Dave makes a good point; however, the EC has not yet made a final determination of what items within Cat 8 or 9 will be covered by the RoHS directive, per Article 6:
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Article 6
Review
Before 13 February 2005,the Commission shall review the
measures provided for in this Directive to take into account,as
necessary,new scientific evidence.
In particular the Commission shall,by that date,present propo-
sals for including in the scope of this Directive equipment
which falls under categories 8 and 9 set out in Annex IA to
Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE).
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So one could feel confident that their product(s) will be exempted, and then find out that it isn't. Might be good to have a Plan B to fall back on. OTOH, If your product(s) end up on the exemption list, then it is business as usual. As always, YMMV.
Looking forward to a 4-day weekend,
BRgds,
Roger
And Dave, we wouldn't dream of killing you... maybe a little torture, but no termination.
-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of MA/NY DDave
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] Another question on exemption
Hi Dickey-John Gary, GPS-Trimble, IPC LF Listservers,
I agree with your management, (OK kill me, since this is an abnormal for me)
You are certainly exempted within the directives you have noted, and I
believe without full knowledge, for good logical reasons. The purpose of
the directives seem to me to strive to achieve maximum reduction for those
products that have known lead (Pb) profiles and do not create TOO much
difficulty in the marketplace in the replacement of Pb (lead).
There are other directives, you should check, and you should know that the
EU, EC is still on this lead free frenzy. SO,, you should check out whether
LF makes any difference in the performance or short/long longevity of your
products. Since you are from a farming community this check out just makes
sense and can be a lot of fun.
Yours in Engineering, Dave
YiEngr, MA/NY DDave
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