tony

ChrisJ has highlighted basically what you need to know. I have three
further suggestions:
1) if its a single IC you may be able to get it re-tinned
2) depends where your market is? if its the US you can carry on as before,
if its the EU you will have to be compliant
3) decide if you are making a product that is in exempt category...like
medical

There are no such things as RoHS waivers

regards
Paul


Paul R Taylor
Senior Engineer, RoHS Compliancy Group, IED
Pitney Bowes Ltd
The Pinnacles, Elizabeth Way, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5BD
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I have a specific situation that I need help with and I am turning to
this group for opinions and feedback. A while back we had a part that
was going end of life but before the part went end of life we did a last
time buy. These last time buy parts are not RoHS compliant and there are
no replacement parts available. We are faced with an inventory of parts
which are non-compliant and up coming shipments to fulfill. What are my
options? Do the parts that were bought previously need to be compliant
for us to use them in hardware labeled compliant? Are there exceptions
for end of life parts or parts which do not have replacements? Are there
waivers that can be obtained  to allow parts which do not have a
replacement?

Thanks for your opinions and feedback,
Tony Cosentino

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