Yes, John, that's essentially correct. Thanks for that clarification.

There is a bill winding it's way through the state legislature, AB2202, that
would expand the RoHS part of the scope of the California Electronic Waste
Act of 2003 to be the same as the EU: it would "prohibit an electronic
device from being sold or offered for sale in this state if the electronic
device is prohibited from being sold in the European Union on and after its
date of manufacture, due to the presence of certain heavy metals." Note that
PBBs and PBDEs are already banned in California. It proposes to be in effect
January 1, 2008.

This would nearly require that California become an EU member state. ;o)

Mike


On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:15:24 -0700, John Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Just for reference though the California law is ONLY applicable to
>electronics with display devices; and those displays have to have a diagonal
>dimension of 4 inches or greater.
>
>John

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