Hi Jeff and fellow RoHS/WEEE sufferers,

I don't think you need a Declaration of Conformity, for two reasons:

1. The RoHS directive doesn't require you to produce a DoC anyway. A DoC
is only required for CE-marking directives, such as EMC and low-voltage
directives. RoHS is not a CE-marking directive.

2. Even if RoHS was a CE-marking directive, if your product is outside its
scope, you don't need to produce a DoC. (Situation akin to "components"
and the EMC directive; components do not have to meet the requirements, so
no CE marking, so no DoC.)

Of course, you will probably need to put something in your user manual
and/or sales literature to explain that your product is outside the scope
of RoHS.

Regards
Steve Lawrence


Leadfree <[log in to unmask]> wrote on 15/09/2005 20:47:54:

> Hi Group,
>
> While the following RoHS exemptions below are valid, how does a
> manufacture legally obtain the exemption.? Will declaring it in
> their DOC suffice? Is anybody taking the exemption? Is everybody
> taking the exemption :o)
>
> *  Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. tin-lead
> solder alloys containing more than 85 % lead)
>
> *  Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems
> (exemption granted until 2010)
>
> *  Lead in solders for network infrastructure equipment for
> switching, signaling, transmission as well as network management for
> telecommunication
>
> * Lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezoelectronic devices).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Collins

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