FYI

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy McGrady [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 6:15 PM
To: (Leadfree Electronics Assembly Forum); John Burke
Subject: Re: [LF] Chinese Government Delegation Coming to US to Explain New
Environmental Regulations Impacting the High-Tech Industry

I met some of the China MII people who will be part of that delegation this
week in Shanghai and we were able to ask quite a few questions on the new
"Administrative Measures" aka China RoHS.  We held a joint ASTM-SIS workshop

on RoHS sponsored by NEMA.

First, the labeling requirements were made more clear - you do not have to
put on your packaging how much of a restricted substance is present, but you

have to indicate whether any substance falling under the 6 RoHS substance
categories is present above the limit values.  They said this could be
accomplished by listing the substance categories on the packaging and "X-ing

out" those that are not present.  As a reminder, the labeling requirements
begin March 1, 2007.

The "e" label, already published in a green color with two arrows circling
the "e", is for indicating that the product does not contain any of the
restricted substances above the limit values.  The label need not be green -

it could be any color - black if you prefer.  The other label with a "10"
circled by two arrows shown in a red color is to indicate that the product
does contain one or more of the restricted substances above the limit value.

The "10" could be any number - it indicates how long the producer guarantees

that the product will not leak or otherwise emit a restricted substance to
the environment.  This number is determined by the producer, as far as we
can tell (needs more clarity).  They said that the consumer may continue to
use the product after the "environment friendly period" has expired, but the

producer no longer offers a guarantee that the product is "environment
friendly".  I think this subject needs a bit more clarity as well.  Again,
the label may be any color - it is not mandatory that it be red.

If your product is put in the Catalog, it must comply with the limit values
for RoHS substances and it must get a CCC mark via independent laboratory
(only in China, we presume, but the US Gov is working to open that marking
up to independent labs outside of China).  The CCC mark will be specialized
for substance restriction certification, so you will not have to have your
product subjected to any CCC certification tests other than what it would
normally require.  They have not yet decided how the new version of the CCC
mark will look or if it will be modified by a phrase or symbol, etc.

If you are importing parts to the China market that will be incorporated
into exported products, you are not subject to the China RoHS requirements,
including labeling and certification.

I will update more on the China RoHS subject once I get info from the US DOC

ITA DVC held on Tuesday, October 10th.  Hope this helps.

Tim McGrady
Chairman, ASTM Committee F40 on Declarable Substances in Materials


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 6:32 PM
Subject: [LF] Chinese Government Delegation Coming to US to Explain New
Environmental Regulations Impacting the High-Tech Industry


>A delegation of eleven high-ranking Chinese government officials from the
> Ministry of Information Industries is coming to the US. to discuss the
> requirements of China RoHS.
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> There is only one public event - a public seminar hosted by AeA. at Santa
> Clara on October 26 from 7:30 am to 12:00 pm  at the AeA office in the
> Techmart Building, 5201 Great America Parkway #400, Santa Clara, CA 95054.
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> Details are here:
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> http://tinyurl.com/yz6vog
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>
> John
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