Tony,

I believe the loop hole is when they were made available for purchase.
If they were in the distribution chain before July 1, 2006 then they are
"exempt".  If they do not ship until after July 1, 2006 they must comply
or you need a good lawyer.

Phil 

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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cosentino, Tony
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:11 AM
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Subject: [LF] End of life part

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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