Dear Leadfree-netters:

It is true that the European Union's Draft Directive on Waste Electronics
and Electrical Equipment (WEEE), that calls for, among other things, a ban
on certain chemicals -- namely lead, mercury cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
and halogenated flame retardants, in all electrical and electronic
equipment sold in the EU by the year 2004 is on hold.

It appears that the Commissioner resigned over allegations of mismanagement
and the resulting upheaval has left workproducts within her Committee up in
the air.

No word on when things will get rolling again.

Hope that helps.

At 04:15 PM 7/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello fellow LeadFree-ers,
>
>I have done some asking of some people and done some web surfing and have
>not found any specific information that addresses a couple of questions I
>have. I have gone to: www.leadfree.org and www.lead-free.org.
>
>I am curious as to the current status of the EC directive that proposed to
>ban lead by 2004. I had heard within the last couple of months that it had
>been delayed. Is this true? And if so, to when?
>
>Also, I have heard that Japan has begun lead free production. Has any
>information on its results been published anywhere? I am curious what
>methods and practices have been employed to tackle this issue and if there
>has been any significant life studies done and published.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Richard Hamilton
>Clemar Mfg. / Rain Bird
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