I believe that the commission will give a period of time for Engineering and logistic changes / preparations from the :  t =0 0f the exemption removal.  At least one year!

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Reuven ROKAH 

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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of N Burtt

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Subject: Re: [LF] RoHS II Update and status of RoHS 5/6 questions



The 2010 date for the original exemption for Pb solder in servers etc was 

indeed removed in a 2005 amendment. But that does not mean you can 

assume this will be granted in perpetuity. The Directive requires a review of all 

exemptions every 4 years, hence it was merely a simplification fo the text 

since all the exemptions were effectively only good until the next review.





And note the current "ROHS2" proposals are still just that and only that. Any 

of the current exemptions COULD be removed or extended at this review and 

at the end of each 4 year cycle. It does seem highly likely that the inclusion of 

category 8 and 9 (medical and monitoring/control) with some specific 

application exemptions will happen though IMO.



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