers of Commerce may be subjected to fines of up to 100,000 euro; and
• after the full implementation of the Directive, producers who do not notify the information provided for by the Italian legislation to the national Register of persons in charge of the management of WEEE may be subject to fines of up to 20,000 euro.
◎ BELGIUM:
Penalties - The Law of 21 December 1998 on the product norms for the encouragement of sustainable production and consumption patterns and to protect the environment and the public health provides for criminal sanctions for infringement of the Belgian RoHS legislation which depend on the nature and the gravity of the infringement. The penalties vary from fines of between EUR 40 and EUR 4,000,000 and/or a term of imprisonment of between three days and three years. Where a producer fails to indicate his identity on the EEE, the Belgian RoHS Decree provides that he will be sanctioned in accordance with the Law of 14 July 1991 on Trade Practices and Information to and Protection of the Consumer. Article 102 of this Law provides that a trader omitting to provide the information imposed by law on the labelling shall be punished by a fine ranging from circa EUR6.25 to EUR250. Depending on the circumstances, other sanctions may also be applied. General penalty provisions apply to the WEEE legislation, as set out in the general Decree of 2 July 1981. This provides for a term of imprisonment of up to 5 years and fines which can exceed EUR250,000.
◎ LUXEMBOURG:
Penalties - Penalties under Luxembourg's WEEE and RoHS legislation include: eight days to six months imprisonment and/or a EUR62 to EUR123,950 fine; double this fine and/or imprisonment term if the offence is repeated within two years of judgment. There is a legislative review in progress to include the possibility of confiscation of all business-linked material or the withdrawal of business authorisation in Luxembourg.
Source: 《UK’s Perchards Website》《Business Alert - EU in Tdctrade Website》《European Environment Agency Website》
目前為止，在歐盟25個成員國之中，已經介紹了匈牙利、西班牙、荷蘭、波蘭、愛爾蘭、希臘、葡萄牙、賽普勒斯、丹麥、芬蘭、瑞典及奧地利等近半數的成員國關於違反RoHS及WEEE的罰則，本期繼續簡介包括：德國、愛沙尼亞、法國、義大利、比利時、盧森堡等國的罰則。
◎德國
● 違反RoHS。
處以最高EUR(歐元) 50,000罰款。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
● 違反WEEE。
處以最高EUR(歐元) 50,000罰款。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
◎愛沙尼亞
● 違反全國RoHS及WEEE法例。
罰款最高5萬克朗(約3,200歐元)。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
◎法國
● 違反RoHS。
最高罰款EUR(歐元) 1,500。
● 違反WEEE。
處以罰款。
◎義大利
● 違反RoHS。
最高罰款EUR(歐元) 100,000。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
● 違反WEEE。
違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
※ 經銷商未提供免費回收之承諾。
每件罰款EUR(歐元) 400。
※ 生產者未安排適當專業收集(collection) 、處理(treatment)、回收(recovery)、財務(finance)
之程序。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 100,000。
※ 2005.08.13後，生產者未提供財務擔保。
每次上市產品處罰EUR(歐元) 1,000。
※ 生產者未提供EEE資訊之指導手冊。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 5,000。
※ 生產者未以手冊或電子媒體形式提供資訊給回收商、處理廠等。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 30,000。
※ 2005.08.13後，產品未提供資訊或標示即上市。
每件罰款EUR(歐元) 1,000。
※ 生產者未經註冊即上市EEE產品。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 100,000。
※ 指令實施後，生產者如未向主管機關申報。
最高處罰EUR(歐元) 20,000。
◎比利時
● 違反RoHS。
罰款EUR(歐元) 40~400萬和/或監禁3日至3年。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
※ 生產者若未在電子及電器設備標示名稱。
罰款EUR(歐元) 6.25~250。
● 違反WEEE。
監禁最高5年，罰款可逾EUR(歐元) 25萬。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
◎盧森堡
● 違反盧森堡的RoHS及WEEE法例。
監禁8天至6個月，及罰款EUR(歐元) 62~123,950，兩年內再犯者，刑罰加倍。違規情況嚴重者，罰款金額亦較高。
－ 本翻譯僅供參考，如有疑問請以網站原文為主。－
資料來源: 《英國Perchards網站》《香港貿發網》《各國政府及European Environmental Agency網站》
RoHS and WEEE Penalties for EU Member States (3)
The current implementation status and penalties of Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) will be of interest to businesses importing electronic goods into the EU. We are continuing to provide reports in this and forthcoming issues on eventually all 25 Member States. The following text provides an update of the current situation with penalties in Germany, Estonia, France, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg:
◎ GERMANY:
Penalties - Producers who fail to comply with the major obligations for dealing with WEEE may be fined up to 50,000 euros. If a producer seriously violates his obligation to pick up WEEE from collection points when requested to do so by the EAR, or does not present an adequate guarantee, his registration may be withdrawn, leading to a prohibition on sales.
◎ ESTONIA:
Penalties - Non-compliance with the national RoHS and WEEE legislation is subject to a fine of up to 50,000 Kroons (approximately EUR3,200). Higher fines may be invoked where the breach of the relevant provisions is deemed sufficiently serious or in light of aggravating circumstances.
◎ FRANCE:
Penalties - The Decree also provides for penalties in case producers or distributors do not comply with the obligations which are imposed by the Decree. The penalties vary depending on the type of breach.
◎ ITALY:
Penalties - The Italian legislation provides for fines where some of its provisions are breached. In particular:
• distributors who do not provide a guarantee that the EEE can be returned to them free of charge may be subject to fines of up to 400 euro (per unit of EEE);
• producers who do not make arrangements for adequate separate professional WEEE collection systems, treatment, recovery, and financing procedures, may be subject to fines of up to 100,000 euro;
• producers who do not provide a financial guarantee by 13 August 2005 may be subject to fines of up to 1,000 euro (per unit of EEE put on the market);
• producers who do not include in the user instructions of EEE the information provided for in the Italian legislation may be subject to fines of up to 5,000 euro;
• producers who do not make available to reuse centres, treatment and recycling facilities, in the form of manuals or by means of electronic media, the information provided for by the Italian legislation may be subject to fines of up to 30,000 euro;
• producers who, after 13 August 2005, put on the market EEE without the indication and the mark provided for by the Italian legislation, may be subject to fines of up to 1,000 euro (per EEE);
• producers who put on the market EEE before they register with the Chambers of Commerce may be subjected to fines of up to 100,000 euro; and
• after the full implementation of the Directive, producers who do not notify the information provided for by the Italian legislation to the national Register of persons in charge of the management of WEEE may be subject to fines of up to 20,000 euro.
◎ BELGIUM:
Penalties - The Law of 21 December 1998 on the product norms for the encouragement of sustainable production and consumption patterns and to protect the environment and the public health provides for criminal sanctions for infringement of the Belgian RoHS legislation which depend on the nature and the gravity of the infringement. The penalties vary from fines of between EUR 40 and EUR 4,000,000 and/or a term of imprisonment of between three days and three years. Where a producer fails to indicate his identity on the EEE, the Belgian RoHS Decree provides that he will be sanctioned in accordance with the Law of 14 July 1991 on Trade Practices and Information to and Protection of the Consumer. Article 102 of this Law provides that a trader omitting to provide the information imposed by law on the labelling shall be punished by a fine ranging from circa EUR6.25 to EUR250. Depending on the circumstances, other sanctions may also be applied. General penalty provisions apply to the WEEE legislation, as set out in the general Decree of 2 July 1981. This provides for a term of imprisonment of up to 5 years and fines which can exceed EUR250,000.
◎ LUXEMBOURG:
Penalties - Penalties under Luxembourg's WEEE and RoHS legislation include: eight days to six months imprisonment and/or a EUR62 to EUR123,950 fine; double this fine and/or imprisonment term if the offence is repeated within two years of judgment. There is a legislative review in progress to include the possibility of confiscation of all business-linked material or the withdrawal of business authorisation in Luxembourg.
Source: 《UK’s Perchards Website》《Business Alert - EU in Tdctrade Website》《European Environment Agency Website》
20090327 歐盟展開第五次RoHS豁免項目的公開諮詢
歐盟展開第五次RoHS豁免項目的公開諮詢
目前，歐盟已展開第五次RoHS指令豁免項目的公開諮詢，本次公開諮詢截止日期為2006年5月15日。歐盟委員會邀請所有利益關係者針對此份諮詢文件所列出的豁免項目發表評論，並且逐條詳細答覆4個問題。同時，也歡迎有興趣者於2006年5月15日以前透過e-mail或郵寄方式，踴躍提供寶貴的意見給予歐盟委員會。關於業者所提出的23條豁免項目如下列:
1) 黏著劑厚層中的鎘及氧化鎘，於2008年1月1日以前使用在氧化鈹的基質；
2) 經過四氧化鉛等高溫及硫磺處理過的丁基橡膠材質內襯，使用在鋁電解電容器；
3) 夏普 LQ104X2LX11 (以前的富士通FLC26XGC6R-01) ；
4) 石英水晶共振器，使用在瑞士精密鐘錶工業；
5) 光電零組件中的鎘；
6) 含鉛錫焊料的變換器，使用在專業喇叭系統；
7) 鉛錫焊料，使用在製造專業音響設備；
8) 零件使用在製造Hog1000,Hog500, Event500, Event416, Event408, ESP2-24及ESP2-48照明設備；
9) 含鉛錫焊料的特殊模組件，使用在專業設備；
10) 含鉛錫焊料的特殊ICS產品，使用在專業設備；
11) 鎘汞碲化物；
12) 巴璧德合金內襯軸承中的鉛
13) 鎘合金，如同電子焊料連接變換器內部聲音線圈的電子導體，使用在高功率喇叭中；
14) 含鉛的易熔熱自動開關器，必須使用在正常運轉溫度超過140℃及實際運轉至少3萬小時；
15) 無汞儀錶板上的燈；
16) 電子設備的可靠度、耐久度及設備的長壽是主要的；
17) 半紅/黃銅 C84400, 81-3-7-9或類似的黃銅材料，使用在收音機中的次數非常頻繁；
18) 銅合金中的鉛含量不超過總重量的6~8 ﹪，必須使用在鑄造及機械技能方面；
19) 電子設備焊料中的鉛，使用在維護人類健康與安全的監視器、電視產品、專業和私人領域中的
緊急通訊產品；
20) 由Xilinx製造的含鉛焊料FPGA設備，使用在儀器的電鍍鍍層；
21) 焊接玻璃原料的氧化鉛，使用在製造氬氪雷射套管的玻璃窗配件；
22) 電腦讀卡機(產品: GemSelf700-MS2, GCR700-3ZS, Vodafone D2, GCR760 及GemSelf750 SV)；
23) 含汞或含氧化鉛的焊接玻璃原料，使用在Babcock DC離子顯示器。
資料來源: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/rohs_5_consult.htm
HP與Valpak進行電子廢棄物回收活動
電子製造業龍頭HP與業者Valpak一起合作，共同進行WEEE『預先符合性』專案活動，提供英國倫敦Lambeth區的居民免費回收電子廢料，該活動對居民而言是非常難得的機會。
◎ HP提供免費回收WEEE
自3月18日起，Lambeth區的居民可享有免費的機會，將家中電子產品回收至Lambeth議會的資源回收再利用中心。HP認為該回收活動不僅做了良好示範，也是英國實施電子電器廢料(WEEE)指令前的WEEE試驗活動。此外，加入該回收活動行列的尚包括: Recycle Western Riverside, London Remade, 地方議會以及電子加工業者Technowaste。另一方面，HP表示該回收活動不僅僅提供電腦設備的回收，也包括任何可插電的廢棄、毀損的電子設備。其中，電子設備範圍非常廣泛，包含電視螢幕，烤土司機，水壺，收音機，錄放影機以及電玩遊戲機等。
◎ Technowaste進行資源回收再利用
除此之外，所有電子設備收集至該回收地點後，將統一由電子加工業者Technowaste位於英國西南部的艾塞克斯郡的回收地點進行資源回收再利用。一旦英國實施歐盟的電子電器廢料指令以後，地方政府的回收地點均須提供免費電子廢料分類回收的服務，而且零售商需負責回收廢料的費用。因此，HP的環保部經理，Bruno Zago 表示:『該回收活動是一次非常棒的機會，同時也藉此證明回收廢棄電子產品一點也不難，而且完全不需支付任何費用，它是免費的。』此外，Bruno Zago也表示， HP很榮幸可提供消費者使用地方回收場所的機會，並且完全免費地回收電子產品。 同時，HP已設定回收目標， 2007年電子產品的回收量預計將達到45萬公噸。
資料來源: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5422
5th Consultation on RoHS Exemptions
The European Union Commission has launched the 5th consultation on RoHS exemptions and 15 May 2006 is deadline. The stakeholders are requested to comment on the exemptions listed in this consultation document and to respond to the four questions with as much detail as possible. Interested parties are invited to send their comments by 15 May 2006 at the latest by e-mail to ENV-RoHS@cec.eu.int or by post to European Commission. The titles for the exemptions as submitted by industry and the request for exemptions are as below:
1. Cadmium and cadmium oxide in thick film pastes used on beryllium oxide substrates until January 1, 2008;
2. Gaskets of butyl rubber material vulcanised with chinondioxim and lead tetraoxide, for use in Aluminium
Electrolytic Capacitors;
3. Sharp LQ104X2LX11 (formerly Fujitsu FLC26XGC6R-01);
4. Quartz Crystal Resonator and in Fine Pitch Electronics Systems used in the Swiss Watch Industry;
5. Cadmium in opto- electronic components;
6. Transducers used in professional loudspeaker systems, using tin-lead solder;
7. Tin-lead solder in the manufacture of professional audio equipment;
8. Components used in the manufacture of the Hog1000, Hog500, Event416, Event408, ESP2-24 and ESP2-48 lighting control consoles;
9. Specific modular units, including tin-lead solder, being used in special professional equipment;
10. Inventory of special ICS having tin-lead solder on/in leads/balls, used in specialist/professional equipment;
11. Cadmium Mercury Telluride;
12. Lead contained in Babbit lined bearings;
13. Cadmium alloys as electrical/mechanical solder joints to electrical conductors located directly on the voice
coil in transducers used in high-powered loudspeakers;
14. Thermal cutoff with a fusible element that contains lead (and possibly cadmium, mercury and hexavalent
chromium) for applications where normal operating temperature exceeds 140 C and reliable, predictable,
operation for a minimum of 30,000 hours is required;
15. Mercury free flat panel lamp;
16. Electronic equipment where the reliability, durability and longevity of the equipment is paramount;
17. Semi Red Brass C84400, 81-3-7-9 or a similar Brass material. Used on radio frequency line sections;
18. Lead is used as an alloy to the copper in 6 to 8 % by weight. Needed for casting and machinability
characteristics;
19. Lead in solders for electronic equipments used for the monitoring, the protection and the safety of people in healthcare, telecare and emergency calls domains in professional and private sectors;
20. FPGA devices manufactured by Xilinx (XC5202-6VQ100C, XC4003E-3VQ100C and XC4013E-3PQ240C) containing lead solder (Pb) used in the plating of the device terminations;
21. Lead oxide in seal frit used for making window assemblies for argon and krypton laser tubes;
22. Smart card readers (product: GemSelf700-MS2, GCR700-3ZS, Vodafone D2 , GCR760 and GemSelf750
SV);
23. Use of mercury in Babcock’s DC plasma displays and use of Lead Oxide (PbO) in Babcock’s DC plasma
displays frit seal.
Source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/rohs_5_consult.htm
HP and Valpak to run recycling event for waste electronics
Electronics producer Hewlett Packard is working with WEEE pre-compliance scheme Valpak to offer residents in Lambeth the chance to recycle their electronic waste free of charge.
◎ Free of Charge to Recycle WEEE
This Saturday (March 18), residents will be given the opportunity to return their domestic electronic goods free of charge to Lambeth council's recycling and reuse centre on Vale Street, West Norwood. Hewlett Packard has said that this event will be a trial run ahead of the UK's implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. Also involved in the project is Recycle Western Riverside, London Remade, the
local council and electronics reprocessor Technowaste. Hewlett Packard has said that it is not just offering the take back of computer equipment, with any unwanted or broken equipment with a plug accepted. Other items that can be recycled include TV monitors, toasters, kettles, radios, video recorders and games consoles.
◎ Technowaste take responsibility for recycling
All of the equipment collected on the site will be taken away to be recycled by Technowaste at its site in Basildon, Essex. Once Europe's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive comes into force in the UK, most local authority civic amenity sites are likely to offer free separate collection of electronic waste, funded by retailers. Bruno Zago, environmental manager for HP, said: "This event is a great opportunity to show people how easy it is to recycle old electrical items, at no cost. HP is delighted to be involved in giving the consumers the chance to use the local facilities to recycle their electrical goods." Hewlett Packard has set itself a target of recycling 450,000 tonnes of electronic products by 2007.
Source: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5422
目前，歐盟已展開第五次RoHS指令豁免項目的公開諮詢，本次公開諮詢截止日期為2006年5月15日。歐盟委員會邀請所有利益關係者針對此份諮詢文件所列出的豁免項目發表評論，並且逐條詳細答覆4個問題。同時，也歡迎有興趣者於2006年5月15日以前透過e-mail或郵寄方式，踴躍提供寶貴的意見給予歐盟委員會。關於業者所提出的23條豁免項目如下列:
1) 黏著劑厚層中的鎘及氧化鎘，於2008年1月1日以前使用在氧化鈹的基質；
2) 經過四氧化鉛等高溫及硫磺處理過的丁基橡膠材質內襯，使用在鋁電解電容器；
3) 夏普 LQ104X2LX11 (以前的富士通FLC26XGC6R-01) ；
4) 石英水晶共振器，使用在瑞士精密鐘錶工業；
5) 光電零組件中的鎘；
6) 含鉛錫焊料的變換器，使用在專業喇叭系統；
7) 鉛錫焊料，使用在製造專業音響設備；
8) 零件使用在製造Hog1000,Hog500, Event500, Event416, Event408, ESP2-24及ESP2-48照明設備；
9) 含鉛錫焊料的特殊模組件，使用在專業設備；
10) 含鉛錫焊料的特殊ICS產品，使用在專業設備；
11) 鎘汞碲化物；
12) 巴璧德合金內襯軸承中的鉛
13) 鎘合金，如同電子焊料連接變換器內部聲音線圈的電子導體，使用在高功率喇叭中；
14) 含鉛的易熔熱自動開關器，必須使用在正常運轉溫度超過140℃及實際運轉至少3萬小時；
15) 無汞儀錶板上的燈；
16) 電子設備的可靠度、耐久度及設備的長壽是主要的；
17) 半紅/黃銅 C84400, 81-3-7-9或類似的黃銅材料，使用在收音機中的次數非常頻繁；
18) 銅合金中的鉛含量不超過總重量的6~8 ﹪，必須使用在鑄造及機械技能方面；
19) 電子設備焊料中的鉛，使用在維護人類健康與安全的監視器、電視產品、專業和私人領域中的
緊急通訊產品；
20) 由Xilinx製造的含鉛焊料FPGA設備，使用在儀器的電鍍鍍層；
21) 焊接玻璃原料的氧化鉛，使用在製造氬氪雷射套管的玻璃窗配件；
22) 電腦讀卡機(產品: GemSelf700-MS2, GCR700-3ZS, Vodafone D2, GCR760 及GemSelf750 SV)；
23) 含汞或含氧化鉛的焊接玻璃原料，使用在Babcock DC離子顯示器。
資料來源: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/rohs_5_consult.htm
HP與Valpak進行電子廢棄物回收活動
電子製造業龍頭HP與業者Valpak一起合作，共同進行WEEE『預先符合性』專案活動，提供英國倫敦Lambeth區的居民免費回收電子廢料，該活動對居民而言是非常難得的機會。
◎ HP提供免費回收WEEE
自3月18日起，Lambeth區的居民可享有免費的機會，將家中電子產品回收至Lambeth議會的資源回收再利用中心。HP認為該回收活動不僅做了良好示範，也是英國實施電子電器廢料(WEEE)指令前的WEEE試驗活動。此外，加入該回收活動行列的尚包括: Recycle Western Riverside, London Remade, 地方議會以及電子加工業者Technowaste。另一方面，HP表示該回收活動不僅僅提供電腦設備的回收，也包括任何可插電的廢棄、毀損的電子設備。其中，電子設備範圍非常廣泛，包含電視螢幕，烤土司機，水壺，收音機，錄放影機以及電玩遊戲機等。
◎ Technowaste進行資源回收再利用
除此之外，所有電子設備收集至該回收地點後，將統一由電子加工業者Technowaste位於英國西南部的艾塞克斯郡的回收地點進行資源回收再利用。一旦英國實施歐盟的電子電器廢料指令以後，地方政府的回收地點均須提供免費電子廢料分類回收的服務，而且零售商需負責回收廢料的費用。因此，HP的環保部經理，Bruno Zago 表示:『該回收活動是一次非常棒的機會，同時也藉此證明回收廢棄電子產品一點也不難，而且完全不需支付任何費用，它是免費的。』此外，Bruno Zago也表示， HP很榮幸可提供消費者使用地方回收場所的機會，並且完全免費地回收電子產品。 同時，HP已設定回收目標， 2007年電子產品的回收量預計將達到45萬公噸。
資料來源: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5422
5th Consultation on RoHS Exemptions
The European Union Commission has launched the 5th consultation on RoHS exemptions and 15 May 2006 is deadline. The stakeholders are requested to comment on the exemptions listed in this consultation document and to respond to the four questions with as much detail as possible. Interested parties are invited to send their comments by 15 May 2006 at the latest by e-mail to ENV-RoHS@cec.eu.int or by post to European Commission. The titles for the exemptions as submitted by industry and the request for exemptions are as below:
1. Cadmium and cadmium oxide in thick film pastes used on beryllium oxide substrates until January 1, 2008;
2. Gaskets of butyl rubber material vulcanised with chinondioxim and lead tetraoxide, for use in Aluminium
Electrolytic Capacitors;
3. Sharp LQ104X2LX11 (formerly Fujitsu FLC26XGC6R-01);
4. Quartz Crystal Resonator and in Fine Pitch Electronics Systems used in the Swiss Watch Industry;
5. Cadmium in opto- electronic components;
6. Transducers used in professional loudspeaker systems, using tin-lead solder;
7. Tin-lead solder in the manufacture of professional audio equipment;
8. Components used in the manufacture of the Hog1000, Hog500, Event416, Event408, ESP2-24 and ESP2-48 lighting control consoles;
9. Specific modular units, including tin-lead solder, being used in special professional equipment;
10. Inventory of special ICS having tin-lead solder on/in leads/balls, used in specialist/professional equipment;
11. Cadmium Mercury Telluride;
12. Lead contained in Babbit lined bearings;
13. Cadmium alloys as electrical/mechanical solder joints to electrical conductors located directly on the voice
coil in transducers used in high-powered loudspeakers;
14. Thermal cutoff with a fusible element that contains lead (and possibly cadmium, mercury and hexavalent
chromium) for applications where normal operating temperature exceeds 140 C and reliable, predictable,
operation for a minimum of 30,000 hours is required;
15. Mercury free flat panel lamp;
16. Electronic equipment where the reliability, durability and longevity of the equipment is paramount;
17. Semi Red Brass C84400, 81-3-7-9 or a similar Brass material. Used on radio frequency line sections;
18. Lead is used as an alloy to the copper in 6 to 8 % by weight. Needed for casting and machinability
characteristics;
19. Lead in solders for electronic equipments used for the monitoring, the protection and the safety of people in healthcare, telecare and emergency calls domains in professional and private sectors;
20. FPGA devices manufactured by Xilinx (XC5202-6VQ100C, XC4003E-3VQ100C and XC4013E-3PQ240C) containing lead solder (Pb) used in the plating of the device terminations;
21. Lead oxide in seal frit used for making window assemblies for argon and krypton laser tubes;
22. Smart card readers (product: GemSelf700-MS2, GCR700-3ZS, Vodafone D2 , GCR760 and GemSelf750
SV);
23. Use of mercury in Babcock’s DC plasma displays and use of Lead Oxide (PbO) in Babcock’s DC plasma
displays frit seal.
Source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/rohs_5_consult.htm
HP and Valpak to run recycling event for waste electronics
Electronics producer Hewlett Packard is working with WEEE pre-compliance scheme Valpak to offer residents in Lambeth the chance to recycle their electronic waste free of charge.
◎ Free of Charge to Recycle WEEE
This Saturday (March 18), residents will be given the opportunity to return their domestic electronic goods free of charge to Lambeth council's recycling and reuse centre on Vale Street, West Norwood. Hewlett Packard has said that this event will be a trial run ahead of the UK's implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. Also involved in the project is Recycle Western Riverside, London Remade, the
local council and electronics reprocessor Technowaste. Hewlett Packard has said that it is not just offering the take back of computer equipment, with any unwanted or broken equipment with a plug accepted. Other items that can be recycled include TV monitors, toasters, kettles, radios, video recorders and games consoles.
◎ Technowaste take responsibility for recycling
All of the equipment collected on the site will be taken away to be recycled by Technowaste at its site in Basildon, Essex. Once Europe's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive comes into force in the UK, most local authority civic amenity sites are likely to offer free separate collection of electronic waste, funded by retailers. Bruno Zago, environmental manager for HP, said: "This event is a great opportunity to show people how easy it is to recycle old electrical items, at no cost. HP is delighted to be involved in giving the consumers the chance to use the local facilities to recycle their electrical goods." Hewlett Packard has set itself a target of recycling 450,000 tonnes of electronic products by 2007.
Source: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5422
20060320 德國將正式實施WEEE生產商責任
德國將正式實施WEEE生產商責任
德國消費者自3月24日起，能夠免費拿電子及電器設備廢料至地方回收點回收。
◎ 生產商負擔回收費用
德國政府表示從這個月起，即將開始準備實施生產商責任，同時，歐盟WEEE指令的條款亦將同步生效。有關WEEE指令的實施，德國領先英國一步，提早數個月採用歐盟該指令。目前，德國的電子生產商必需負責支付收集電子及電器設備廢料至指定回收地點的費用和循環再利用相關費用。另一方面，德國市政府提供許許多多的回收地點，必須強調一點，消費者毋須支付任何回收費用。但是，德國WEEE法規強烈要求消費者必須負責將全部的電子及電器設備廢料分類回收。除此之外，德國議會於3月16日採用一項法令，該法令規定電子業者要重複使用老舊淘汰的電子設備，以達到循環再利用目的。生產商在銷售新電子設備的同時，必須要收集電子及電器設備廢料。德國與英國制度顯著不同之處在於，生產商不需為法令實施以前投放在市場的電子及電器設備負起責任。
◎ 生產商須向結算中心登記
自2005年11月起，所有有意在德國銷售電子及電器設備的生產商皆須向結算中心登記。截至2月份為止，聯邦環境局已公佈4,225家完成登記的生產商。生產商登記時，必須提供保證金，負責支付電子及電器設備廢料的循環再利用費用。此外，他們也要說明在市場銷售、收集、循環再利用的電子及電器設備之類型及數量。結算中心將根據這些資料計算應回收的電子及電器設備廢料數量及某年度生產商應分擔的廢料管理費。未登記的生產商將不得在德國市場銷售相關產品。自2006年3月24日開始，電子及電器設備廢料回收計劃亦正式實施。
資料來源: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5411
日本電子產品 符合綠色潮流
隨著歐盟於2006年實施《電子及電器設備廢料指令》(WEEE)及《限用六大項有害物質指令》(RoHS)，監管廢料循環再利用及廠商使用有害物質的情況。主要倚重出口業務的日本電子大廠積極回應，紛紛推出有助解決未來環境需求的「綠色」產品。
◎新力等大廠 關注環保議題
根據業者分析員表示，日本大廠積極擴展市場，但並非採取競相迎合新環保法規的短視手法，而是著重在全球未來環境需要，研發相關技術及提出解決方案。新力(Sony Corp)多款暢銷產品，例如:手提式音樂播放機和電子遊戲機等，均已逐漸捨棄石油化工塑料，改用可再生的生物塑料製造，產品外殼亦多以未加工或循環再利用金屬壓鑄。日本NTT (NTT DoCoMo) 及日電(NEC)研發出一款第三代(3G)手機，產品外殼有75％以環保生物塑料製造。
◎綠色潮流 擴及眾多領域
無可避免的，現在電子產品供應商亦須致力達成環保效益目標，遵守營運和產品的環保規定。大部分電子產品銷售商均要求供應商遵守環保標準，例如產品應具備節能功能、可以循環再利用以及不含有害物質等。新力、日立、日電和東芝等電子及電器產品廠商，以及豐田、日產和本田等主要車廠，均在採購合約中訂明環保條款。大勢所趨，預料這股綠色潮流將擴及玩具、禮品及家庭用品等多個領域。
資料來源: http://international.tdctrade.com/content.aspx?data=international_content_en&contentid=562739&SRC=BNT_AsiAus
Germany Brings WEEE Producer Responsibility into Force
German householders will be able to take back waste electrical and electronic equipment to local collection points free of charge from March 24.
◎ Producer will be paying for WEEE Collections
The German government has said it is now ready for producer responsibility to start this month, bringing into force the terms of Europe's WEEE Directive. In a move that could be many months ahead of the UK's adoption of the EU Directive, electrical producers will be paying for end-of-life appliances to be collected from designated collection points and recycled. Germany's municipal authorities are providing many of the collection points, but will not have to pay towards collections. German householders are required by the new regulations to keep their WEEE separate from the residual waste stream. German businesses will also have their old electrical equipment recycled under the "Act Governing the Sale, Return and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment", which is to be adopted by Germany's parliament on March 16. For businesses, producers will arrange for collections of end-of-life electronics when supplying new equipment. But unlike the expected UK system, they will not have any responsibility to handle goods placed on the market before the Act comes into force.
◎ Producers require to register to a “Clearing House”
The sharing out of producer responsibility is being managed by a "Clearing House". This central register – the EAR Elektro-Altgerate – was first set up in August 2004 to co-ordinate the supply of collection containers to designated collection points for WEEE. The Clearing House calculates the quantities of WEEE for each registered producer to collect from public waste management authorities and reports the figures to regulatory bodies. Additionally, the German WEEE will come into effect on Mar. 24, 2006.
Source: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5411
Japanese Electronics go “Green”
With the EU introducing recycling and anti-toxic hazard regulations - the so-called WEEE and RoHS imperatives - in 2006, Japan's export-sensitive electronics giants are becoming increasingly intent on solving future requirements under the heading of "green issues".
◎ Sony Takes Green Issues to Heart
Japanese companies are intent on enlarging their markets by identifying future environmental needs, developing technologies and pro-actively marketing solutions on a global basis, rather than racing to meet new environmentally-impactful requirements, according to industry analysts. Sony Corp has switched from petroleum-based plastics to renewable bio-plastic products and virgin or re-cycled metals for casings of many popular items. Such engineering is now used in portable music players and electronics games. NTT DoCoMo and NEC have developed a mobile phone using an environmentally-friendly bio-plastic material for 75% of the surface of the 3G device.
◎ Green Trend Would Extend to Many Sectors
Inevitably, these goals for environmental efficiencies and compliance for operations and products have involved suppliers, including those on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong. Suppliers are required to themselves adhere to standards of producing goods that require less power consumption, can be recycled and don't contain hazardous substances. Electronics and electrical goods makers such as Sony Corp, Hitachi, NEC and Toshiba, as well as auto producers Toyota, Nissan and Honda all specify "green" terms in their procurement contracts. The trend can be expected to extend to sectors including novelty products, toys, gifts and household goods.
Source: http://international.tdctrade.com/content.aspx?data=international_content_en&contentid=562739&SRC=BNT_AsiAus
德國消費者自3月24日起，能夠免費拿電子及電器設備廢料至地方回收點回收。
◎ 生產商負擔回收費用
德國政府表示從這個月起，即將開始準備實施生產商責任，同時，歐盟WEEE指令的條款亦將同步生效。有關WEEE指令的實施，德國領先英國一步，提早數個月採用歐盟該指令。目前，德國的電子生產商必需負責支付收集電子及電器設備廢料至指定回收地點的費用和循環再利用相關費用。另一方面，德國市政府提供許許多多的回收地點，必須強調一點，消費者毋須支付任何回收費用。但是，德國WEEE法規強烈要求消費者必須負責將全部的電子及電器設備廢料分類回收。除此之外，德國議會於3月16日採用一項法令，該法令規定電子業者要重複使用老舊淘汰的電子設備，以達到循環再利用目的。生產商在銷售新電子設備的同時，必須要收集電子及電器設備廢料。德國與英國制度顯著不同之處在於，生產商不需為法令實施以前投放在市場的電子及電器設備負起責任。
◎ 生產商須向結算中心登記
自2005年11月起，所有有意在德國銷售電子及電器設備的生產商皆須向結算中心登記。截至2月份為止，聯邦環境局已公佈4,225家完成登記的生產商。生產商登記時，必須提供保證金，負責支付電子及電器設備廢料的循環再利用費用。此外，他們也要說明在市場銷售、收集、循環再利用的電子及電器設備之類型及數量。結算中心將根據這些資料計算應回收的電子及電器設備廢料數量及某年度生產商應分擔的廢料管理費。未登記的生產商將不得在德國市場銷售相關產品。自2006年3月24日開始，電子及電器設備廢料回收計劃亦正式實施。
資料來源: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5411
日本電子產品 符合綠色潮流
隨著歐盟於2006年實施《電子及電器設備廢料指令》(WEEE)及《限用六大項有害物質指令》(RoHS)，監管廢料循環再利用及廠商使用有害物質的情況。主要倚重出口業務的日本電子大廠積極回應，紛紛推出有助解決未來環境需求的「綠色」產品。
◎新力等大廠 關注環保議題
根據業者分析員表示，日本大廠積極擴展市場，但並非採取競相迎合新環保法規的短視手法，而是著重在全球未來環境需要，研發相關技術及提出解決方案。新力(Sony Corp)多款暢銷產品，例如:手提式音樂播放機和電子遊戲機等，均已逐漸捨棄石油化工塑料，改用可再生的生物塑料製造，產品外殼亦多以未加工或循環再利用金屬壓鑄。日本NTT (NTT DoCoMo) 及日電(NEC)研發出一款第三代(3G)手機，產品外殼有75％以環保生物塑料製造。
◎綠色潮流 擴及眾多領域
無可避免的，現在電子產品供應商亦須致力達成環保效益目標，遵守營運和產品的環保規定。大部分電子產品銷售商均要求供應商遵守環保標準，例如產品應具備節能功能、可以循環再利用以及不含有害物質等。新力、日立、日電和東芝等電子及電器產品廠商，以及豐田、日產和本田等主要車廠，均在採購合約中訂明環保條款。大勢所趨，預料這股綠色潮流將擴及玩具、禮品及家庭用品等多個領域。
資料來源: http://international.tdctrade.com/content.aspx?data=international_content_en&contentid=562739&SRC=BNT_AsiAus
Germany Brings WEEE Producer Responsibility into Force
German householders will be able to take back waste electrical and electronic equipment to local collection points free of charge from March 24.
◎ Producer will be paying for WEEE Collections
The German government has said it is now ready for producer responsibility to start this month, bringing into force the terms of Europe's WEEE Directive. In a move that could be many months ahead of the UK's adoption of the EU Directive, electrical producers will be paying for end-of-life appliances to be collected from designated collection points and recycled. Germany's municipal authorities are providing many of the collection points, but will not have to pay towards collections. German householders are required by the new regulations to keep their WEEE separate from the residual waste stream. German businesses will also have their old electrical equipment recycled under the "Act Governing the Sale, Return and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment", which is to be adopted by Germany's parliament on March 16. For businesses, producers will arrange for collections of end-of-life electronics when supplying new equipment. But unlike the expected UK system, they will not have any responsibility to handle goods placed on the market before the Act comes into force.
◎ Producers require to register to a “Clearing House”
The sharing out of producer responsibility is being managed by a "Clearing House". This central register – the EAR Elektro-Altgerate – was first set up in August 2004 to co-ordinate the supply of collection containers to designated collection points for WEEE. The Clearing House calculates the quantities of WEEE for each registered producer to collect from public waste management authorities and reports the figures to regulatory bodies. Additionally, the German WEEE will come into effect on Mar. 24, 2006.
Source: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5411
Japanese Electronics go “Green”
With the EU introducing recycling and anti-toxic hazard regulations - the so-called WEEE and RoHS imperatives - in 2006, Japan's export-sensitive electronics giants are becoming increasingly intent on solving future requirements under the heading of "green issues".
◎ Sony Takes Green Issues to Heart
Japanese companies are intent on enlarging their markets by identifying future environmental needs, developing technologies and pro-actively marketing solutions on a global basis, rather than racing to meet new environmentally-impactful requirements, according to industry analysts. Sony Corp has switched from petroleum-based plastics to renewable bio-plastic products and virgin or re-cycled metals for casings of many popular items. Such engineering is now used in portable music players and electronics games. NTT DoCoMo and NEC have developed a mobile phone using an environmentally-friendly bio-plastic material for 75% of the surface of the 3G device.
◎ Green Trend Would Extend to Many Sectors
Inevitably, these goals for environmental efficiencies and compliance for operations and products have involved suppliers, including those on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong. Suppliers are required to themselves adhere to standards of producing goods that require less power consumption, can be recycled and don't contain hazardous substances. Electronics and electrical goods makers such as Sony Corp, Hitachi, NEC and Toshiba, as well as auto producers Toyota, Nissan and Honda all specify "green" terms in their procurement contracts. The trend can be expected to extend to sectors including novelty products, toys, gifts and household goods.
Source: http://international.tdctrade.com/content.aspx?data=international_content_en&contentid=562739&SRC=BNT_AsiAus
20060313 中國《電子資訊產品污染控制管理辦法》正式頒佈
中國《電子資訊產品污染控制管理辦法》正式頒佈
中國《電子資訊產品污染控制管理辦法》已於2006年2月28日正式頒佈，規定所有在中國境內銷售的電子資訊產品，必須標注有毒有害物質或元素、環保使用期限、可否回收利用及包裝物材料名稱。若電子資訊產品生產者、進口者違反本辦法相關之規定，將依法予以處罰。本辦法自2007年3月1日起生效。
本辦法重點如下：
◎電子資訊產品的定義：
是指採用電子資訊技術製造的電子雷達產品、電子通信產品、廣播電視產品、電腦產品、家用電子產品、電子測量儀器產品、電子專用產品、電子元器件產品、電子應用產品、電子材料產品等產品及其配件。
◎有毒、有害物質或元素的定義：
鉛、汞、鎘、六價鉻、多溴聯苯（PBB）、多溴聯苯醚（PBDE）以及國家規定的其他有毒、有害物質或元素。
◎標注要求：
所有電子資訊產品，必須標注有毒有害物質或元素、環保使用期限、可否回收利用以及包裝物材料名稱；若產品體積或功能的限制不能在產品上標注，應當在產品說明書中註明。
◎實施日期：
本辦法自2007年3月1日起實施。
新聞來源: http://www.mii.gov.cn/art/2006/03/02/art_521_7344.html
TAC舉行RoHS & WEEE會議
技術採用委員會(TAC)最近一次會議於2月15日在布魯塞爾(比利時首都)舉行，會議圍繞歐盟RoHS與WEEE兩指令展開，該會議摘要如下：
一 RoHS指令豁免項目：
會議主要針對RoHS指令豁免項目進行討論，最後提出5項新的豁免項目進行投票。目前，委員會成員仍在做最後討論，一旦經採用，將立即在官方網站進行公布。
二 符合RoHS法規的指南：
歐盟會員國於1月27日召開會議，針對一份各會員國如何執行RoHS法規，以及業界如何符合該法規的指南進行討論。而且，該指南一旦通過，會在業界公布。
三 WEEE註冊：
針對WEEE指令所要求的電子電器設備註冊問題，特別是遠程銷售產品，會涉及到在一會員國市場上銷售，而在另一會員國廢棄該如何註冊。有些建議進行歐盟聯合註冊，但有些國家的註冊已經展開，該辦法實施比較困難。此外，另有建議歐盟會員國資源共享。同時，委員會亦會徵求各會員國的書面建議。
四 灰色地帶產品：
針對指令涉及的灰色地帶產品，委員會要求在會議展開後兩週內各成員國提交書面清單，以便澄清灰色地帶。
China ” Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products ” Released
China “Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Cased by Electronics Information Products” has been released formally at Feb 28, 2006. This measure has ordered that all the manufacturing, selling and importing Electronic Information Products are required to be indicated【Toxic or Hazardous Substances or Elements】、【Environment-Friendly Use Period】、【Recyclability】、【the Names of Packing Material Substances】. A manufacturer or importer violate the related provisions within this measure shall be penalized by the relevant agencies. This measure will come into effect by Mar 1, 2007.The highlight of this measure is as below:
◎ Definitions of Electronic Information Products:
Electronic Information Products refers to the following products and their accessories manufactured by using electronic information technology: electronic radar products, electronic communication products, broadcast television products, computer products, household electronic products, electronic measurement instrument products, electronic products for special use, electronic component products, electronic application products, electronic material products, etc.
◎ Definitions of Toxic or Hazardous Substances or Elements:
Toxic or Hazardous Substances or Elements refer to the electronic information products containing the following substances or elements:
Lead ; Mercury ; Cadmium ; Hexavalent Chromium ; Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB) ;Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) ; Other toxic or hazard substances or elements set by the State.
◎ Marks:
A manufacturer or an importer shall indicate【environment-friendly use period】、【the names, contents, and locations of toxic or hazardous substances or elements】、【recyclability】、【the names of packaging material substances】on the manufactured or imported electronic information products. Should limited to the size or function of the products, which may be indicated in the user manual.
◎ Effective Date:
This measure will take effect by March 1, 2007.
Source: http://www.mii.gov.cn/art/2006/03/02/art_521_7344.html
TAC Held “RoHS & WEEE” Meeting
Recently, TAC (Technical Adaptation Committee) took place a meeting in Brussels on Feb 15, 2006, focusing on the RoHS and WEEE Directives. The Summary of the meeting is as follow:
1) Vote on proposal for new exemptions
The Commission proposed the adoption of six new exemptions but – following discussions with Member States – withdrew one of these. A Qualified Majority Vote was reached on the remaining five.
2) Guidance document for EU RoHS enforcement bodies
The UK gave a presentation on the establishment and launch of an informal network of EU RoHS enforcement bodies. The UK had hosted the first meeting on 27 January 2006 with one of the aims of that meeting being to discuss a draft guidance document for enforcement bodies. Member States gave widespread support for such a document, which would set out broad principles by which their enforcement bodies would operate. The objective would be to secure a common enforcement approach across the EU. The proposed approach is one of risk based market surveillance and seeking documentation before proceeding to testing if necessary. Once the document is agreed it will be published and made publicly available to all stakeholders.
3) Exchange of views on National Producer Register for WEEE
A general discussion and exchange of views of the possibility for a EU-wide register of producers placing equipment on the market.
4) Grey area products
A limited discussion on a new Commission table of grey area products.
中國《電子資訊產品污染控制管理辦法》已於2006年2月28日正式頒佈，規定所有在中國境內銷售的電子資訊產品，必須標注有毒有害物質或元素、環保使用期限、可否回收利用及包裝物材料名稱。若電子資訊產品生產者、進口者違反本辦法相關之規定，將依法予以處罰。本辦法自2007年3月1日起生效。
本辦法重點如下：
◎電子資訊產品的定義：
是指採用電子資訊技術製造的電子雷達產品、電子通信產品、廣播電視產品、電腦產品、家用電子產品、電子測量儀器產品、電子專用產品、電子元器件產品、電子應用產品、電子材料產品等產品及其配件。
◎有毒、有害物質或元素的定義：
鉛、汞、鎘、六價鉻、多溴聯苯（PBB）、多溴聯苯醚（PBDE）以及國家規定的其他有毒、有害物質或元素。
◎標注要求：
所有電子資訊產品，必須標注有毒有害物質或元素、環保使用期限、可否回收利用以及包裝物材料名稱；若產品體積或功能的限制不能在產品上標注，應當在產品說明書中註明。
◎實施日期：
本辦法自2007年3月1日起實施。
新聞來源: http://www.mii.gov.cn/art/2006/03/02/art_521_7344.html
TAC舉行RoHS & WEEE會議
技術採用委員會(TAC)最近一次會議於2月15日在布魯塞爾(比利時首都)舉行，會議圍繞歐盟RoHS與WEEE兩指令展開，該會議摘要如下：
一 RoHS指令豁免項目：
會議主要針對RoHS指令豁免項目進行討論，最後提出5項新的豁免項目進行投票。目前，委員會成員仍在做最後討論，一旦經採用，將立即在官方網站進行公布。
二 符合RoHS法規的指南：
歐盟會員國於1月27日召開會議，針對一份各會員國如何執行RoHS法規，以及業界如何符合該法規的指南進行討論。而且，該指南一旦通過，會在業界公布。
三 WEEE註冊：
針對WEEE指令所要求的電子電器設備註冊問題，特別是遠程銷售產品，會涉及到在一會員國市場上銷售，而在另一會員國廢棄該如何註冊。有些建議進行歐盟聯合註冊，但有些國家的註冊已經展開，該辦法實施比較困難。此外，另有建議歐盟會員國資源共享。同時，委員會亦會徵求各會員國的書面建議。
四 灰色地帶產品：
針對指令涉及的灰色地帶產品，委員會要求在會議展開後兩週內各成員國提交書面清單，以便澄清灰色地帶。
China ” Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products ” Released
China “Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Cased by Electronics Information Products” has been released formally at Feb 28, 2006. This measure has ordered that all the manufacturing, selling and importing Electronic Information Products are required to be indicated【Toxic or Hazardous Substances or Elements】、【Environment-Friendly Use Period】、【Recyclability】、【the Names of Packing Material Substances】. A manufacturer or importer violate the related provisions within this measure shall be penalized by the relevant agencies. This measure will come into effect by Mar 1, 2007.The highlight of this measure is as below:
◎ Definitions of Electronic Information Products:
Electronic Information Products refers to the following products and their accessories manufactured by using electronic information technology: electronic radar products, electronic communication products, broadcast television products, computer products, household electronic products, electronic measurement instrument products, electronic products for special use, electronic component products, electronic application products, electronic material products, etc.
◎ Definitions of Toxic or Hazardous Substances or Elements:
Toxic or Hazardous Substances or Elements refer to the electronic information products containing the following substances or elements:
Lead ; Mercury ; Cadmium ; Hexavalent Chromium ; Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB) ;Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) ; Other toxic or hazard substances or elements set by the State.
◎ Marks:
A manufacturer or an importer shall indicate【environment-friendly use period】、【the names, contents, and locations of toxic or hazardous substances or elements】、【recyclability】、【the names of packaging material substances】on the manufactured or imported electronic information products. Should limited to the size or function of the products, which may be indicated in the user manual.
◎ Effective Date:
This measure will take effect by March 1, 2007.
Source: http://www.mii.gov.cn/art/2006/03/02/art_521_7344.html
TAC Held “RoHS & WEEE” Meeting
Recently, TAC (Technical Adaptation Committee) took place a meeting in Brussels on Feb 15, 2006, focusing on the RoHS and WEEE Directives. The Summary of the meeting is as follow:
1) Vote on proposal for new exemptions
The Commission proposed the adoption of six new exemptions but – following discussions with Member States – withdrew one of these. A Qualified Majority Vote was reached on the remaining five.
2) Guidance document for EU RoHS enforcement bodies
The UK gave a presentation on the establishment and launch of an informal network of EU RoHS enforcement bodies. The UK had hosted the first meeting on 27 January 2006 with one of the aims of that meeting being to discuss a draft guidance document for enforcement bodies. Member States gave widespread support for such a document, which would set out broad principles by which their enforcement bodies would operate. The objective would be to secure a common enforcement approach across the EU. The proposed approach is one of risk based market surveillance and seeking documentation before proceeding to testing if necessary. Once the document is agreed it will be published and made publicly available to all stakeholders.
3) Exchange of views on National Producer Register for WEEE
A general discussion and exchange of views of the possibility for a EU-wide register of producers placing equipment on the market.
4) Grey area products
A limited discussion on a new Commission table of grey area products.
20060306 Newark InOne發行RoHS產品目錄
Newark InOne發行RoHS產品目錄
Newark InOne，是Premier Farnell plc.子公司，也是全球聞名的批發商。目前，該公司已宣佈即將出版一本全新，總共印製580頁的目錄，專門提供符合歐盟限用六大有害物質(RoHS)指令的電子產品，該目錄預計於今年3月份上市。
◎RoHS目錄區分六大項
該目錄中多達4萬種產品，主要區分為六個項目:半導體、被動元件、電線電纜、電機機械/電力/電路防護系統、光電產品以及焊錫產品。這些產品主要為國際知名大廠製造、生產，包括Texas Instruments, On Semi, Maxim/Dallas, IR, National, Intersil, AMD, Fairchild, Freescale, Avago, Kester, Littelfuse, Honeywell, Tyco, Molex 以及Amphenol 。
◎便於確認符合RoHS的零件
此外，該目錄前段章節也提供詳細的指南，以利於北美洲的工程師遵守RoHS指令的規定，該指令將於2006年7月1日生效。同時，Newark InOne也發表所有符合RoHS的庫存零件之最新數量，雖然許多製造業者並沒有如此做。Newark InOne深信這是唯一方法，以確保能輕易確認符合RoHS與不符合RoHS的零組件，並且完全徹底地將該公司的倉庫內部與顧客貯藏室的產品做區隔。
新聞來源: http://www.greensupplyline.com/news/180206459
WEEE延遲執行 導致地方議會支出
國家廢棄物最終處置協會官員強烈要求中央政府，提撥電子廢棄物的補助款給地方政府時，絕對要採取準確的計算方式。
◎力求精準確實
貿易工業部(DTI)已承諾提供更多補助款給地方政府，以支付WEEE指令衍生的電子廢棄物”新負擔”的支出費用。目前，DTI已支付1.47仟萬英鎊給全英各地的地方議會。DTI已表示，一旦地方政府獲得更多實際發生的費用之相關資訊，即會成立一項專案提撥相關的補助款。此外，NAWDO副總裁Ken Person 表示，中央政府應該確保盡可能精算各個地方政府的負擔費用，而非僅僅負擔CRT的平均再利用費用。假如各地方政府負擔的費用建立在平均再利用費用的基礎上，則有些地方政府的補助款則將不足以支付再利用費用。
◎英國第四次宣佈WEEE延遲
DTI表示，一旦更加明確的WEEE指令實施時間表出爐，將有助於DTI與地方主管機關及環保署去瞭解、確認各個地方議會所負擔的費用。截至目前為止，DTI尚未明確指出相關費用的計算方式。除此之外，地方政府目前正面臨因WEEE法令而衍生的有害電子電器廢棄物最終處置的限制與費用。英國WEEE法令預定的生效日與生產者責任同步生效。總之，由於回收電子電器廢棄物的再利用費用應由生產者負擔，但截至目前為止，貿易工業部(DTI)尚未執行WEEE指令，同時，該指令也尚未轉化成英國當地的法令。
新聞來源: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5359
Newark Inone launches RoHS product catalog
Newark InOne, a subsidiary of global distributor Premier Farnell plc, has announced that a new 580-page catalog devoted to electronic products that are compliant with the European Union's Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive will be available in March.
◎ RoHS Catalog segmented into six sections
The 40,000 in-stock products in the catalog are segmented into six sections by semiconductors, passive components, interconnect/wire & cable, electromechanical/power/ circuit protection, optoelectronics and soldering. These include products from hundreds of top manufacturers such as Texas Instruments, On Semi, Maxim/Dallas, IR, National, Intersil, AMD, Fairchild, Freescale, Avago, Kester, Littelfuse, Honeywell, Tyco, Molex and Amphenol.
◎ Easy to Identify the Compliant Parts
Moreover, the front section of the catalog also includes a detailed compliance guide to help engineers in N. America to comply with RoHS requirements, which takes effect July 1, 2006.
Newark InOne has issued new part numbers for all its compliant stock, even if the manufacturers have not done so. The distributor believes this is the only way to ensure that compliant and non-compliant parts can be identified easily, and properly segregated within its warehouse and their customers' stockrooms.
Source: http://www.greensupplyline.com/news/180206459
WEEE Delays Lead to Cash Payout for Councils
The National Association of Waste Disposal Officers has urged the government not to go down the easy route when working out funding for local authorities because of waste electronics.
◎ Accurate
Local authorities have been promised further funding by the Department of Trade and Industry in order to cover "new burden" costs for electronic waste brought about by hazardous waste regulations. Already a payment of £14.7 million is to be shared out amongst the UK councils. The Department of Trade and Industry has said that it will be topping up these payments through a special grant scheme later on this year once more information is available on actual costs incurred by local authorities. Ken Pearson, vice chairman of NAWDO, has said that the government should ensure that each local authority's amount is worked out as accurately as possible rather than just working out an average price for CRT recycling. If councils get the funding based on an average basis then some will win and some will lose.
◎ UK Announced the 4th Delay for the Implementation of WEEE
The DTI has said that once it has a more precise timetable in place for the implementation of the WEEE Directive it will consult with local authorities and the Environment Agency to ascertain a figure for each council. The department has not indicated exactly how this figure will be achieved.
Local authorities are facing additional restrictions and costs on the disposal of hazardous electronic waste because of hazardous waste regulations. The original timing of the regulations had been planned to coincide with the start of producer responsibility through the WEEE Directive.
The costs to have hazardous WEEE recycled would have been covered by electronic producers, but the Department of Trade and Industry has so far failed to implement the Directive into UK law.
Source: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5359
Newark InOne，是Premier Farnell plc.子公司，也是全球聞名的批發商。目前，該公司已宣佈即將出版一本全新，總共印製580頁的目錄，專門提供符合歐盟限用六大有害物質(RoHS)指令的電子產品，該目錄預計於今年3月份上市。
◎RoHS目錄區分六大項
該目錄中多達4萬種產品，主要區分為六個項目:半導體、被動元件、電線電纜、電機機械/電力/電路防護系統、光電產品以及焊錫產品。這些產品主要為國際知名大廠製造、生產，包括Texas Instruments, On Semi, Maxim/Dallas, IR, National, Intersil, AMD, Fairchild, Freescale, Avago, Kester, Littelfuse, Honeywell, Tyco, Molex 以及Amphenol 。
◎便於確認符合RoHS的零件
此外，該目錄前段章節也提供詳細的指南，以利於北美洲的工程師遵守RoHS指令的規定，該指令將於2006年7月1日生效。同時，Newark InOne也發表所有符合RoHS的庫存零件之最新數量，雖然許多製造業者並沒有如此做。Newark InOne深信這是唯一方法，以確保能輕易確認符合RoHS與不符合RoHS的零組件，並且完全徹底地將該公司的倉庫內部與顧客貯藏室的產品做區隔。
新聞來源: http://www.greensupplyline.com/news/180206459
WEEE延遲執行 導致地方議會支出
國家廢棄物最終處置協會官員強烈要求中央政府，提撥電子廢棄物的補助款給地方政府時，絕對要採取準確的計算方式。
◎力求精準確實
貿易工業部(DTI)已承諾提供更多補助款給地方政府，以支付WEEE指令衍生的電子廢棄物”新負擔”的支出費用。目前，DTI已支付1.47仟萬英鎊給全英各地的地方議會。DTI已表示，一旦地方政府獲得更多實際發生的費用之相關資訊，即會成立一項專案提撥相關的補助款。此外，NAWDO副總裁Ken Person 表示，中央政府應該確保盡可能精算各個地方政府的負擔費用，而非僅僅負擔CRT的平均再利用費用。假如各地方政府負擔的費用建立在平均再利用費用的基礎上，則有些地方政府的補助款則將不足以支付再利用費用。
◎英國第四次宣佈WEEE延遲
DTI表示，一旦更加明確的WEEE指令實施時間表出爐，將有助於DTI與地方主管機關及環保署去瞭解、確認各個地方議會所負擔的費用。截至目前為止，DTI尚未明確指出相關費用的計算方式。除此之外，地方政府目前正面臨因WEEE法令而衍生的有害電子電器廢棄物最終處置的限制與費用。英國WEEE法令預定的生效日與生產者責任同步生效。總之，由於回收電子電器廢棄物的再利用費用應由生產者負擔，但截至目前為止，貿易工業部(DTI)尚未執行WEEE指令，同時，該指令也尚未轉化成英國當地的法令。
新聞來源: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5359
Newark Inone launches RoHS product catalog
Newark InOne, a subsidiary of global distributor Premier Farnell plc, has announced that a new 580-page catalog devoted to electronic products that are compliant with the European Union's Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive will be available in March.
◎ RoHS Catalog segmented into six sections
The 40,000 in-stock products in the catalog are segmented into six sections by semiconductors, passive components, interconnect/wire & cable, electromechanical/power/ circuit protection, optoelectronics and soldering. These include products from hundreds of top manufacturers such as Texas Instruments, On Semi, Maxim/Dallas, IR, National, Intersil, AMD, Fairchild, Freescale, Avago, Kester, Littelfuse, Honeywell, Tyco, Molex and Amphenol.
◎ Easy to Identify the Compliant Parts
Moreover, the front section of the catalog also includes a detailed compliance guide to help engineers in N. America to comply with RoHS requirements, which takes effect July 1, 2006.
Newark InOne has issued new part numbers for all its compliant stock, even if the manufacturers have not done so. The distributor believes this is the only way to ensure that compliant and non-compliant parts can be identified easily, and properly segregated within its warehouse and their customers' stockrooms.
Source: http://www.greensupplyline.com/news/180206459
WEEE Delays Lead to Cash Payout for Councils
The National Association of Waste Disposal Officers has urged the government not to go down the easy route when working out funding for local authorities because of waste electronics.
◎ Accurate
Local authorities have been promised further funding by the Department of Trade and Industry in order to cover "new burden" costs for electronic waste brought about by hazardous waste regulations. Already a payment of £14.7 million is to be shared out amongst the UK councils. The Department of Trade and Industry has said that it will be topping up these payments through a special grant scheme later on this year once more information is available on actual costs incurred by local authorities. Ken Pearson, vice chairman of NAWDO, has said that the government should ensure that each local authority's amount is worked out as accurately as possible rather than just working out an average price for CRT recycling. If councils get the funding based on an average basis then some will win and some will lose.
◎ UK Announced the 4th Delay for the Implementation of WEEE
The DTI has said that once it has a more precise timetable in place for the implementation of the WEEE Directive it will consult with local authorities and the Environment Agency to ascertain a figure for each council. The department has not indicated exactly how this figure will be achieved.
Local authorities are facing additional restrictions and costs on the disposal of hazardous electronic waste because of hazardous waste regulations. The original timing of the regulations had been planned to coincide with the start of producer responsibility through the WEEE Directive.
The costs to have hazardous WEEE recycled would have been covered by electronic producers, but the Department of Trade and Industry has so far failed to implement the Directive into UK law.
Source: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5359
20060227 亞洲準備好”符合RoHS”
亞洲準備好”符合RoHS”
根據Global Sources一份”RoHS符合度”調查報告顯示: 93%台灣、中國大陸、香港以及南韓的電子業者預計會在RoHS 截止期限: 2006年7月1日以前為符合歐盟”禁用六大有害物質(RoHS)”指令做好準備。
◎93%亞洲電子業者預計會符合RoHS 截止期限
RoHS指令(2002/95/EC) 禁止電子電器設備中使用含有鉛、鎘、汞、六價鉻、多溴聯苯及多溴聯苯醚等有害物質，於2006年7月1日以後在歐盟各會員國販售或使用。該調查報告是由359家台灣、中國大陸、香港以及南韓的電子業者之問卷匯集而成。問卷調查的對象主要針對目前出口或計劃輸出電子電器設備與零組件至歐盟的電子業者。
報告發行人 Mark Saunderson 表示: ”51%受訪的電子業者認為已經符合RoHS指令；42%的業者預計今年7月以前會符合該指令。同時，輸出電子零件至歐盟的業者仍不斷在評估”符合RoHS”的產品對企業所帶來的影響，並且認為”符合RoHS”會提高產品價格。”
◎電子業者期望藉”符合RoHS”提高價格
此外，Saunderson也補充說明: ”符合RoHS意味著進一步提升業者的製造能力和確認零件供應商的RoHS符合性。64%受調查的電子業者期望符合RoHS的產品能影響價格，因此價格的提高意義非凡。” 據調查，電子業者期望價格增加的比例如下:
-- 35%期望價格(符合RoHS的產品)增加5%以下
-- 23%期望價格增加5%~10%
-- 6% 期望價格增加10%以上
參考網址: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-14-2006/0004281253&EDATE
打火機須具備”防範兒童把玩”安全裝置
歐洲委員會將採納於2006年2月9日通過的一項決議草案，規定所有出口至歐盟以及在歐盟販售的打火機必須具備”防範兒童把玩”安全裝置，決議草案重點如下:
1) 決議有關打火機須具備”防範兒童把玩”安全裝置的界定範圍、種類。
2) 受管制的打火機不包括: 持續壽命最少5年、保固期最少2年、可以修理的可再充氣式打火機。
3) 防把玩安全裝置，需能防止年齡不足51個月的兒童把玩。
4) 打火機如符合EN 13869安全標準，或非歐盟會員國的相關條例，則可被視為具備防把玩功能。
5) 打火機上市前，需先通過相關的防把玩測試。
6) 決議公布後10個月起，歐盟會員國須確保只有具備”防把玩”裝置的打火機得以上市。
7) 同時，會員國必需禁止市面販售”新奇”打火機(其外觀與吸引兒童的東西相似)。
8) 生產商或歐盟進口商須按當局要求，保存及提交遵守規定的報告和生產紀錄。
9) 分銷商亦須按當局要求，保存及提交相關文件。
歐盟通過相關法例後，會員國將有4個月的時間把法例轉化為國家條例。之後，業者再擁有6個
月時間調整生產鏈，以確保打火機符合相關的安全規定。屆時，違規打火機必須從市面上回收。
參考網址: http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eu0604a.htm
Asia Ready for RoHS
According to a RoHS Compliance Readiness Survey Report (Global Sources): Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea shows 93 percent of electronics manufacturers expect to comply with the European Union's Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive by July 2006.
◎93 Percent of Electronics Manufacturers in Asia Expect to Comply with RoHS Deadline
RoHS or EU Directive 2002/95/EC restricts the use of certain substances including Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent-chromium, PBBs and PBDEs in electrical or electronic equipment sold or used in the European Union after July 1.The report was compiled through questionnaires completed by 359manufacturers in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea. These companies currently export or plan to export electronic devices and components to the EU.
Report publisher, Mark Saunderson, said: "Fifty-one percent of surveyed companies said they are already RoHS-compliant. Forty-two percent expect to be compliant by mid-year. Companies that export relatively small volumes to the EU are still evaluating the impact of compliance on their production." Electronics manufacturers expect RoHS compliance to increase costs and prices.
◎Electronics Manufacturers Expect RoHS Compliance to Increase Prices
Moreover, Saunderson added: "RoHS compliance involves upgrading manufacturing facilities and ensuring component suppliers are RoHS-compliant. The costs can be significant; 64 percent of surveyed companies expect compliance to impact prices."
The RoHS Compliance Readiness Survey shows:
-- 35 percent of manufacturers expect their prices to increase by less than 5 percent
-- 23 percent expect prices to increase by between 5 and 10 percent
-- 6 percent expect prices to increase by more than 10 percent
Website for more information: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-14-2006/0004281253&EDATE
EU will Introduce Child-Resistance in Cigarette Lighters
On 9 February 2006, the European Commission announced it was given the green light to adopt a Decision requiring all lighters placed on the EU market to be child-resistant. The General Product Safety Committee, which comprises all 25 Member States' safety experts, voted by a majority to accept the draft Commission Decision on 9 February 2006. Therefore, all cigarette lighter manufacturers exporting to the EU will thus have to meet its future requirements. A description of the draft Decision voted upon follows:
1) The text lays out a definition of lighters which will have to become child-resistant, excluding any monetary threshold.
2) The coverage of lighters excludes refillable lighters which have a continual safe life of at least 5 years, which benefit from a manufacturers' guarantee of at least two years, and which can be repaired.
3) The child-resistance within the lighter shall mean that it cannot be operated by children under 51 months.
4) Lighters shall be presumed to be child-resistant if they conform to certain specifications laid out in any national standard that conforms to the EN 13869:2002 Standard, or to relevant rules of non-EU countries which have equivalent requirements in force.
5) In order to be placed on the market, lighters will have had to meet child-resistance tests that are laid out in any of the aforementioned recognised standards or non-EU countries' rules.
6) The Member States have an obligation to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market as of ten months from the date of notification of the Decision.
7) At the same time, Member States must prohibit "novelty" lighters completely (these are lighters that resemble objects thought to be appealing to children).
8) As of that date, producers (or EU importers) will have to keep and provide on request a report on child-resistance, an attestation on request that all lighters are in conformity, production records, and a new report if any relevant changes are made to the producer's model of lighter.
9) Similarly, distributors will be required to keep and provide documentation necessary for tracing the producers of the lighters they supply.
Once the legislation is in place at EU level, the Member States will have four months to transpose it. Industry will have a further six months to modify their production chain to ensure their lighters are adequately child-resistant. At that time, lighters for which compliance cannot be shown will have to be withdrawn from the market.
Website for more information: http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eu0604a.htm
根據Global Sources一份”RoHS符合度”調查報告顯示: 93%台灣、中國大陸、香港以及南韓的電子業者預計會在RoHS 截止期限: 2006年7月1日以前為符合歐盟”禁用六大有害物質(RoHS)”指令做好準備。
◎93%亞洲電子業者預計會符合RoHS 截止期限
RoHS指令(2002/95/EC) 禁止電子電器設備中使用含有鉛、鎘、汞、六價鉻、多溴聯苯及多溴聯苯醚等有害物質，於2006年7月1日以後在歐盟各會員國販售或使用。該調查報告是由359家台灣、中國大陸、香港以及南韓的電子業者之問卷匯集而成。問卷調查的對象主要針對目前出口或計劃輸出電子電器設備與零組件至歐盟的電子業者。
報告發行人 Mark Saunderson 表示: ”51%受訪的電子業者認為已經符合RoHS指令；42%的業者預計今年7月以前會符合該指令。同時，輸出電子零件至歐盟的業者仍不斷在評估”符合RoHS”的產品對企業所帶來的影響，並且認為”符合RoHS”會提高產品價格。”
◎電子業者期望藉”符合RoHS”提高價格
此外，Saunderson也補充說明: ”符合RoHS意味著進一步提升業者的製造能力和確認零件供應商的RoHS符合性。64%受調查的電子業者期望符合RoHS的產品能影響價格，因此價格的提高意義非凡。” 據調查，電子業者期望價格增加的比例如下:
-- 35%期望價格(符合RoHS的產品)增加5%以下
-- 23%期望價格增加5%~10%
-- 6% 期望價格增加10%以上
參考網址: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-14-2006/0004281253&EDATE
打火機須具備”防範兒童把玩”安全裝置
歐洲委員會將採納於2006年2月9日通過的一項決議草案，規定所有出口至歐盟以及在歐盟販售的打火機必須具備”防範兒童把玩”安全裝置，決議草案重點如下:
1) 決議有關打火機須具備”防範兒童把玩”安全裝置的界定範圍、種類。
2) 受管制的打火機不包括: 持續壽命最少5年、保固期最少2年、可以修理的可再充氣式打火機。
3) 防把玩安全裝置，需能防止年齡不足51個月的兒童把玩。
4) 打火機如符合EN 13869安全標準，或非歐盟會員國的相關條例，則可被視為具備防把玩功能。
5) 打火機上市前，需先通過相關的防把玩測試。
6) 決議公布後10個月起，歐盟會員國須確保只有具備”防把玩”裝置的打火機得以上市。
7) 同時，會員國必需禁止市面販售”新奇”打火機(其外觀與吸引兒童的東西相似)。
8) 生產商或歐盟進口商須按當局要求，保存及提交遵守規定的報告和生產紀錄。
9) 分銷商亦須按當局要求，保存及提交相關文件。
歐盟通過相關法例後，會員國將有4個月的時間把法例轉化為國家條例。之後，業者再擁有6個
月時間調整生產鏈，以確保打火機符合相關的安全規定。屆時，違規打火機必須從市面上回收。
參考網址: http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eu0604a.htm
Asia Ready for RoHS
According to a RoHS Compliance Readiness Survey Report (Global Sources): Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea shows 93 percent of electronics manufacturers expect to comply with the European Union's Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive by July 2006.
◎93 Percent of Electronics Manufacturers in Asia Expect to Comply with RoHS Deadline
RoHS or EU Directive 2002/95/EC restricts the use of certain substances including Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent-chromium, PBBs and PBDEs in electrical or electronic equipment sold or used in the European Union after July 1.The report was compiled through questionnaires completed by 359manufacturers in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea. These companies currently export or plan to export electronic devices and components to the EU.
Report publisher, Mark Saunderson, said: "Fifty-one percent of surveyed companies said they are already RoHS-compliant. Forty-two percent expect to be compliant by mid-year. Companies that export relatively small volumes to the EU are still evaluating the impact of compliance on their production." Electronics manufacturers expect RoHS compliance to increase costs and prices.
◎Electronics Manufacturers Expect RoHS Compliance to Increase Prices
Moreover, Saunderson added: "RoHS compliance involves upgrading manufacturing facilities and ensuring component suppliers are RoHS-compliant. The costs can be significant; 64 percent of surveyed companies expect compliance to impact prices."
The RoHS Compliance Readiness Survey shows:
-- 35 percent of manufacturers expect their prices to increase by less than 5 percent
-- 23 percent expect prices to increase by between 5 and 10 percent
-- 6 percent expect prices to increase by more than 10 percent
Website for more information: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-14-2006/0004281253&EDATE
EU will Introduce Child-Resistance in Cigarette Lighters
On 9 February 2006, the European Commission announced it was given the green light to adopt a Decision requiring all lighters placed on the EU market to be child-resistant. The General Product Safety Committee, which comprises all 25 Member States' safety experts, voted by a majority to accept the draft Commission Decision on 9 February 2006. Therefore, all cigarette lighter manufacturers exporting to the EU will thus have to meet its future requirements. A description of the draft Decision voted upon follows:
1) The text lays out a definition of lighters which will have to become child-resistant, excluding any monetary threshold.
2) The coverage of lighters excludes refillable lighters which have a continual safe life of at least 5 years, which benefit from a manufacturers' guarantee of at least two years, and which can be repaired.
3) The child-resistance within the lighter shall mean that it cannot be operated by children under 51 months.
4) Lighters shall be presumed to be child-resistant if they conform to certain specifications laid out in any national standard that conforms to the EN 13869:2002 Standard, or to relevant rules of non-EU countries which have equivalent requirements in force.
5) In order to be placed on the market, lighters will have had to meet child-resistance tests that are laid out in any of the aforementioned recognised standards or non-EU countries' rules.
6) The Member States have an obligation to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market as of ten months from the date of notification of the Decision.
7) At the same time, Member States must prohibit "novelty" lighters completely (these are lighters that resemble objects thought to be appealing to children).
8) As of that date, producers (or EU importers) will have to keep and provide on request a report on child-resistance, an attestation on request that all lighters are in conformity, production records, and a new report if any relevant changes are made to the producer's model of lighter.
9) Similarly, distributors will be required to keep and provide documentation necessary for tracing the producers of the lighters they supply.
Once the legislation is in place at EU level, the Member States will have four months to transpose it. Industry will have a further six months to modify their production chain to ensure their lighters are adequately child-resistant. At that time, lighters for which compliance cannot be shown will have to be withdrawn from the market.
Website for more information: http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eu0604a.htm
20060220 IPC - Soldertec 宣佈”符合RoHS”的計畫
IPC - Soldertec 宣佈”符合RoHS”的計畫
IPC (Association Connecting Electronic Industries) 與Soldertec Global已經宣佈一項名為”符合RoHS”的國際會議，包括整個會議計畫和展覽機會的相關細節。
◎”符合RoHS”會議 促進廠商交流
科技業、展覽品、廠商相關的一系列會議預計於2006年4月25~27日在瑞典的Malmo市舉行。以前，由於會議提供大家與國際的頂尖專家互動、交流的機會，因此，今年也不例外，而且還新增展覽區以展示符合RoHS的產品。同時，會議提供歐盟RoHS指令最新訊息，相關會議計畫與登記表格請參觀Soldertec Global網站: www.lead-free.org 。大廠的專家們將於4月26與27日連續兩天提出報告，其中包括松下集團受到高度尊重的Dr. Kenichiro ，領導松下團隊優先將第一個量產的無鉛產品成功上市，迷你光碟SJ-MJ30-S。會議第一天的演講者包括歐盟委員會、英國貿易工業部、KPMG及BSMI等。第二天由贊助商RS Components主持會議，同時將針對會議程序、最新研究以及RoHS其他材料(鉛除外)發出書面文件。另一方面，Synopsys Tech 、 Indium Corp. 、EPS 亦會於25日舉行廠商會議。
◎”符合RoHS”產品 締造銷售優勢
Soldertec Global的研發經理Kay表示”來自歐洲各國、日本及美國的詢問信件如雪花般飛來。將來，RoHS指令不僅影響歐洲，同時也會對全球市場產生作用。”此次會議不僅為企業提供最後一次機會以符合2006年7月1日起正式實施的RoHS法規，而且也提到RoHS指令未來將如何對企業造成衝擊。2006年4月底，預料會有許多不含鉛、鎘、汞、六價鉻、多溴聯苯及多溴聯苯醚的新型電子產品上市。此事件反映出一個特色:展覽櫥窗必定會大力促銷具有環保意識廠商所生產的符合RoHS產品，同時也提供给參觀者(買家)一個最好的選擇。總之，參展的廠商有機會透過不斷研發創新的產品，以展現努力成果並且保護環境及人類健康。此外，也即將為供應商和零件廠商推出桌上型展覽攤位，期望能在促銷電子產品中佔有一席之地。
參考網址: http://www.evertiq.com/newsx/read_news.aspx?newsid=3071&cat=7&nl=1
電子廢棄物成為2006年的主角
2006年無疑是電子廢棄物最眾所矚目的一年。目前，美國國內已經有8個州提出19個法案有關電子廢棄物的收集、再利用及再使用。主要內容如下：
1) 肯塔基(Kentucky)的HCR 28 : 組成專案小組以評估電子廢棄物所產生之問題，以提供相關建議報告。
2) 內布拉斯加(Nebraska)的LB 1031 : 要求建立一套分擔電子產品的回收及再生之責任的系統。
3) 新罕布夏(New Hampshire)的HB1455 : 電子產品零組件必須標示製造商及標示再生零組件之相關資訊。
4) 新澤西(New Jersey)的AB 1663 & SB 554 : 要求建立電子產品的生產者責任。
5) 佛蒙特(Vermont)的HB 700 & SB 270 : 要求收集、再使用及再利用含有害物質的電子產品。
6) 密西西比(Mississippi)、紐約(New York) : 要求展開電子產品之再利用及管理的計畫。
7) 華盛頓(Washington) 的HB 2662 & SB 6428 : 主要強調生產者的責任；HB 2810 & HB 2811 : 強調再利用電子產品。
最後，由於許多州已經制定電子廢棄物法規包括預先的回收處理費用和延伸的生產者責任，因此，很顯然的必須先整合各州法案，然後制定成為國家法律。
參考網址: http://www.raymond.com/state/15_1/news/3167-1.html
IPC-Solertec “RoHS Compliance” Program
IPC (Association Connecting Electronic Industries) and Soldertec Global had announced details of the full session program and exhibition opportunities for the International Conference on "RoHS Compliance".
◎”RoHS Compliance” Conference Improve to Interact
The workshops, product display and technical conference will be held at Malmo City, Sweden from April 25-27 2006. As in previous years, the conference sessions offer the opportunity to hear and interact with top international experts in the field, and this year, there are also opportunities for showing RoHS compliant products in an extended display area. The conference will provide the most up-to-date information on the EU RoHS Directive and important compliance issues to industry. The conference program and registration form can be found on the Soldertec Global website: www.lead-free.org Key industry experts will give presentations on the 26th and 27th April, including a keynote presentation from Dr. Kenichiro Suetsugu of Matsushita, the highly respected expert who led the team that successfully introduced the first mass produced lead free product into the market, the MiniDisc SJ-MJ30-S. The first days agenda includes speakers from the European Commission, the DTI of UK, KPMG, and BSI. Papers on process issues, new research and RoHS materials other than lead are being presented on day two of the conference chaired by sponsors RS Components. On the other hand, Synopsys Technology; Indium Corporation and EPS will also hold workshop sessions on the 25th April.
◎”RoHS Compliance” Products Create Sales Advantage
"We have had an overwhelming response to our call for papers, not only from contributors across Europe, but also as far a field as Japan and the Americas. Future directives affect not only Europe but have far reaching implications for the global marketplace," comments Kay Nimmo, Research Director at Soldertec Global. "This conference provides the last opportunity for industry to meet and reflect on the implications of RoHS before July 2006 and also outlines how future directives will impact upon our industry." By the end of April 2006 many new electronic products are expected to be available to the market; Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr (VI) and brominated flame retardant free. A new and totally unique feature of this event will be the availability of exhibition cabinets to allow environmentally conscious manufacturers to promote a selection of their RoHS compliant products to the visitors and buyers. Sponsorship opportunities are also available to allow companies to promote their efforts to protect the environment and human health through innovative product engineering. Tabletop exhibition space will be available for suppliers and component manufacturers wishing to take advantage of the promotional opportunities available.
Website for more information: http://www.evertiq.com/newsx/read_news.aspx?newsid=3071&cat=7&nl=1
E-Waste Takes the Lead in 2006
This year (2006) will certainly be the most intensely focused on e-waste. Already there are nineteen bills which have been introduced in eight states.
1) Kentucky’s HCR 28, create a task force to work on evaluating the problem of e-waste within the state and then report recommendations.
2) Nebraska’s LB 1031, require a system of shared responsibility to be put in place for collection and recycling of electronics.
3) New Hampshire’s HB 1455 would put manufacturers on the spot for each unit sold and would require them to label the covered electronics with information on proper recycling.
4) New Jersey’s AB 1663 and SB 554 would create producer responsibility requirements for electronics.
5) Vermont’s HB 700 and SB 270, as well which require collection, reuse, and recycling requirements for electronics which contain hazardous substances.
6) Mississippi and New York which require recycling and management plans to be instigated.
7) Washington’s HB 2662 and SB 6428, introduced producer responsibility. HB 2810 and HB 2811 focus on recycling electronics.
We concluded that as more states introduce e-waste legislation with advance recycling fees and extended producer responsibility, it is clear that national legislation will have to come into the mix to attempt to straighten it out.
Website for more information: http://www.raymond.com/state/15_1/news/3167-1.html
IPC (Association Connecting Electronic Industries) 與Soldertec Global已經宣佈一項名為”符合RoHS”的國際會議，包括整個會議計畫和展覽機會的相關細節。
◎”符合RoHS”會議 促進廠商交流
科技業、展覽品、廠商相關的一系列會議預計於2006年4月25~27日在瑞典的Malmo市舉行。以前，由於會議提供大家與國際的頂尖專家互動、交流的機會，因此，今年也不例外，而且還新增展覽區以展示符合RoHS的產品。同時，會議提供歐盟RoHS指令最新訊息，相關會議計畫與登記表格請參觀Soldertec Global網站: www.lead-free.org 。大廠的專家們將於4月26與27日連續兩天提出報告，其中包括松下集團受到高度尊重的Dr. Kenichiro ，領導松下團隊優先將第一個量產的無鉛產品成功上市，迷你光碟SJ-MJ30-S。會議第一天的演講者包括歐盟委員會、英國貿易工業部、KPMG及BSMI等。第二天由贊助商RS Components主持會議，同時將針對會議程序、最新研究以及RoHS其他材料(鉛除外)發出書面文件。另一方面，Synopsys Tech 、 Indium Corp. 、EPS 亦會於25日舉行廠商會議。
◎”符合RoHS”產品 締造銷售優勢
Soldertec Global的研發經理Kay表示”來自歐洲各國、日本及美國的詢問信件如雪花般飛來。將來，RoHS指令不僅影響歐洲，同時也會對全球市場產生作用。”此次會議不僅為企業提供最後一次機會以符合2006年7月1日起正式實施的RoHS法規，而且也提到RoHS指令未來將如何對企業造成衝擊。2006年4月底，預料會有許多不含鉛、鎘、汞、六價鉻、多溴聯苯及多溴聯苯醚的新型電子產品上市。此事件反映出一個特色:展覽櫥窗必定會大力促銷具有環保意識廠商所生產的符合RoHS產品，同時也提供给參觀者(買家)一個最好的選擇。總之，參展的廠商有機會透過不斷研發創新的產品，以展現努力成果並且保護環境及人類健康。此外，也即將為供應商和零件廠商推出桌上型展覽攤位，期望能在促銷電子產品中佔有一席之地。
參考網址: http://www.evertiq.com/newsx/read_news.aspx?newsid=3071&cat=7&nl=1
電子廢棄物成為2006年的主角
2006年無疑是電子廢棄物最眾所矚目的一年。目前，美國國內已經有8個州提出19個法案有關電子廢棄物的收集、再利用及再使用。主要內容如下：
1) 肯塔基(Kentucky)的HCR 28 : 組成專案小組以評估電子廢棄物所產生之問題，以提供相關建議報告。
2) 內布拉斯加(Nebraska)的LB 1031 : 要求建立一套分擔電子產品的回收及再生之責任的系統。
3) 新罕布夏(New Hampshire)的HB1455 : 電子產品零組件必須標示製造商及標示再生零組件之相關資訊。
4) 新澤西(New Jersey)的AB 1663 & SB 554 : 要求建立電子產品的生產者責任。
5) 佛蒙特(Vermont)的HB 700 & SB 270 : 要求收集、再使用及再利用含有害物質的電子產品。
6) 密西西比(Mississippi)、紐約(New York) : 要求展開電子產品之再利用及管理的計畫。
7) 華盛頓(Washington) 的HB 2662 & SB 6428 : 主要強調生產者的責任；HB 2810 & HB 2811 : 強調再利用電子產品。
最後，由於許多州已經制定電子廢棄物法規包括預先的回收處理費用和延伸的生產者責任，因此，很顯然的必須先整合各州法案，然後制定成為國家法律。
參考網址: http://www.raymond.com/state/15_1/news/3167-1.html
IPC-Solertec “RoHS Compliance” Program
IPC (Association Connecting Electronic Industries) and Soldertec Global had announced details of the full session program and exhibition opportunities for the International Conference on "RoHS Compliance".
◎”RoHS Compliance” Conference Improve to Interact
The workshops, product display and technical conference will be held at Malmo City, Sweden from April 25-27 2006. As in previous years, the conference sessions offer the opportunity to hear and interact with top international experts in the field, and this year, there are also opportunities for showing RoHS compliant products in an extended display area. The conference will provide the most up-to-date information on the EU RoHS Directive and important compliance issues to industry. The conference program and registration form can be found on the Soldertec Global website: www.lead-free.org Key industry experts will give presentations on the 26th and 27th April, including a keynote presentation from Dr. Kenichiro Suetsugu of Matsushita, the highly respected expert who led the team that successfully introduced the first mass produced lead free product into the market, the MiniDisc SJ-MJ30-S. The first days agenda includes speakers from the European Commission, the DTI of UK, KPMG, and BSI. Papers on process issues, new research and RoHS materials other than lead are being presented on day two of the conference chaired by sponsors RS Components. On the other hand, Synopsys Technology; Indium Corporation and EPS will also hold workshop sessions on the 25th April.
◎”RoHS Compliance” Products Create Sales Advantage
"We have had an overwhelming response to our call for papers, not only from contributors across Europe, but also as far a field as Japan and the Americas. Future directives affect not only Europe but have far reaching implications for the global marketplace," comments Kay Nimmo, Research Director at Soldertec Global. "This conference provides the last opportunity for industry to meet and reflect on the implications of RoHS before July 2006 and also outlines how future directives will impact upon our industry." By the end of April 2006 many new electronic products are expected to be available to the market; Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr (VI) and brominated flame retardant free. A new and totally unique feature of this event will be the availability of exhibition cabinets to allow environmentally conscious manufacturers to promote a selection of their RoHS compliant products to the visitors and buyers. Sponsorship opportunities are also available to allow companies to promote their efforts to protect the environment and human health through innovative product engineering. Tabletop exhibition space will be available for suppliers and component manufacturers wishing to take advantage of the promotional opportunities available.
Website for more information: http://www.evertiq.com/newsx/read_news.aspx?newsid=3071&cat=7&nl=1
E-Waste Takes the Lead in 2006
This year (2006) will certainly be the most intensely focused on e-waste. Already there are nineteen bills which have been introduced in eight states.
1) Kentucky’s HCR 28, create a task force to work on evaluating the problem of e-waste within the state and then report recommendations.
2) Nebraska’s LB 1031, require a system of shared responsibility to be put in place for collection and recycling of electronics.
3) New Hampshire’s HB 1455 would put manufacturers on the spot for each unit sold and would require them to label the covered electronics with information on proper recycling.
4) New Jersey’s AB 1663 and SB 554 would create producer responsibility requirements for electronics.
5) Vermont’s HB 700 and SB 270, as well which require collection, reuse, and recycling requirements for electronics which contain hazardous substances.
6) Mississippi and New York which require recycling and management plans to be instigated.
7) Washington’s HB 2662 and SB 6428, introduced producer responsibility. HB 2810 and HB 2811 focus on recycling electronics.
We concluded that as more states introduce e-waste legislation with advance recycling fees and extended producer responsibility, it is clear that national legislation will have to come into the mix to attempt to straighten it out.
Website for more information: http://www.raymond.com/state/15_1/news/3167-1.html
20060213 SONY SS-00259第五版已於2006.02.01正式出爐
SONY SS-00259第五版已於2006.02.01正式出爐
SS-00259第5版已經於2月1日正式出爐。然而，與目前SONY第4版相關的測試要求相較之下，雖然並無顯著的差異，但仍有一些增修內容值得注意。相關增修之內容如下：
◎SS-00259 5th 特別指出禁用物質：十溴聯苯醚 (DecaBDE)
◎SS-00259 5th 增修之禁用範圍及禁用日期：
1) 有關鉛及鉛化合物
2) 有關聚氯乙烯 (PVC) 及 聚氯乙烯混合物
3) 有關汞、鎘應用於電池方面
詳細內容請參照下列網址－ SS-00259第五版(中、英文版):
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/procurementinfo/ss00259/qfhh7c000000bbv6-att/ss259_excerpts_j.pdf
參考網址: http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/procurementinfo/ss00259/
首宗違反WEEE遭起訴的案件
愛爾蘭Boots Retail 已經成為歐盟第一家因違反電子電器設備廢棄物( WEEE )法規遭起訴的公司。
◎愛爾蘭及歐盟的首例
愛爾蘭的Boots Retail公司於2006年1月23日因違反電子電器設備廢棄物( WEEE )法規遭到環保署的控訴。此樁違反該指令的案件不僅是愛爾蘭，同時也是歐盟的首例。該法規是由歐盟的WEEE指令轉化而成愛爾蘭國內的法令，並且已於2005年8月13日生效。
◎Boots Retail公司違法的情節及罰款事宜
該案件由愛爾蘭的Wexford地方法院負責審理，除此之外，Boots Retail公司也承認違反WEEE法規。該公司違法的情節及罰款之相關事宜如下：
1)由於沒有盡到持續確實地告知顧客真相的責任，因價格當中已包括一項捐款給予生產者的循環再造基金以確保WEEE的收集、循環再造及循環再利用。
2)由於廣告中並沒有敘述必須提供電子電器設備的捐款給予製造者的循環再造基金，如同法規所要求的金額一樣。該廣告於2005年10月27日刊登在愛爾蘭時代週刊之中。
3)由於沒有遵守法規的的要求，儘可能降低電子電器設備廢棄物的數量，同時減少垃圾掩埋的數量然後充分做好廢棄物的收集、循環再造及循環再利用。
4) Boots Retail公司違反了愛爾蘭的WEEE法規第16條之12款的要求。
5) Boots Retail公司被判處罰金 € 1,200，同時，訴訟費用 € 6,865判給獲勝訴的環保署。
◎未遵守法規的企業處於競爭劣勢
最後，環保署的企劃經理Gerry Byrne 博士為此起訴案件做出總評，他表示”WEEE法規確實有益於消費者和大環境。此外，未遵守法規的企業與遵守法規的零售商相形之下，明顯處於一種不利的競爭劣勢。”
參考網址: http://www.evertiq.com/newsx/read_news.aspx?newsid=2907&cat=7
Sony SS-00259 5th version released on Feb 01, 2006
Sony Guideline SS-00259 5th version had already released by Feb 01, 2006. However, compared with their last 4th version, there is no remarkable change about SGS current testing operation for Sony related order, but some remarks are deserved to be viewed. Thus, the highlight of the revisions are as below.
◎SS-00259 5th version indicate specially the Controlled Substance: Decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE)
◎SS-00259 5th version revised banned targets and banned date for Controlled Substances:
1) Lead and lead compounds
2) Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and PVC blends
3) Mercury (Hg)、Cadmium (Cd) applied to batteries
Moreover, please view the details for SS-00259 5th on Chinese & English version:
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/procurementinfo/ss00259/qfhh7c000000bbv6-att/ss259_excerpts_j.pdf
Website for more information: http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/procurementinfo/ss00259/
First WEEE Prosecution Carried Out
Boots Retail in Ireland has become the first company in the European Union to be prosecuted for offences under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations.
◎First WEEE Prosecution in Ireland or in the EU
On 23 January 2006 Boots Retail (Ireland) Ltd pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Environmental Protection Agency in relation to offences under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2005.
This is the first case to be taken under these Regulations in Ireland or in the EU. The Regulations were made to bring the EU WEEE Directive into Irish law and became effective on 13th August 2005.
◎Offences and Penalty details for Boots Retail
The case was heard at Wexford District Court and the company admitted breaching the Regulations as below:
1) Failing to maintain a specified notice in-store alerting customers to the fact that prices include a contribution to a Producer Recycling Fund to ensure that WEEE is collected and recycled in a responsible manner.
2) Failing to include in an advertisement offering electrical and electronic equipment the contribution to be made to a Producer Recycling Fund as well as the net price, as required by the Regulations. The advertisement was published in the Irish Times on 27th October 2005.
3) Failure to comply with the requirements of the Regulations has the potential to reduce the amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment that can be collected and diverted from landfill.
4) Fines of €1,200 were imposed and costs of €6,865 were awarded to the EPA.
◎Failure to Comply with the Regulations Companies lie in a competitive disadvantage
Commenting on the prosecution Dr Gerry Byrne, Programme Manager, EPA said, "The WEEE Regulations are consumer-friendly and environment-friendly and in failing to comply with the Regulations companies put compliant retailers at a competitive disadvantage."
Website for more information: http://www.evertiq.com/newsx/read_news.aspx?newsid=2907&cat=7
SS-00259第5版已經於2月1日正式出爐。然而，與目前SONY第4版相關的測試要求相較之下，雖然並無顯著的差異，但仍有一些增修內容值得注意。相關增修之內容如下：
◎SS-00259 5th 特別指出禁用物質：十溴聯苯醚 (DecaBDE)
◎SS-00259 5th 增修之禁用範圍及禁用日期：
1) 有關鉛及鉛化合物
2) 有關聚氯乙烯 (PVC) 及 聚氯乙烯混合物
3) 有關汞、鎘應用於電池方面
詳細內容請參照下列網址－ SS-00259第五版(中、英文版):
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/procurementinfo/ss00259/qfhh7c000000bbv6-att/ss259_excerpts_j.pdf
參考網址: http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/procurementinfo/ss00259/
首宗違反WEEE遭起訴的案件
愛爾蘭Boots Retail 已經成為歐盟第一家因違反電子電器設備廢棄物( WEEE )法規遭起訴的公司。
◎愛爾蘭及歐盟的首例
愛爾蘭的Boots Retail公司於2006年1月23日因違反電子電器設備廢棄物( WEEE )法規遭到環保署的控訴。此樁違反該指令的案件不僅是愛爾蘭，同時也是歐盟的首例。該法規是由歐盟的WEEE指令轉化而成愛爾蘭國內的法令，並且已於2005年8月13日生效。
◎Boots Retail公司違法的情節及罰款事宜
該案件由愛爾蘭的Wexford地方法院負責審理，除此之外，Boots Retail公司也承認違反WEEE法規。該公司違法的情節及罰款之相關事宜如下：
1)由於沒有盡到持續確實地告知顧客真相的責任，因價格當中已包括一項捐款給予生產者的循環再造基金以確保WEEE的收集、循環再造及循環再利用。
2)由於廣告中並沒有敘述必須提供電子電器設備的捐款給予製造者的循環再造基金，如同法規所要求的金額一樣。該廣告於2005年10月27日刊登在愛爾蘭時代週刊之中。
3)由於沒有遵守法規的的要求，儘可能降低電子電器設備廢棄物的數量，同時減少垃圾掩埋的數量然後充分做好廢棄物的收集、循環再造及循環再利用。
4) Boots Retail公司違反了愛爾蘭的WEEE法規第16條之12款的要求。
5) Boots Retail公司被判處罰金 € 1,200，同時，訴訟費用 € 6,865判給獲勝訴的環保署。
◎未遵守法規的企業處於競爭劣勢
最後，環保署的企劃經理Gerry Byrne 博士為此起訴案件做出總評，他表示”WEEE法規確實有益於消費者和大環境。此外，未遵守法規的企業與遵守法規的零售商相形之下，明顯處於一種不利的競爭劣勢。”
參考網址: http://www.evertiq.com/newsx/read_news.aspx?newsid=2907&cat=7
Sony SS-00259 5th version released on Feb 01, 2006
Sony Guideline SS-00259 5th version had already released by Feb 01, 2006. However, compared with their last 4th version, there is no remarkable change about SGS current testing operation for Sony related order, but some remarks are deserved to be viewed. Thus, the highlight of the revisions are as below.
◎SS-00259 5th version indicate specially the Controlled Substance: Decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE)
◎SS-00259 5th version revised banned targets and banned date for Controlled Substances:
1) Lead and lead compounds
2) Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and PVC blends
3) Mercury (Hg)、Cadmium (Cd) applied to batteries
Moreover, please view the details for SS-00259 5th on Chinese & English version:
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/procurementinfo/ss00259/qfhh7c000000bbv6-att/ss259_excerpts_j.pdf
Website for more information: http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/procurementinfo/ss00259/
First WEEE Prosecution Carried Out
Boots Retail in Ireland has become the first company in the European Union to be prosecuted for offences under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations.
◎First WEEE Prosecution in Ireland or in the EU
On 23 January 2006 Boots Retail (Ireland) Ltd pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Environmental Protection Agency in relation to offences under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2005.
This is the first case to be taken under these Regulations in Ireland or in the EU. The Regulations were made to bring the EU WEEE Directive into Irish law and became effective on 13th August 2005.
◎Offences and Penalty details for Boots Retail
The case was heard at Wexford District Court and the company admitted breaching the Regulations as below:
1) Failing to maintain a specified notice in-store alerting customers to the fact that prices include a contribution to a Producer Recycling Fund to ensure that WEEE is collected and recycled in a responsible manner.
2) Failing to include in an advertisement offering electrical and electronic equipment the contribution to be made to a Producer Recycling Fund as well as the net price, as required by the Regulations. The advertisement was published in the Irish Times on 27th October 2005.
3) Failure to comply with the requirements of the Regulations has the potential to reduce the amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment that can be collected and diverted from landfill.
4) Fines of €1,200 were imposed and costs of €6,865 were awarded to the EPA.
◎Failure to Comply with the Regulations Companies lie in a competitive disadvantage
Commenting on the prosecution Dr Gerry Byrne, Programme Manager, EPA said, "The WEEE Regulations are consumer-friendly and environment-friendly and in failing to comply with the Regulations companies put compliant retailers at a competitive disadvantage."
Website for more information: http://www.evertiq.com/newsx/read_news.aspx?newsid=2907&cat=7
20060123 中國RoHS法規已制定完成
中國RoHS法規已制定完成
為因應歐盟將於2006年7月1日實施的RoHS指令，由信產部、發改委等七部委聯合制定的《電子資訊產品污染控制管理辦法》，已制定完成，近期內將發佈並於一年後生效。
◎推遲RoHS法規至2007年1月
信產部本月宣佈中國推遲RoHS執行時間至2007年1月，屆時於中國上市銷售的產品須遵守該法規。此外，中國RoHS規定生產鏈的每人，包括製造商、批發商、進口商及零售商均須遵守該法規，否則全部處以罰鍰。因此，與歐盟RoHS指令相較之下，中國RoHS法規包含的範圍更廣泛且內容更嚴苛。
◎EI產品須驗證後上市
該《管理辦法》主要為約束進入中國的電子資訊產品和企業對有害物質的使用，同時，亦促進產業結構調整。電子資訊（EI）產品包括電子雷達、電子通信、廣播電視、電腦、家用電子、電子測量儀器、電子專用產品、電子元器件、電子應用物以及電子材料等10類產品；有害物質包含鉛、汞、鎘、六價鉻、多溴聯苯和多溴聯苯醚等6種。
此外，亦要求EI產品上市銷售以前需通過驗證，而且僅限於政府機構認同的中國驗證實驗室做測試。同時，還將編制”使用有害物質的電子資訊產品目錄”，目錄以外的產品於上市之前，需由企業主動標示產品中含有的有害物質名稱、含量、環保使用期限和是否可回收等標誌。”上榜”的產品，除標示上述內容外，還須通過國家的強制性產品驗證（3C驗證），否則無法上市銷售。
參考網址: http://www.greensupplyline.com/howto/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175803063
WEEE指令打擊部分零售商
根據市場消息，DHL總經理Paul James透露大約有一萬個零售商尚未完成符合WEEE指令的準備。此外，他也談論到當前法規的狀況以及零售商的回收責任。
◎零售商應有危機意識
“WEEE指令主要為確保電子電器廢棄物的回收責任。”最初，該指令的回收目標針對廣泛使用插頭與電池的電子產品，而且責任主要在於零售商、進口商、製造商及自有品牌業者。然而，儘管許多大型零售連鎖店正在為符合法規做萬全準備，仍有多數零售商未察覺即將來臨的WEEE指令將造成的直接影響。倘若零售商目前不為WEEE做準備，他們即將面臨該法規實施後的競爭劣勢。此外，英國政府最近宣佈WEEE推遲至2006年6月實施。貿易工業部（DTI）正計畫於2006年春著手進一步的諮詢會議，預計春天以後可完成。雖然如此，針對未積極提出WEEE責任的零售商而言僅是一項緩兵之計。
◎ 零售商需提供免費”回收”服務
零售商責任須視情況而異，例如：是否僅販賣電子設備而已；抑或是否將產品再”加工製造”成為電腦零組件或產品重新印製商標。根據該指令，所有零售商需負責對購買新電子設備的消費者提供免費”回收”的服務。消費者若不是攜帶舊產品至商店購買新產品；就是送貨時零售商應從消費者家中回收舊設備。零售商不僅要負擔回收費用同時也要依照法規運送WEEE至指定回收地點。總而言之，無論零售商採取哪一種路線，當務之急應謹慎選擇以確保做好萬全準備面對來勢洶洶的WEEE。
參考網址: http://www.theretailbulletin.com/index.php?page=5&id=7816&cat=news
China RoHS Law : EI Products Required to be Tested
Due to the EU RoHS Directive will come into force by July 01 2006, the Seven Ministry Committee that are comprised of the China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII), etc. had drawn up “China’s new Administrative Measures on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products” (also known as the China RoHS law) which will come into effect after one year.
◎China to postpone the RoHS law to January 2007
The Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (MII) announced this month the postponement of the new China RoHS law by six months to January 2007. As of Jan 2007, all products sold in China or imported into China must comply with the new legislations. Besides, the China RoHS law will apply to everyone in the supply chain. Manufacturers, distributors, importers, and retailers must all comply with the new law, and failure to comply may result in penalties for everyone in the supply chain. Therefore, it is likely to be broader in scope and more burdensome than the EU RoHS Directive.
◎EI Products required to be tested by Chinese certified labs
The China RoHS law is mainly to restrict the use of the Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information products as well as help to modulate the industry structure. The six Hazardous Substances include Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, and flame retardants PBB and PBDE.
Moreover, the China RoHS law required the EI products to be tested before it is allowed entry into China, and only testing by Chinese certified labs will be accepted by the authorities. In addition, the EI products must be labeled with a date called “Environmentally Safe Period” and be approved by 3C Certification.
Website for more information: http://www.greensupplyline.com/howto/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175803063
WEEE Directive to Hit Unwary Retailers
Market news from DHL suggests that there could be as many as 10,000 independent retailers who are not prepared for the compliance of WEEE on their business. Paul James, general manager at DHL indicates the current state of WEEE and the responsibility for independent retailers.
◎Retailers should be hold a crisis sense
“The WEEE Directive aims to ensure the redundant electrical or electronic goods are disposed of responsibly.” When introduced, the regulations will outline recycling targets for a wide range of products with a plug or a battery. The responsibility of compliance will lie mainly with retailers, importers, manufacturers or brand owners. While most large retail chains are now preparing for compliance, many small retailers remain unaware that the impending WEEE legislation will directly affect them. If these businesses do not begin preparing for WEEE now, they could find themselves at a competitive disadvantage when the legislation comes into force. Besides, the UK government has recently announced a delay to the WEEE introduction in June 2006. The Department of Trade and Industry now plans to undertake further consultation in the spring of 2006, ready for implementation later. However, this is a reprieve for those who have not yet begun to actively address their WEEE responsibility.
◎Retailers obligated to provide a free “take-back” Service
“Retailers” obligations will differ depending on whether they simply sell electrical equipment, or whether they carry out anything that could be deemed as “manufacturing “, for instance, computer assembly or product rebranding. Under the legislation, all retailers will be obligated to provide a free “take-back” service to customers who purchase a new electrical product. The customer would either bring their old product to the store when they buy a like item or, in the case of deliveries, the retailer may be expected to collect the old appliance from the customer’s premises. The retailer will be responsible for covering this costs as well as delivering the WEEE to a designated collection point in accordance with the new regulations. In conclusion, whatever route a retailer decides to take, every business needs to begin researching its options now to ensure it is ready when WEEE arrives.
Website for more information: http://www.theretailbulletin.com/index.php?page=5&id=7816&cat=news
為因應歐盟將於2006年7月1日實施的RoHS指令，由信產部、發改委等七部委聯合制定的《電子資訊產品污染控制管理辦法》，已制定完成，近期內將發佈並於一年後生效。
◎推遲RoHS法規至2007年1月
信產部本月宣佈中國推遲RoHS執行時間至2007年1月，屆時於中國上市銷售的產品須遵守該法規。此外，中國RoHS規定生產鏈的每人，包括製造商、批發商、進口商及零售商均須遵守該法規，否則全部處以罰鍰。因此，與歐盟RoHS指令相較之下，中國RoHS法規包含的範圍更廣泛且內容更嚴苛。
◎EI產品須驗證後上市
該《管理辦法》主要為約束進入中國的電子資訊產品和企業對有害物質的使用，同時，亦促進產業結構調整。電子資訊（EI）產品包括電子雷達、電子通信、廣播電視、電腦、家用電子、電子測量儀器、電子專用產品、電子元器件、電子應用物以及電子材料等10類產品；有害物質包含鉛、汞、鎘、六價鉻、多溴聯苯和多溴聯苯醚等6種。
此外，亦要求EI產品上市銷售以前需通過驗證，而且僅限於政府機構認同的中國驗證實驗室做測試。同時，還將編制”使用有害物質的電子資訊產品目錄”，目錄以外的產品於上市之前，需由企業主動標示產品中含有的有害物質名稱、含量、環保使用期限和是否可回收等標誌。”上榜”的產品，除標示上述內容外，還須通過國家的強制性產品驗證（3C驗證），否則無法上市銷售。
參考網址: http://www.greensupplyline.com/howto/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175803063
WEEE指令打擊部分零售商
根據市場消息，DHL總經理Paul James透露大約有一萬個零售商尚未完成符合WEEE指令的準備。此外，他也談論到當前法規的狀況以及零售商的回收責任。
◎零售商應有危機意識
“WEEE指令主要為確保電子電器廢棄物的回收責任。”最初，該指令的回收目標針對廣泛使用插頭與電池的電子產品，而且責任主要在於零售商、進口商、製造商及自有品牌業者。然而，儘管許多大型零售連鎖店正在為符合法規做萬全準備，仍有多數零售商未察覺即將來臨的WEEE指令將造成的直接影響。倘若零售商目前不為WEEE做準備，他們即將面臨該法規實施後的競爭劣勢。此外，英國政府最近宣佈WEEE推遲至2006年6月實施。貿易工業部（DTI）正計畫於2006年春著手進一步的諮詢會議，預計春天以後可完成。雖然如此，針對未積極提出WEEE責任的零售商而言僅是一項緩兵之計。
◎ 零售商需提供免費”回收”服務
零售商責任須視情況而異，例如：是否僅販賣電子設備而已；抑或是否將產品再”加工製造”成為電腦零組件或產品重新印製商標。根據該指令，所有零售商需負責對購買新電子設備的消費者提供免費”回收”的服務。消費者若不是攜帶舊產品至商店購買新產品；就是送貨時零售商應從消費者家中回收舊設備。零售商不僅要負擔回收費用同時也要依照法規運送WEEE至指定回收地點。總而言之，無論零售商採取哪一種路線，當務之急應謹慎選擇以確保做好萬全準備面對來勢洶洶的WEEE。
參考網址: http://www.theretailbulletin.com/index.php?page=5&id=7816&cat=news
China RoHS Law : EI Products Required to be Tested
Due to the EU RoHS Directive will come into force by July 01 2006, the Seven Ministry Committee that are comprised of the China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII), etc. had drawn up “China’s new Administrative Measures on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products” (also known as the China RoHS law) which will come into effect after one year.
◎China to postpone the RoHS law to January 2007
The Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (MII) announced this month the postponement of the new China RoHS law by six months to January 2007. As of Jan 2007, all products sold in China or imported into China must comply with the new legislations. Besides, the China RoHS law will apply to everyone in the supply chain. Manufacturers, distributors, importers, and retailers must all comply with the new law, and failure to comply may result in penalties for everyone in the supply chain. Therefore, it is likely to be broader in scope and more burdensome than the EU RoHS Directive.
◎EI Products required to be tested by Chinese certified labs
The China RoHS law is mainly to restrict the use of the Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information products as well as help to modulate the industry structure. The six Hazardous Substances include Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, and flame retardants PBB and PBDE.
Moreover, the China RoHS law required the EI products to be tested before it is allowed entry into China, and only testing by Chinese certified labs will be accepted by the authorities. In addition, the EI products must be labeled with a date called “Environmentally Safe Period” and be approved by 3C Certification.
Website for more information: http://www.greensupplyline.com/howto/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175803063
WEEE Directive to Hit Unwary Retailers
Market news from DHL suggests that there could be as many as 10,000 independent retailers who are not prepared for the compliance of WEEE on their business. Paul James, general manager at DHL indicates the current state of WEEE and the responsibility for independent retailers.
◎Retailers should be hold a crisis sense
“The WEEE Directive aims to ensure the redundant electrical or electronic goods are disposed of responsibly.” When introduced, the regulations will outline recycling targets for a wide range of products with a plug or a battery. The responsibility of compliance will lie mainly with retailers, importers, manufacturers or brand owners. While most large retail chains are now preparing for compliance, many small retailers remain unaware that the impending WEEE legislation will directly affect them. If these businesses do not begin preparing for WEEE now, they could find themselves at a competitive disadvantage when the legislation comes into force. Besides, the UK government has recently announced a delay to the WEEE introduction in June 2006. The Department of Trade and Industry now plans to undertake further consultation in the spring of 2006, ready for implementation later. However, this is a reprieve for those who have not yet begun to actively address their WEEE responsibility.
◎Retailers obligated to provide a free “take-back” Service
“Retailers” obligations will differ depending on whether they simply sell electrical equipment, or whether they carry out anything that could be deemed as “manufacturing “, for instance, computer assembly or product rebranding. Under the legislation, all retailers will be obligated to provide a free “take-back” service to customers who purchase a new electrical product. The customer would either bring their old product to the store when they buy a like item or, in the case of deliveries, the retailer may be expected to collect the old appliance from the customer’s premises. The retailer will be responsible for covering this costs as well as delivering the WEEE to a designated collection point in accordance with the new regulations. In conclusion, whatever route a retailer decides to take, every business needs to begin researching its options now to ensure it is ready when WEEE arrives.
Website for more information: http://www.theretailbulletin.com/index.php?page=5&id=7816&cat=news
20060111 限制含汞乾電池製造、輸入及販賣』草案
『限制含汞乾電池製造、輸入及販賣』草案
行政院環境保護署於2005年8月1日訂定『限制含汞乾電池製造、輸入及販賣』草案，針對汞含量超過5ppm之錳鋅電池及非鈕釦型鹼錳電池禁止在台灣製造，輸入及販售。凡製造，輸入及販賣指定的乾電池，均需向中央主管機關（行政院環境保護署）提出申請確認。為因應相關業者有充分時間準備，本公告明訂自95年7月1日實施。
本草案重點如下：
一、 指定電池定義為：錳鋅電池及非鈕釦型鹼錳電池之ㄧ次電池。
二、 禁止汞含量高於5ppm之指定電池。
三、 製造、輸入業向中央主管機關（行政院環境保護署）申請確認文件時，應提交相關文件（包括由核發許可證之檢測指定機構或國際實驗室認證聯盟認證的實驗室取得的三個月內之汞含量檢測報告）。
四、 輸入、製造業應於指定電池及附有指定電池之物品的本體或包裝明顯處，標明「本產品內電池汞含量低於5ppm」及確認的文件編號。
五、 以上標示於電池本體者，其字體長寬不得小於0.5公分。標示於包裝者，其字體長寬不得小於0.3公分。在草案施行以前，已經於市面銷售的指定電池應於民國96年7月1日以前符合第四項規定。
參考網址: http://w3.epa.gov.tw/epalaw/index.aspx
【法規命令草案預告區】選項下「限制乾電池製造、輸入及販賣」草案（94.8.1.）
以上資料摘自行政院環境保護署 環署廢字第0940059539號
Restriction of the Manufacture, Import and Sale of Dry Cell Batteries containing Mercury in Taiwan
Taiwan has proposes to restrict the manufacture, import, and sale of designated batteries that contain more than 5ppm of mercury (include products such as toys, clocks, appliances
containing such batteries) on August 1, 2005. Import, manufacture or selling of such batteries without the central competent authority's prior confirmation is forbidden. This restriction would come into force by July 1, 2006.
The highlight of the restriction is as below:
1. Designated batteries means one-time-use manganese-zinc batteries and non-button
alkaline manganese batteries.
2. Designated batteries containing more than 5ppm of mercury are prohibited.
3. Manufacturers or importers are required to submit documents (include a test report
issued by an accredited laboratory within three months) to the authority for prior confirmation.
4. Manufacturer or importer shall mark the words “本產品內電池汞含量低於5ppm” (This product has been confirmed by the EPA (Environment Protection Administration Executive Yuan) to have a mercury content less than five parts per million) and the confirmation number (will be issued after confirmation) on the body of the batteries or on their packaging.
5. The width or height of the characters may not be less than 0.5 centimeters when marked on the battery and 0.3 centimeters when marked on packaging. Further, batteries sold prior to the implementation of this order shall be marked before July 1, 2007.
Website for more information: http://w3.epa.gov.tw/epalaw/index.aspx
行政院環境保護署於2005年8月1日訂定『限制含汞乾電池製造、輸入及販賣』草案，針對汞含量超過5ppm之錳鋅電池及非鈕釦型鹼錳電池禁止在台灣製造，輸入及販售。凡製造，輸入及販賣指定的乾電池，均需向中央主管機關（行政院環境保護署）提出申請確認。為因應相關業者有充分時間準備，本公告明訂自95年7月1日實施。
本草案重點如下：
一、 指定電池定義為：錳鋅電池及非鈕釦型鹼錳電池之ㄧ次電池。
二、 禁止汞含量高於5ppm之指定電池。
三、 製造、輸入業向中央主管機關（行政院環境保護署）申請確認文件時，應提交相關文件（包括由核發許可證之檢測指定機構或國際實驗室認證聯盟認證的實驗室取得的三個月內之汞含量檢測報告）。
四、 輸入、製造業應於指定電池及附有指定電池之物品的本體或包裝明顯處，標明「本產品內電池汞含量低於5ppm」及確認的文件編號。
五、 以上標示於電池本體者，其字體長寬不得小於0.5公分。標示於包裝者，其字體長寬不得小於0.3公分。在草案施行以前，已經於市面銷售的指定電池應於民國96年7月1日以前符合第四項規定。
參考網址: http://w3.epa.gov.tw/epalaw/index.aspx
【法規命令草案預告區】選項下「限制乾電池製造、輸入及販賣」草案（94.8.1.）
以上資料摘自行政院環境保護署 環署廢字第0940059539號
Restriction of the Manufacture, Import and Sale of Dry Cell Batteries containing Mercury in Taiwan
Taiwan has proposes to restrict the manufacture, import, and sale of designated batteries that contain more than 5ppm of mercury (include products such as toys, clocks, appliances
containing such batteries) on August 1, 2005. Import, manufacture or selling of such batteries without the central competent authority's prior confirmation is forbidden. This restriction would come into force by July 1, 2006.
The highlight of the restriction is as below:
1. Designated batteries means one-time-use manganese-zinc batteries and non-button
alkaline manganese batteries.
2. Designated batteries containing more than 5ppm of mercury are prohibited.
3. Manufacturers or importers are required to submit documents (include a test report
issued by an accredited laboratory within three months) to the authority for prior confirmation.
4. Manufacturer or importer shall mark the words “本產品內電池汞含量低於5ppm” (This product has been confirmed by the EPA (Environment Protection Administration Executive Yuan) to have a mercury content less than five parts per million) and the confirmation number (will be issued after confirmation) on the body of the batteries or on their packaging.
5. The width or height of the characters may not be less than 0.5 centimeters when marked on the battery and 0.3 centimeters when marked on packaging. Further, batteries sold prior to the implementation of this order shall be marked before July 1, 2007.
Website for more information: http://w3.epa.gov.tw/epalaw/index.aspx
12252006 英國WEEE條例正式宣佈
英國WEEE條例正式宣佈
英國貿易暨工業部(DTI)證實，該國為實施歐盟《電子與電器設備廢料指令》(WEEE)而制定的WEEE條例已於今年12月12日提交國會，相關條例預計於2007年1月5日起生效。
◎ WEEE收集設施網絡
隨著英國WEEE條例的公佈，貿易暨工業部(DTI)確認包裝材料廢料符合計畫Valpak將擴大其工作範圍，執行官方的零售商符合計畫。
假如零售商選擇不加入英國零售財團出資的Valpak計畫，該條例也將允許於店內回收電子與電器設備廢料，預計許多零售店與百貨店將會參與此計劃。
英國將於2007年起實施生產者責任規定。自2007年4月1日起，電子產品生產者及經銷商應遵守WEEE指令所載的主要規定及責任，並且應自2007年7月1日起對家庭電子與電器設備廢料承擔全部責任，包括支付有關廢料的環保處理費用。
英國貿易暨工業部(DTI)指出：「我們確保建立一個消費者能免費回收舊電子與電器設備的指定收集設施網絡，無論如何，此舉將鼓勵大家重複使用或回收再利用更多的電子與電器設備廢料。」
生產者須於2007年3月15日以前加入認可的生產者符合計畫，以確保他們於明年7月1日起能符合指令規定。
◎ WEEE條例之重要影響
根據貿易暨工業部(DTI) 表示，英國WEEE條例的規定將：
使消費者能夠在適當的地點免費處理他們的電子與電器廢料。消費者將自2007年7月起開始看見明顯變化，預計於零售店及新電子與電器產品…等設立新標示。
提供經銷商選擇如何符合指令規定之相關責任，加入經銷商回收計畫(DTS)或者提供消費者於店內回收電子與電器設備廢料。
允許繼續維持目前現行管理電子與電器廢料的關係。這點與政府全部的相關條例辦法一致，將促進生產者更容易的接觸及實施WEEE條例。
使任何一個指定收集設施(DCF)的經營者能夠安排生產者符合計畫(PCS)，以便PCS可免費將電子與電器廢料從棄置地點取回，進行處理與回收再利用。
鼓勵廢棄的設備盡可能地重複利用。
由零售商與某些生產者持續收集舊設備，同時運送新商品。
另外，英國貿易暨工業部(DTI)表示，相關條例也於今年12月12日一同提交國會，包括：「WEEE許可證條例；及規定向在2007年4月1日至6月30日期間運送有害電子與電器設備(EEE)至地方當局認可收集設施的生產者收取收集、處理及回收費用。」
－ 本翻譯僅供參考，如有疑問請以網站原文為主。－
資料來源：《美國letsrecycle網站》
詳細內容請參考：
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=6349
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=6381
英國WEEE條例 (SI 2006 No. 3289)，請參考：http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file35992.pdf
英國WEEE許可證條例，請參考：http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20063315.htm
WEEE處理指南 (Defra)，請參考：http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/topics/electrical/pdf/weee-batrrt-guidance.pdf
UK WEEE Regulations Published
Regulations to bring in the WEEE Directive in the UK were today laid before Parliament by science minister Malcolm Wicks, coming into force on January 5, 2007.
Alongside publication of the regulations, the Department of Trade and Industry confirmed that the packaging waste compliance scheme Valpak will be broadening its work into running the official compliance scheme for retailers.
The regulations will also allow in-store take back of WEEE if a retailer chooses not to join the Valpak scheme although as this has the support of the British Retail Consortium, most shops and stores are expected to participate.
Producers of electrical goods will from 1 July 2007 be required to meet the environmental costs of dealing with waste products the regulations. But, the Directive does not place any obligations on householders, and they will be not be prohibited from throwing WEEE away with general domestic rubbish.
The DTI said that "it will however encourage more WEEE to be reused or recycled by ensuring that there is a network of facilities in place where householders can return their used equipment free of charge."
By 15 March 2007 producers will need to join an approved producer compliance scheme to ensure that they are able to comply with the Directive from 1 July.
The DTI said that the regulations will:
Enable consumers to dispose of their electrical waste free of charge at accessible and appropriate places. Consumers will start to see changes from July 2007, with new signage at their local council refuse centres, in shops, and on new electrical products.
Give distributors the choice of how to meet their obligations under the Directive by either joining the Distributor Take-back Scheme (DTS) or by offering customers in-store take-back.
Allow existing relationships currently managing electrical waste to continue. This is consistent with the Government’s overall approach to regulation, which is to be as ‘light-touch’ as possible.
Enable any operator of a designated collection facility (DCF) to arrange with a producer compliance scheme (PCS) to have the electrical waste deposited at their site taken away for treatment and recycling by that PCS, free of charge.
Allow for and encourage the re-use of equipment after it has been discarded where possible.
Allows for the continued collection of old equipment at the same time of delivering new goods by retailers, and some producers.
In a surprise move, the DTI is not to meet the costs of collecting and treating hazardous WEEE items such as cathode ray tubes for the first three months of the next financial year. Because of the delays to the regulations, the Department had been footing the bill for this but the DTI revealed today that regulations are to be laid "early in the New Year to allow for producers to be charged for the collection, treatment and recycling of EEE containing hazardous substances (for example CRTs, refrigerants and gas discharge lamps) that are sent to local authority sites between the 1 April and 30 June 2007".
Information Source:《 letsrecycle website in the U.S.A. 》
Detailed information, please refer to
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=6349
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=6381
UK WEEE Regulations (SI 2006 No. 3289), please refer to
http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file35992.pdf
WEEE Waste Management Licensing Regulations, please refer to
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20063315.htm
Defra: WEEE Treatment Guidance, please refer to
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/topics/electrical/pdf/weee-batrrt-guidance.pdf
英國貿易暨工業部(DTI)證實，該國為實施歐盟《電子與電器設備廢料指令》(WEEE)而制定的WEEE條例已於今年12月12日提交國會，相關條例預計於2007年1月5日起生效。
◎ WEEE收集設施網絡
隨著英國WEEE條例的公佈，貿易暨工業部(DTI)確認包裝材料廢料符合計畫Valpak將擴大其工作範圍，執行官方的零售商符合計畫。
假如零售商選擇不加入英國零售財團出資的Valpak計畫，該條例也將允許於店內回收電子與電器設備廢料，預計許多零售店與百貨店將會參與此計劃。
英國將於2007年起實施生產者責任規定。自2007年4月1日起，電子產品生產者及經銷商應遵守WEEE指令所載的主要規定及責任，並且應自2007年7月1日起對家庭電子與電器設備廢料承擔全部責任，包括支付有關廢料的環保處理費用。
英國貿易暨工業部(DTI)指出：「我們確保建立一個消費者能免費回收舊電子與電器設備的指定收集設施網絡，無論如何，此舉將鼓勵大家重複使用或回收再利用更多的電子與電器設備廢料。」
生產者須於2007年3月15日以前加入認可的生產者符合計畫，以確保他們於明年7月1日起能符合指令規定。
◎ WEEE條例之重要影響
根據貿易暨工業部(DTI) 表示，英國WEEE條例的規定將：
使消費者能夠在適當的地點免費處理他們的電子與電器廢料。消費者將自2007年7月起開始看見明顯變化，預計於零售店及新電子與電器產品…等設立新標示。
提供經銷商選擇如何符合指令規定之相關責任，加入經銷商回收計畫(DTS)或者提供消費者於店內回收電子與電器設備廢料。
允許繼續維持目前現行管理電子與電器廢料的關係。這點與政府全部的相關條例辦法一致，將促進生產者更容易的接觸及實施WEEE條例。
使任何一個指定收集設施(DCF)的經營者能夠安排生產者符合計畫(PCS)，以便PCS可免費將電子與電器廢料從棄置地點取回，進行處理與回收再利用。
鼓勵廢棄的設備盡可能地重複利用。
由零售商與某些生產者持續收集舊設備，同時運送新商品。
另外，英國貿易暨工業部(DTI)表示，相關條例也於今年12月12日一同提交國會，包括：「WEEE許可證條例；及規定向在2007年4月1日至6月30日期間運送有害電子與電器設備(EEE)至地方當局認可收集設施的生產者收取收集、處理及回收費用。」
－ 本翻譯僅供參考，如有疑問請以網站原文為主。－
資料來源：《美國letsrecycle網站》
詳細內容請參考：
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=6349
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=6381
英國WEEE條例 (SI 2006 No. 3289)，請參考：http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file35992.pdf
英國WEEE許可證條例，請參考：http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20063315.htm
WEEE處理指南 (Defra)，請參考：http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/topics/electrical/pdf/weee-batrrt-guidance.pdf
UK WEEE Regulations Published
Regulations to bring in the WEEE Directive in the UK were today laid before Parliament by science minister Malcolm Wicks, coming into force on January 5, 2007.
Alongside publication of the regulations, the Department of Trade and Industry confirmed that the packaging waste compliance scheme Valpak will be broadening its work into running the official compliance scheme for retailers.
The regulations will also allow in-store take back of WEEE if a retailer chooses not to join the Valpak scheme although as this has the support of the British Retail Consortium, most shops and stores are expected to participate.
Producers of electrical goods will from 1 July 2007 be required to meet the environmental costs of dealing with waste products the regulations. But, the Directive does not place any obligations on householders, and they will be not be prohibited from throwing WEEE away with general domestic rubbish.
The DTI said that "it will however encourage more WEEE to be reused or recycled by ensuring that there is a network of facilities in place where householders can return their used equipment free of charge."
By 15 March 2007 producers will need to join an approved producer compliance scheme to ensure that they are able to comply with the Directive from 1 July.
The DTI said that the regulations will:
Enable consumers to dispose of their electrical waste free of charge at accessible and appropriate places. Consumers will start to see changes from July 2007, with new signage at their local council refuse centres, in shops, and on new electrical products.
Give distributors the choice of how to meet their obligations under the Directive by either joining the Distributor Take-back Scheme (DTS) or by offering customers in-store take-back.
Allow existing relationships currently managing electrical waste to continue. This is consistent with the Government’s overall approach to regulation, which is to be as ‘light-touch’ as possible.
Enable any operator of a designated collection facility (DCF) to arrange with a producer compliance scheme (PCS) to have the electrical waste deposited at their site taken away for treatment and recycling by that PCS, free of charge.
Allow for and encourage the re-use of equipment after it has been discarded where possible.
Allows for the continued collection of old equipment at the same time of delivering new goods by retailers, and some producers.
In a surprise move, the DTI is not to meet the costs of collecting and treating hazardous WEEE items such as cathode ray tubes for the first three months of the next financial year. Because of the delays to the regulations, the Department had been footing the bill for this but the DTI revealed today that regulations are to be laid "early in the New Year to allow for producers to be charged for the collection, treatment and recycling of EEE containing hazardous substances (for example CRTs, refrigerants and gas discharge lamps) that are sent to local authority sites between the 1 April and 30 June 2007".
Information Source:《 letsrecycle website in the U.S.A. 》
Detailed information, please refer to
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=6349
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=6381
UK WEEE Regulations (SI 2006 No. 3289), please refer to
http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file35992.pdf
WEEE Waste Management Licensing Regulations, please refer to
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20063315.htm
Defra: WEEE Treatment Guidance, please refer to
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/topics/electrical/pdf/weee-batrrt-guidance.pdf
11272006 中國頒佈RoHS三大配套標準
中國頒佈RoHS三大配套標準
中國《電子資訊產品污染控制管理辦法》(RoHS)實施的三個重要配套行業標準已經於2006年11月6日正式頒佈。此三大標準進一步定義了中國RoHS法規的要求。
◎ 中國RoHS三大標準
此三個標準的名稱及編號分別為：
•SJ/T 11363-2006 《電子資訊產品中有毒有害物質的限量要求》
•SJ/T 11364-2006 《電子資訊產品污染控制標識要求》
•SJ/T 11365-2006 《電子資訊產品中有毒有害物質的檢測方法》
◎ 第一階段：自我宣告
中國《管理辦法》已確定將採取兩個階段實施，第一階段：採用自我宣告的方式及標示，第二階段：納入重點管理目錄的產品需通過強制認證(3C認證)。
因此，中國RoHS於2007年3月1日正式實施時，生產電子資訊產品的企業若要將產品投入中國市場，只要對產品中含有的有毒有害物質或元素的名稱及成分、環保使用期限以及可否回收利用的情況進行「自我宣告」即可。
中國資訊產業部建議企業可以依照《檢測方法》標準自我檢測或請第三方檢測機構檢測，然後依照《限量要求》標準做出判斷，最後依照《標識要求》提出的方法進行「自我宣告」。
所以，此三大標準的頒佈將有助於所有電子資訊產品的企業邁出電子資訊產品污染控制的第一步。
資料來源：《中國資訊產業部(MII)網站》
詳細內容請參考：
http://www.mii.gov.cn/art/2006/11/14/art_2001_26862.html
China RoHS Standards Published
Some key Chinese standards further defining the requirements of the forthcoming China RoHS regulations have been published.
The documents are:
•SJ/T 11363-2006 “Requirements for Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products”
•SJ/T 11364-2006 “Marking for the Control of Pollution caused by Electronic Information Products”
•SJ/T 11365-2006 “Testing Methods for Regulated Substances in Electronic Information Products”
These will be made available in hard copy in December, and then only in Chinese.
There is also a recent version of a guidance document for the “Environment-Friendly Use Period” that will need to be defined for each product.
At the same time the Korea government has confirmed that their RoHS-style legislation should be passed this year, to come into force January 1st 2008. These may not after all include a marking requirement.
Source:《ELFNET Website of The European Commission》&《DCA Website》
Detailed information, please refer to
http://www.europeanleadfree.net/pooled/articles/BF_NEWSART/view.asp?Q=BF_NEWSART_225296
http://www.chinarohs.com/
中國《電子資訊產品污染控制管理辦法》(RoHS)實施的三個重要配套行業標準已經於2006年11月6日正式頒佈。此三大標準進一步定義了中國RoHS法規的要求。
◎ 中國RoHS三大標準
此三個標準的名稱及編號分別為：
•SJ/T 11363-2006 《電子資訊產品中有毒有害物質的限量要求》
•SJ/T 11364-2006 《電子資訊產品污染控制標識要求》
•SJ/T 11365-2006 《電子資訊產品中有毒有害物質的檢測方法》
◎ 第一階段：自我宣告
中國《管理辦法》已確定將採取兩個階段實施，第一階段：採用自我宣告的方式及標示，第二階段：納入重點管理目錄的產品需通過強制認證(3C認證)。
因此，中國RoHS於2007年3月1日正式實施時，生產電子資訊產品的企業若要將產品投入中國市場，只要對產品中含有的有毒有害物質或元素的名稱及成分、環保使用期限以及可否回收利用的情況進行「自我宣告」即可。
中國資訊產業部建議企業可以依照《檢測方法》標準自我檢測或請第三方檢測機構檢測，然後依照《限量要求》標準做出判斷，最後依照《標識要求》提出的方法進行「自我宣告」。
所以，此三大標準的頒佈將有助於所有電子資訊產品的企業邁出電子資訊產品污染控制的第一步。
資料來源：《中國資訊產業部(MII)網站》
詳細內容請參考：
http://www.mii.gov.cn/art/2006/11/14/art_2001_26862.html
China RoHS Standards Published
Some key Chinese standards further defining the requirements of the forthcoming China RoHS regulations have been published.
The documents are:
•SJ/T 11363-2006 “Requirements for Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products”
•SJ/T 11364-2006 “Marking for the Control of Pollution caused by Electronic Information Products”
•SJ/T 11365-2006 “Testing Methods for Regulated Substances in Electronic Information Products”
These will be made available in hard copy in December, and then only in Chinese.
There is also a recent version of a guidance document for the “Environment-Friendly Use Period” that will need to be defined for each product.
At the same time the Korea government has confirmed that their RoHS-style legislation should be passed this year, to come into force January 1st 2008. These may not after all include a marking requirement.
Source:《ELFNET Website of The European Commission》&《DCA Website》
Detailed information, please refer to
http://www.europeanleadfree.net/pooled/articles/BF_NEWSART/view.asp?Q=BF_NEWSART_225296
http://www.chinarohs.com/
12042006 歐盟RoHS執行機構正積極展開電子產品檢查
歐盟RoHS執行機構正積極展開電子產品檢查
自今年7月1日起，遍及歐洲的RoHS執行機構已經默默展開電子產品之RoHS符合性檢查。目前，歐盟RoHS執行機構將焦點集中於促進企業符合RoHS，暫時不針對違反廠商進行起訴。但是，此情況將自2007年起開始有所變更。
在英國，國家度量衡實驗室(NWML)將零售店架上整排的電子設備進行檢驗。國家度量衡實驗室RoHS小組的經理 克里斯‧史密斯表示：「我們發現目前市面上的產品符合RoHS的僅佔少部分。」
◎ 企業揭密
在丹麥，其執行機構向某家電視台調查節目透露：目前正積極調查一項拋棄式照相機可能違反RoHS的案件。丹麥環保署署長 托本‧諾倫表示，RoHS執行者從零售店架上帶回一些照相機進行檢驗並要求廠商提供證明文件。
史密斯指出：「RoHS執行者採用一系列的方法將特定產品列為檢查目標。除了隨機檢查之外，也包括監控RoHS情報的媒體，接受揭密者或居民提供的秘密消息。」英國國家度量衡實驗室(NWML)設立了一個生產者風險簡介的資料庫，主要建立產品類型、公司規模大小、銷售業績以及揭密者提供的報告…等。
諾倫也表示：「假如某一個生產者為符合RoHS投資了幾千萬資金，卻看見另一個生產者銷售不符合RoHS的產品。那麼此公司將會提出揭密報告。」
在比利時，許多公司也在揭露競爭對手的秘密。比利時環境部產品政策協調者 丹尼斯‧波爾表示：「雖然RoHS執行機構聆聽揭密者的心聲， 但他們對於未經證實的秘密情報仍會小心翼翼調查。」
◎ 偵測困難
根據消息指出：「大多數的RoHS執行者均使用XRF Guns，在零售店以及產品跨越海關時執行隨機檢查。」但是他們承認：XRF Guns確實有正確性的限制，並且只適用於初步篩選。
除此之外，RoHS物質有被隱藏的傾向。例如：綠色和平組織(Greenpeace)發現限制使用的阻燃劑結合在塑膠製品中是偵測不到的。
◎ 促進企業符合RoHS
史密斯指出：「目前在英國，我們的工作當務之急是要促進企業符合RoHS，而不是起訴。」「假如我們發現一個問題，並且可以到該公司一起進行討論，以及提出妥善的改善計畫，這就是促進符合RoHS。」
可是，波爾補充：「自2007年開始，比利時RoHS執行者將會擴大執行檢查，並且針對違規廠商嚴加處罰！」
另外， RoHS執行機構絕對不接受99.9 ℅ 符合的產品。波爾表示：「只有絕對的符合，或絕對的不符合。」
－ 本翻譯僅供參考，如有疑問請以網站原文為主。－
資料來源：《美國Green SupplyLine網站》
詳細內容請參考：
http://www.greensupplyline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196500146
RoHS Police are Busy at Work
RoHS enforcement agencies across Europe have been quietly inspecting electronics products for RoHS compliance since the July 1 deadline. For now, the EU RoHS authorities are focused on generating compliance not prosecution. But this may change in 2007.
In the U.K., the National Weights and Measures Laboratory has tested a range of electronic devices pulled from retail shelves. "We've found very little product that's complied at all," said Chris Smith, head of the NWML's RoHS team.
Industry whistleblowers
In Denmark, RoHS officials were tipped off by an investigative TV program looking into a possible RoHS violation involving disposable cameras. The cameras were withdrawn from the shelves of a retail store for further testing and the company was asked for documentation, said Torben Norlem, head of RoHS enforcement at Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency (Kbenhavn, Denmark).
RoHS police use a range of methods and sources in targeting specific products. Aside from random checks, authorities monitor the media for RoHS information and accept tips from whistleblowers, NGOs or citizens, said Smith. The NWML has a database with risk profiles of producers based on criteria such as product type, company size, market performance and whistleblower reports.
Whistleblowing seems to be picking up. "If one producer invested several millions to be RoHS compliant and sees another producer selling non-compliant RoHS products, this company will very often report to us," Norlem said. "We get these reports regularly."
In Belgium, companies are also tattling on rivals. Pohl said that although authorities listen, they remain wary of tips without substantiated information. "At the moment there is no serious information from competitors," he said.
Detection difficulties
Most RoHS police are using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) guns for on-the-spot inspections on the retail floor or for random checks when goods cross borders, sources said. But they acknowledge that XRF has accuracy limitations and can only be used for initial screening.
RoHS substances tend to hide. For example, Greenpeace found that when the restricted flame retardants are embedded in plastic, they are virtually undetectable.
Compliance generation
"Our job at the moment is generating compliance, not prosecuting," Smith said. "If we find a problem and can go to the company to discuss it and put an improvement plan in place, that's generating compliance."
"In 2007, enforcement will get stronger," Pohl added.
Moreover, authorities do not accept 99.9% compliant product. "Either it is compliant or is not," he said.
Source:《Green SupplyLine website in the U.S.A.》
Detailed information, please refer to
http://www.greensupplyline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196500146
自今年7月1日起，遍及歐洲的RoHS執行機構已經默默展開電子產品之RoHS符合性檢查。目前，歐盟RoHS執行機構將焦點集中於促進企業符合RoHS，暫時不針對違反廠商進行起訴。但是，此情況將自2007年起開始有所變更。
在英國，國家度量衡實驗室(NWML)將零售店架上整排的電子設備進行檢驗。國家度量衡實驗室RoHS小組的經理 克里斯‧史密斯表示：「我們發現目前市面上的產品符合RoHS的僅佔少部分。」
◎ 企業揭密
在丹麥，其執行機構向某家電視台調查節目透露：目前正積極調查一項拋棄式照相機可能違反RoHS的案件。丹麥環保署署長 托本‧諾倫表示，RoHS執行者從零售店架上帶回一些照相機進行檢驗並要求廠商提供證明文件。
史密斯指出：「RoHS執行者採用一系列的方法將特定產品列為檢查目標。除了隨機檢查之外，也包括監控RoHS情報的媒體，接受揭密者或居民提供的秘密消息。」英國國家度量衡實驗室(NWML)設立了一個生產者風險簡介的資料庫，主要建立產品類型、公司規模大小、銷售業績以及揭密者提供的報告…等。
諾倫也表示：「假如某一個生產者為符合RoHS投資了幾千萬資金，卻看見另一個生產者銷售不符合RoHS的產品。那麼此公司將會提出揭密報告。」
在比利時，許多公司也在揭露競爭對手的秘密。比利時環境部產品政策協調者 丹尼斯‧波爾表示：「雖然RoHS執行機構聆聽揭密者的心聲， 但他們對於未經證實的秘密情報仍會小心翼翼調查。」
◎ 偵測困難
根據消息指出：「大多數的RoHS執行者均使用XRF Guns，在零售店以及產品跨越海關時執行隨機檢查。」但是他們承認：XRF Guns確實有正確性的限制，並且只適用於初步篩選。
除此之外，RoHS物質有被隱藏的傾向。例如：綠色和平組織(Greenpeace)發現限制使用的阻燃劑結合在塑膠製品中是偵測不到的。
◎ 促進企業符合RoHS
史密斯指出：「目前在英國，我們的工作當務之急是要促進企業符合RoHS，而不是起訴。」「假如我們發現一個問題，並且可以到該公司一起進行討論，以及提出妥善的改善計畫，這就是促進符合RoHS。」
可是，波爾補充：「自2007年開始，比利時RoHS執行者將會擴大執行檢查，並且針對違規廠商嚴加處罰！」
另外， RoHS執行機構絕對不接受99.9 ℅ 符合的產品。波爾表示：「只有絕對的符合，或絕對的不符合。」
－ 本翻譯僅供參考，如有疑問請以網站原文為主。－
資料來源：《美國Green SupplyLine網站》
詳細內容請參考：
http://www.greensupplyline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196500146
RoHS Police are Busy at Work
RoHS enforcement agencies across Europe have been quietly inspecting electronics products for RoHS compliance since the July 1 deadline. For now, the EU RoHS authorities are focused on generating compliance not prosecution. But this may change in 2007.
In the U.K., the National Weights and Measures Laboratory has tested a range of electronic devices pulled from retail shelves. "We've found very little product that's complied at all," said Chris Smith, head of the NWML's RoHS team.
Industry whistleblowers
In Denmark, RoHS officials were tipped off by an investigative TV program looking into a possible RoHS violation involving disposable cameras. The cameras were withdrawn from the shelves of a retail store for further testing and the company was asked for documentation, said Torben Norlem, head of RoHS enforcement at Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency (Kbenhavn, Denmark).
RoHS police use a range of methods and sources in targeting specific products. Aside from random checks, authorities monitor the media for RoHS information and accept tips from whistleblowers, NGOs or citizens, said Smith. The NWML has a database with risk profiles of producers based on criteria such as product type, company size, market performance and whistleblower reports.
Whistleblowing seems to be picking up. "If one producer invested several millions to be RoHS compliant and sees another producer selling non-compliant RoHS products, this company will very often report to us," Norlem said. "We get these reports regularly."
In Belgium, companies are also tattling on rivals. Pohl said that although authorities listen, they remain wary of tips without substantiated information. "At the moment there is no serious information from competitors," he said.
Detection difficulties
Most RoHS police are using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) guns for on-the-spot inspections on the retail floor or for random checks when goods cross borders, sources said. But they acknowledge that XRF has accuracy limitations and can only be used for initial screening.
RoHS substances tend to hide. For example, Greenpeace found that when the restricted flame retardants are embedded in plastic, they are virtually undetectable.
Compliance generation
"Our job at the moment is generating compliance, not prosecuting," Smith said. "If we find a problem and can go to the company to discuss it and put an improvement plan in place, that's generating compliance."
"In 2007, enforcement will get stronger," Pohl added.
Moreover, authorities do not accept 99.9% compliant product. "Either it is compliant or is not," he said.
Source:《Green SupplyLine website in the U.S.A.》
Detailed information, please refer to
http://www.greensupplyline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196500146
12112006 歐盟正式通過新化學品限用法案－REACH
歐盟正式通過新化學品限用法案－REACH
歐盟新化學品政策白皮書最初於2001年2月推出，經過2年多的修訂，歐盟委員會於2003年10月29日通過歐盟新化學品草案：COM (2003) 644。歐盟議會在2005年11月7日一讀通過兩項修正草案，分別為：(2005) 0434與(2005) 0435。歷經長達3年多的時間，關於製造、銷售、進口與使用化學物質廣泛性改革之協商達成最後協議，歐洲議會於今年12月13日二讀正式通過新的化學物質規範法案，全名為：歐盟《化學品註冊、評估、認可與限用法案》( Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals；簡稱” REACH ” )。
歐盟REACH法案除了要求產品使用到化學物質的製造業者必須負擔起證明其化學物質安全的責任外，也希望促進研發有害化學物質的替代品，鼓勵創新和永續發展。該法案預計於2007年6月1日正式實施。
◎ 3萬種物質使用受管制
REACH法案將化學物質安全風險的責任從政府轉移到製造業者，製造商及進口商必須列出產品中使用的每項化學物質，並指明可能的風險，通過歐盟的「註冊、評估及認可」認證後，才能獲准進口或在歐盟會員國製造、銷售，過去40年來的政策都是由政府單位來評估化學物質安全性，為人類的健康與環境把關。
另外，該法案將取代現有40多個相關化學品的法令而成為歐洲單一化學品限用法規。為期長達11年3階段的措施，初步將強制要求3萬種高風險化學物質登記，而其中被認為最危險的1500種物質則是歐盟管制的重點。
◎ 預計於2007年6月1日生效
該法案賦予製造業者關於管理化學物質風險的責任，並且強制要求提供所有化學物質安全的資料。製造商及進口商必須收集全部化學品的相關資訊，此舉將有助於化學物質安全的管理以及中央資料庫的註冊。
除此之外，歐盟將在芬蘭首都赫爾辛基設立新的化學品機構，負責經營與維護化學品中央資料庫，同時徹底評估高風險化學物質的安全性，以及提供廣大消費者與專家們關於有害物質詳細的資訊。
REACH法案預計於2007年6月1日正式實施。
－ 本翻譯僅供參考，如有疑問請以網站原文為主。－
資料來源：《歐洲EUROPA網站》
詳細內容請參考：
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/reach/index_en.htm
The New EU Chemicals Legislation – REACH
On 29 October 2003, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU regulatory framework for chemicals, COM (2003) 644. Under the proposed new system called REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), enterprises that manufacture or import more than one tonne of a chemical substance per year would be required to register it in a central database.
The aims of the proposed new Regulation are to improve the protection of human health and the environment while maintaining the competitiveness and enhancing the innovative capability of the EU chemicals industry. REACH would furthermore give greater responsibility to industry to manage the risks from chemicals and to provide safety information on the substances. This information would be passed down the chain of production.
The proposal has been drafted in close consultation with all interested parties, including an Internet consultation. This has allowed the Commission to propose a streamlined and cost-effective system. The proposal is now being considered by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU for adoption under the so-called co-decision procedure.
The first reading in the European Parliament took place on 17 November 2005 (Provisional amendments (2005) 0434 and (2005) 0435). Following its political agreement on 13 December 2005, the Council adopted its Common Position on 27 June 2006 (7524/06 and 7525/06). The Commission Communication stating the Commission opinion on the Common Position was adopted on 12 July 2006 (COM (2006) 375).
On 13 December 2006 the Parliament adopted in second reading the compromise package it agreed with the Council on 30 November. The Council adopted the final REACH text at the Environment Council on 18 December. REACH will enter into force on 1 June 2007. The final text of the Regulation will be available shortly.
Information Source:《EUROPA Website in the Europe》
Detailed information, please refer to
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/reach/index_en.htm
歐盟新化學品政策白皮書最初於2001年2月推出，經過2年多的修訂，歐盟委員會於2003年10月29日通過歐盟新化學品草案：COM (2003) 644。歐盟議會在2005年11月7日一讀通過兩項修正草案，分別為：(2005) 0434與(2005) 0435。歷經長達3年多的時間，關於製造、銷售、進口與使用化學物質廣泛性改革之協商達成最後協議，歐洲議會於今年12月13日二讀正式通過新的化學物質規範法案，全名為：歐盟《化學品註冊、評估、認可與限用法案》( Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals；簡稱” REACH ” )。
歐盟REACH法案除了要求產品使用到化學物質的製造業者必須負擔起證明其化學物質安全的責任外，也希望促進研發有害化學物質的替代品，鼓勵創新和永續發展。該法案預計於2007年6月1日正式實施。
◎ 3萬種物質使用受管制
REACH法案將化學物質安全風險的責任從政府轉移到製造業者，製造商及進口商必須列出產品中使用的每項化學物質，並指明可能的風險，通過歐盟的「註冊、評估及認可」認證後，才能獲准進口或在歐盟會員國製造、銷售，過去40年來的政策都是由政府單位來評估化學物質安全性，為人類的健康與環境把關。
另外，該法案將取代現有40多個相關化學品的法令而成為歐洲單一化學品限用法規。為期長達11年3階段的措施，初步將強制要求3萬種高風險化學物質登記，而其中被認為最危險的1500種物質則是歐盟管制的重點。
◎ 預計於2007年6月1日生效
該法案賦予製造業者關於管理化學物質風險的責任，並且強制要求提供所有化學物質安全的資料。製造商及進口商必須收集全部化學品的相關資訊，此舉將有助於化學物質安全的管理以及中央資料庫的註冊。
除此之外，歐盟將在芬蘭首都赫爾辛基設立新的化學品機構，負責經營與維護化學品中央資料庫，同時徹底評估高風險化學物質的安全性，以及提供廣大消費者與專家們關於有害物質詳細的資訊。
REACH法案預計於2007年6月1日正式實施。
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詳細內容請參考：
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/reach/index_en.htm
The New EU Chemicals Legislation – REACH
On 29 October 2003, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU regulatory framework for chemicals, COM (2003) 644. Under the proposed new system called REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), enterprises that manufacture or import more than one tonne of a chemical substance per year would be required to register it in a central database.
The aims of the proposed new Regulation are to improve the protection of human health and the environment while maintaining the competitiveness and enhancing the innovative capability of the EU chemicals industry. REACH would furthermore give greater responsibility to industry to manage the risks from chemicals and to provide safety information on the substances. This information would be passed down the chain of production.
The proposal has been drafted in close consultation with all interested parties, including an Internet consultation. This has allowed the Commission to propose a streamlined and cost-effective system. The proposal is now being considered by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU for adoption under the so-called co-decision procedure.
The first reading in the European Parliament took place on 17 November 2005 (Provisional amendments (2005) 0434 and (2005) 0435). Following its political agreement on 13 December 2005, the Council adopted its Common Position on 27 June 2006 (7524/06 and 7525/06). The Commission Communication stating the Commission opinion on the Common Position was adopted on 12 July 2006 (COM (2006) 375).
On 13 December 2006 the Parliament adopted in second reading the compromise package it agreed with the Council on 30 November. The Council adopted the final REACH text at the Environment Council on 18 December. REACH will enter into force on 1 June 2007. The final text of the Regulation will be available shortly.
Information Source:《EUROPA Website in the Europe》
Detailed information, please refer to
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12182006 歐盟展開第六次RoHS排外項目公開諮詢
歐盟展開第六次RoHS排外項目公開諮詢
歐洲委員會最近展開《限用六大有害物質 (RoHS) 指令》排外項目第六次諮詢工作，公開徵詢業界的意見。業者應於2007年1月10以前將意見郵寄至歐洲委員會，或寄電子郵件至ENV-RoHS@ec.europa.eu。
◎ 諮詢業界意見
歐盟RoHS指令之附件列出許多排外項目，如業者能證明某種物料或零件符合下列條件，則可向歐委會提出申請，免受指令管制：
技術上或科學上不能消除或取代這些物料或零件，或
因使用替代品而導致環境、健康或消費者安全的不良影響，超過對環境、健康或消費者安
全的利益。
根據RoHS指令第五條規定，如擬增列排外項目，歐洲委員會應先公開諮詢業界意見，其中包括電子及電器生產商、資源回收商、處理設施營運商、環境組織、雇員與消費者協會等。業界提出的相關意見及建議將轉呈技術採用委員會(TAC)審議，由該委員會投票表決。若排外項目議案獲得TAC表決通過及採納，歐洲委員會必須在歐盟官方公報(Official Journal of the EU)正式公佈委員會決議(Commission Decision)。
◎ 徵詢內容
歐洲委員會徵詢的內容包括：
現在是否有可行的替代品，其份量是否能符合工業或商業需要？
現有替代品是否有任何限制規定？
此類替代品的成本、優點與缺點各為何？
使用替代品對環境、健康或消費者安全所造成的影響可能弊大於利？
◎ 業界申請23個排外項目
業界申請的排外項目包括：
1. 用於陰極射線管X光射線放射保護罩的鉛。
(Lead used for shielding of x-radiation emissions for CRT.)
2. 用於高功率通訊電子板及六價鉻中作為焊錫合金的鉛。
(Lead as soldering alloy in high performance communication electronic board and hexavalent chromium (Cr-VI)).
3. GemCore 410 EMV。
(GemCore 410 EMV.)
4. SAVBIT焊料。
(SAVBIT solder.)
5. 用於地基航空通訊設備製造業的鉛錫焊料。
(Sn-Pb soldering used in Ground-based Aeronautical Communication Equipment Manufacturing.)
6. 用於專業揚聲器系統，含有鉛錫焊料的變換器。
(Transducers used in professional loudspeaker systems, using tin-lead solder.)
7. 用於製造專業音響設備的鉛錫焊料。
(Tin-lead solder in the manufacture of professional audio equipment.)
8. 用於專業設備，含有鉛錫焊料的積體電路。
(Inventory of special ICS having tin-lead solder on/in leads/balls, used in specialist/professional equipment.)
9. 電池運轉式手錶內的水晶石。
(Crystal Stones within the battery operated watch.)
10. 用於廣播與國土安全防禦的電子及電器設備。
(EEE used for the broadcast and homeland security sector.)
11. 鍍層中含鉛的AM186ES-V40與AM79C961AKC。
(AM186ES-V40 containing lead in used in the leads over plating and AM79C961AKC containing lead in used in the leads over plating.)
12. 聚化合物薄膜電晶體內的硫化鎘或硒化鎘。
(Cadmium sulphide or cadmium selenide in polymer based thin film transistor.)
13. 電子零件上的電極端子表面加工焊料所用的鉛。
(Lead used in the soldering for surface finishing at the electric pole terminal on the electronic parts.)
14. 厚膜陶瓷基質的氧化鎘中所含的鎘。
(Cadmium contained in the cadmium oxide of a thick film ceramic substrate.)
15. 使用含鉛焊料的所有電子配件。
(All electronics assemblies using lead in solder.)
16. 電毯內用於偵測熱點的鉛。
(Lead in electric overblankets for Hot Spot detection.)
17. 自動販賣機以卡付款裝置所用的MPC10。
(MPC10 used in automatic vending machines to achieve the payment by card.)
18. 作為鈍化使用的六價鉻。
(Hexavalent Chrome Cr-VI when used as a passivate.)
19. 電路板、廢棄與不符合的英特爾(Intel)公司 80c188/86 EA\XL微處理機、ADI(Analog Devices, Inc.)公司ADMC300數位訊號處理器(DSP)以及恩益禧(NEC)公司 uPD7101 DART所含的鉛與六價鉻。
(Lead contained in circuit boards, obsolete and non-compliant Intel 80c188/86 EA\XL microprocessors, Analog Devices ADMC300 DSP, and NEC uPD7101 DART and hexavalent chromium.)
20. 製造電毯及加熱墊所用的一種零件。
(Component used in the manufacture of electric blankets and heating pads.)
21. 申請刪除歐盟第2006/691/EC號決議公告的排外項目：「用於光纖通訊系統，以稀土鐵石榴石(RIG)晶體製成的法拉第旋轉器中作為雜質的鉛」。
(Request to delete exemption for "Lead as impurity in RIG (rare earth iron garnet) Faraday rotators used for fibre optic communications systems.")
22. 電位整理器元件所含的鉛。
(Lead in Trimmer Potentiometer elements.)
23. 光電零件中所用的鎘。
(Cadmium in opto-electronic components.)
－ 本翻譯僅供參考，如有疑問請以網站原文為主。－
資料來源：《歐洲EUROPA網站》
詳細內容請參考：
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/rohs_6_consult.htm
6th Round RoHS Exemptions Consultation Launched
The Commission has launched the 6th RoHS consultation round with a list of 23 new exemption requests. Interested parties are invited to send their comments by 10 January 2007 at the latest by e-mail to ENV-RoHS@ec.europa.eu or by post to European Commission.
◎ Consultation of interested parties
For the consideration of the items listed below based on Article 5(1) (b), the Commission services would like to consult interested parties.
In particular, stakeholders are requested to provide, for each entry, information on:
Do feasible substitutes currently exist in an industrial and/or commercial scale?
Do any restrictions apply to such substitutes?
What are the costs and benefits and advantages and disadvantages of such substitutes?
Are there any negative environmental, health and/or consumer safety impacts caused by substitution which are likely to outweigh the environmental, health and/or consumer benefits thereof?
◎ Proposal for additional exemptions
The titles for the exemptions as submitted by industry and the request for exemptions are as below:
1. Lead used for shielding of x-radiation emissions for CRT.
2. Lead as soldering alloy in high performance communication electronic board and hexavalent chromium (Cr-VI).
3. GemCore 410 EMV.
4. AVBIT solder.
5. Sn-Pb soldering used in Ground-based Aeronautical Communication Equipment Manufacturing.
6. Transducers used in professional loudspeaker systems, using tin-lead solder.
7. Tin-lead solder in the manufacture of professional audio equipment.
8. Inventory of special ICS having tin-lead solder on/in leads/balls, used in specialist/professional equipment.
9. Crystal Stones within the battery operated watch.
10. EEE used for the broadcast and homeland security sector.
11. AM186ES-V40 containing lead in used in the leads over plating and AM79C961AKC containing lead in used in the leads over plating.
12. Cadmium sulphide or cadmium selenide in polymer based thin film transistor.
13. Lead used in the soldering for surface finishing at the electric pole terminal on the electronic parts.
14. Cadmium contained in the cadmium oxide of a thick film ceramic substrate.
15. All electronics assemblies using lead in solder.
16. Lead in electric overblankets for Hot Spot detection.
17. MPC10 used in automatic vending machines to achieve the payment by card.
18. Hexavalent Chrome Cr-VI when used as a passivate.
19. Lead contained in circuit boards, obsolete and non-compliant Intel 80c188/86 EA\XL microprocessors, Analog Devices ADMC300 DSP, and NEC uPD7101 DART and hexavalent chromium.
20. Component used in the manufacture of electric blankets and heating pads.
21. Request to delete exemption for "Lead as impurity in RIG (rare earth iron garnet) Faraday rotators used for fibre optic communications systems."
22. Lead in Trimmer Potentiometer elements.
23. Cadmium in opto-electronic components.
Information Source:《EUROPA Website in the Europe》
Detailed information, please refer to
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/rohs_6_consult.htm
歐洲委員會最近展開《限用六大有害物質 (RoHS) 指令》排外項目第六次諮詢工作，公開徵詢業界的意見。業者應於2007年1月10以前將意見郵寄至歐洲委員會，或寄電子郵件至ENV-RoHS@ec.europa.eu。
◎ 諮詢業界意見
歐盟RoHS指令之附件列出許多排外項目，如業者能證明某種物料或零件符合下列條件，則可向歐委會提出申請，免受指令管制：
技術上或科學上不能消除或取代這些物料或零件，或
因使用替代品而導致環境、健康或消費者安全的不良影響，超過對環境、健康或消費者安
全的利益。
根據RoHS指令第五條規定，如擬增列排外項目，歐洲委員會應先公開諮詢業界意見，其中包括電子及電器生產商、資源回收商、處理設施營運商、環境組織、雇員與消費者協會等。業界提出的相關意見及建議將轉呈技術採用委員會(TAC)審議，由該委員會投票表決。若排外項目議案獲得TAC表決通過及採納，歐洲委員會必須在歐盟官方公報(Official Journal of the EU)正式公佈委員會決議(Commission Decision)。
◎ 徵詢內容
歐洲委員會徵詢的內容包括：
現在是否有可行的替代品，其份量是否能符合工業或商業需要？
現有替代品是否有任何限制規定？
此類替代品的成本、優點與缺點各為何？
使用替代品對環境、健康或消費者安全所造成的影響可能弊大於利？
◎ 業界申請23個排外項目
業界申請的排外項目包括：
1. 用於陰極射線管X光射線放射保護罩的鉛。
(Lead used for shielding of x-radiation emissions for CRT.)
2. 用於高功率通訊電子板及六價鉻中作為焊錫合金的鉛。
(Lead as soldering alloy in high performance communication electronic board and hexavalent chromium (Cr-VI)).
3. GemCore 410 EMV。
(GemCore 410 EMV.)
4. SAVBIT焊料。
(SAVBIT solder.)
5. 用於地基航空通訊設備製造業的鉛錫焊料。
(Sn-Pb soldering used in Ground-based Aeronautical Communication Equipment Manufacturing.)
6. 用於專業揚聲器系統，含有鉛錫焊料的變換器。
(Transducers used in professional loudspeaker systems, using tin-lead solder.)
7. 用於製造專業音響設備的鉛錫焊料。
(Tin-lead solder in the manufacture of professional audio equipment.)
8. 用於專業設備，含有鉛錫焊料的積體電路。
(Inventory of special ICS having tin-lead solder on/in leads/balls, used in specialist/professional equipment.)
9. 電池運轉式手錶內的水晶石。
(Crystal Stones within the battery operated watch.)
10. 用於廣播與國土安全防禦的電子及電器設備。
(EEE used for the broadcast and homeland security sector.)
11. 鍍層中含鉛的AM186ES-V40與AM79C961AKC。
(AM186ES-V40 containing lead in used in the leads over plating and AM79C961AKC containing lead in used in the leads over plating.)
12. 聚化合物薄膜電晶體內的硫化鎘或硒化鎘。
(Cadmium sulphide or cadmium selenide in polymer based thin film transistor.)
13. 電子零件上的電極端子表面加工焊料所用的鉛。
(Lead used in the soldering for surface finishing at the electric pole terminal on the electronic parts.)
14. 厚膜陶瓷基質的氧化鎘中所含的鎘。
(Cadmium contained in the cadmium oxide of a thick film ceramic substrate.)
15. 使用含鉛焊料的所有電子配件。
(All electronics assemblies using lead in solder.)
16. 電毯內用於偵測熱點的鉛。
(Lead in electric overblankets for Hot Spot detection.)
17. 自動販賣機以卡付款裝置所用的MPC10。
(MPC10 used in automatic vending machines to achieve the payment by card.)
18. 作為鈍化使用的六價鉻。
(Hexavalent Chrome Cr-VI when used as a passivate.)
19. 電路板、廢棄與不符合的英特爾(Intel)公司 80c188/86 EA\XL微處理機、ADI(Analog Devices, Inc.)公司ADMC300數位訊號處理器(DSP)以及恩益禧(NEC)公司 uPD7101 DART所含的鉛與六價鉻。
(Lead contained in circuit boards, obsolete and non-compliant Intel 80c188/86 EA\XL microprocessors, Analog Devices ADMC300 DSP, and NEC uPD7101 DART and hexavalent chromium.)
20. 製造電毯及加熱墊所用的一種零件。
(Component used in the manufacture of electric blankets and heating pads.)
21. 申請刪除歐盟第2006/691/EC號決議公告的排外項目：「用於光纖通訊系統，以稀土鐵石榴石(RIG)晶體製成的法拉第旋轉器中作為雜質的鉛」。
(Request to delete exemption for "Lead as impurity in RIG (rare earth iron garnet) Faraday rotators used for fibre optic communications systems.")
22. 電位整理器元件所含的鉛。
(Lead in Trimmer Potentiometer elements.)
23. 光電零件中所用的鎘。
(Cadmium in opto-electronic components.)
－ 本翻譯僅供參考，如有疑問請以網站原文為主。－
資料來源：《歐洲EUROPA網站》
詳細內容請參考：
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/rohs_6_consult.htm
6th Round RoHS Exemptions Consultation Launched
The Commission has launched the 6th RoHS consultation round with a list of 23 new exemption requests. Interested parties are invited to send their comments by 10 January 2007 at the latest by e-mail to ENV-RoHS@ec.europa.eu or by post to European Commission.
◎ Consultation of interested parties
For the consideration of the items listed below based on Article 5(1) (b), the Commission services would like to consult interested parties.
In particular, stakeholders are requested to provide, for each entry, information on:
Do feasible substitutes currently exist in an industrial and/or commercial scale?
Do any restrictions apply to such substitutes?
What are the costs and benefits and advantages and disadvantages of such substitutes?
Are there any negative environmental, health and/or consumer safety impacts caused by substitution which are likely to outweigh the environmental, health and/or consumer benefits thereof?
◎ Proposal for additional exemptions
The titles for the exemptions as submitted by industry and the request for exemptions are as below:
1. Lead used for shielding of x-radiation emissions for CRT.
2. Lead as soldering alloy in high performance communication electronic board and hexavalent chromium (Cr-VI).
3. GemCore 410 EMV.
4. AVBIT solder.
5. Sn-Pb soldering used in Ground-based Aeronautical Communication Equipment Manufacturing.
6. Transducers used in professional loudspeaker systems, using tin-lead solder.
7. Tin-lead solder in the manufacture of professional audio equipment.
8. Inventory of special ICS having tin-lead solder on/in leads/balls, used in specialist/professional equipment.
9. Crystal Stones within the battery operated watch.
10. EEE used for the broadcast and homeland security sector.
11. AM186ES-V40 containing lead in used in the leads over plating and AM79C961AKC containing lead in used in the leads over plating.
12. Cadmium sulphide or cadmium selenide in polymer based thin film transistor.
13. Lead used in the soldering for surface finishing at the electric pole terminal on the electronic parts.
14. Cadmium contained in the cadmium oxide of a thick film ceramic substrate.
15. All electronics assemblies using lead in solder.
16. Lead in electric overblankets for Hot Spot detection.
17. MPC10 used in automatic vending machines to achieve the payment by card.
18. Hexavalent Chrome Cr-VI when used as a passivate.
19. Lead contained in circuit boards, obsolete and non-compliant Intel 80c188/86 EA\XL microprocessors, Analog Devices ADMC300 DSP, and NEC uPD7101 DART and hexavalent chromium.
20. Component used in the manufacture of electric blankets and heating pads.
21. Request to delete exemption for "Lead as impurity in RIG (rare earth iron garnet) Faraday rotators used for fibre optic communications systems."
22. Lead in Trimmer Potentiometer elements.
23. Cadmium in opto-electronic components.
Information Source:《EUROPA Website in the Europe》
Detailed information, please refer to
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/rohs_6_consult.htm
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