Since flip chips are exempted from the lead ban, those IC's would have to
be removed before testing. I'm not serious, but you see what I mean.
There are many things that the Environmental Commission never thought
about.
--- John Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I believe that there are a number of factors at work.
>
> The first of these concerns bandwidth. Each inspector is sued with a
> handheld XRF system, and there are few inspectors, many points of entry
> from
> outside the country (this is not policed internally in Europe since
> there
> are no border controls? Someone correct me if I am wrong on this)
>
> To use the XRF system though in many cases the inspector would have to
> take
> apart the electronics - and be able to put it back
> together..................
>
> Further, I believe that a clampdown on this legislation would cause an
> EU
> import gridlock that it might never recover from.
>
> I have not seen or heard of a single instance of challenge on this
> legislation since the law came into force.
>
> I wonder if the word went out not to bother in view of the above
> considerations.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Harvey Miller
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 3:22 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [LF] Is RoHS Compliance not Being Aggressively Enforced?--from
> Dr.
> Ron's Blog
>
> Is RoHS Compliance not Being Aggressively Enforced?
>
> September 18th, 2006
>
> Folks,
>
> July 1, 2006 has come and gone. Most of us expected many problems at the
> borders of the EU countries Re customs after this date. All appears
> quiet.
> I have heard few stories of customs disasters. Since it appeared that <
> 50% of companies were RoHS compliant, I am wondering what happened. My
> guess is that the EU is not ready to perform consistent inspections and
> since there is no paperwork requirement (i.e. the act of placing a
> product
> on the market declares its compliance) product is simply flowing in with
> only spotty checks or testing.
>
> Readers, what are you hearing?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dr. Ron
>
>
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