Oh, I'd make my fortune leading everyone to the highest European
instances, if only I were a lawyer specialising in RoHS and WEEE! I'm in
the worng business :-(

Brian

Douglas, Scott wrote:
> IPC List,
>
> Having watched the threads on when a product must be compliant, I offer this comment.
>
> The easiest way to look at the problem is this: A product on a shelf at the point of sale to the end user on 1 July 2006 must be RoHS compliant. The seller, dealer, distributor, whatever, cannot sell that product after that date unless it is compliant. It does not matter when the product was first designed or manufactured. It does not matter whether the product is one of a kind or one of thousands of copies of that design. It does not matter whether this is the first time a particular point of sale is selling this product or if it is sale number 1,000. Any product sold 1 July 2006 or after must be compliant. Period.
>
> I would add that the above is suggested to apply to brand new product, not used or re-furbished. That is only my reading between the lines and not anything the various documents would indicate. One could argue the re-furbished part either way I suppose. I also realize that any product sold to an end user prior to 1 July 2006 does not need to be RoHS compliant and can be repaired with non-compliant parts, etc.
>
> One can dissect the various documents and statements from the multitude of sources in any of a dozen ways. One can then translate any of these into something that suits ones own purpose. But in reality, the simplest approach is as I described above and the K.I.S.S. method always works for me.
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>
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