09252006 RoHS排外條款最新說明

RoHS排外條款最新說明

目前為止，在歐盟25個成員國之中，大部分國家都已經將RoHS及WEEE指令轉化成國內法令。雖然少數國家已經獲得同意延後實施WEEE法令，但是自截止期限2006年7月1日起，凡在歐盟市場銷售的所有產品均需遵守RoHS指令的規定，禁止在電子電器產品中使用六大危害物質。

◎ 廠商可提出排外項目申請
根據總部設於美國，屬於非營利性質高科技集團之「美國電子協會 歐洲分部」(American Electronics Association, AeA Europe) 總經理 詹姆士(James Lovegrove)表示，歐盟委員會已經核准了RoHS指令29點排外條款，目前已知還有80多個項目被納入考慮範圍。

此外，詹姆士(James Lovegrove)也指出，廠商一旦覺得很難或無法如同禁令生效前一樣，能夠以有效或高效率方式製造出符合RoHS指令的產品，便可提出排外項目申請。不過，申請廠商必須證明排外項目要求的正當性，因此進一步地提出使用禁用物質的產品與使用替代物質的產品之比較報告是不可或缺的。然後，委員會再將申請之排外項目提交給公共諮詢會(public stakeholder consultation)展開為期至少八週以上的諮詢。依照層層審議的結果，委員會將決定是否提出排外項目的提案送交技術採用委員會(TAC)做最後的投票表決。

◎ RoHS排外條款第21~29點尚待評估
在歐盟委員會同意的29點排外條款中，其中以第21~29點最具爭議性。因為歐盟委員會自今年8月中旬批准至今仍遲遲未在歐盟官方期刊中做出公告，理由是關於廠商提出的排外項目要求之正當性及重要性仍有待評估。換言之，RoHS排外條款仍應依照目前為止歐盟所正式公告的第1~20點為準。有關評估中的第21~29點排外條款請參考下列：

• 第21點：用於硼矽酸鹽玻璃瓷漆的印刷油墨所含的鉛及鎘。
• 第22點：用於光纖通訊系統作為稀土鐵石榴石(RIG)法拉第旋轉器雜質所含的鉛。
• 第23點：小螺距零組件面料(最後加工)所含的鉛。
• 第24點：通孔盤狀及平面陣列陶瓷多層電容器焊料所含的鉛。
• 第25點：等離子顯示器面板(PDP)及表面傳導式電子發射顯示器(SED)的結構元件所用的氧化鉛。
• 第26點：藍黑燈管(BLB)玻璃外罩所含的氧化鉛。
• 第27點：在大功率揚聲器中作為轉換器焊料的鉛合金。
• 第28點：用於防止腐蝕及預防WEEE指令第三類設備(資訊及電信設備)電磁干擾的未著色金屬片及鈕扣的防腐塗層所含的六價鉻。(這項豁免有效期至2007年7月1日)
• 第29點：歐盟指令69/493/EEC定義的水晶玻璃所含的鉛。

此外，關於RoHS排外條款第1~20點詳細內容，請至本公司RoHS網站下載，網址：http://www.rohs.tw.sgs.com/zh_tw/rohs_2-1_tw

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Latest Statement for 29 Exemptions to the RoHS Directive

RoHS and WEEE are now law in most of the European Union’s 25 countries. Although some extensions have been granted to nations for WEEE compliance, all products sold in Europe after the July 1, 2006, deadline must adhere to the Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS), which bans the use of certain materials in electronic products.

◎ Companies can apply for exemptions
However, “Twenty-nine exemptions to the RoHS directive have been granted by the European Commission, with 80 more being considered,” says James Lovegrove, managing director of AeA Europe, a nonprofit high-tech trade group for companies based in the United States.

Companies apply for exemptions when they find it difficult or impossible to manufacture RoHS-compliant products as efficiently or effectively as they could before the ban. Companies prove the validity of their request by comparing the performance of their products using banned substances with those using their substitutes. The requests are studied and approved or disapproved by the EU Commission.

◎ Nine (No. 21–29) exemptions are still being assessed
Of the 29 exemptions, nine (No. 21~29) were still not published in the EU’s Official Journal as of mid-August, because the validity of the requests and their importance are still being assessed. The nine (No. 21~29) exemptions are as follows:

• 21. Lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on borosilicate glass.
• 22. Lead as an impurity in RIG (rare earth iron garnet) Faraday rotators for fiber optic communications systems.
• 23. Lead in finishes of fine-pitch components other than connectors with a pitch of 0.65 millimeters or less with NiFe lead frames and lead in finishes of fine-pitch components other than connectors with a pitch of 0.65 mm or less with copper-lead frames.
• 24. Lead in solders for the soldering of machined through-hole discoidal and planar array ceramic multilayer capacitors.
• 25. Lead oxide in plasma display panels and surface conduction electron emitter displays used in structural elements, notably in the front and rear glass dielectric layer, the bus electrode, the black stripe, the address electrode, the barrier ribs, the seal frit and the frit ring, as well as in print pastes.
• 26. Lead oxide in the glass envelope of black-light blue lamps.
• 27. Lead alloys as solder for transducers used in high-power loudspeakers (designed to operate for several hours at acoustic power levels of 125 decibels SPL [sound pressure level] and above).
• 28. Hexavalent chromium in corrosion-prevention coatings of unpainted metal sheetings and fasteners used for corrosion protection and electromagnetic interference shielding in equipment falling under a specific EU Directive covering IT and telecommunications equipment (exemption granted until July 1, 2007).
• 29. Lead bound in crystal glass as defined in a specific EU Directive

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