It has occurred to me that enforcement bodies in the EU have probably
done a significant amount of product testing for the six substances and
have found that products from European companies generally comply and
products from China generally don't.  Since China exports so much, the
Europeans might not know how to deal with these products because of the
anticipated market disruptions, the resultant economic chaos, and the
political fallout.  

Regards,
Brian Epstein
Sr Regulatory Compliance Engineer
Veeco Instruments
ph:  805-967-2700 ext 2315
fx:  805-967-7717
ce:  805-591-9587

-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Kirschner
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:05 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [LF] EU Not Busting for RoHS Violations Yet

Rob Spiegel spoke, at our behest, to Steve Andrews to get a clear
response
on why we haven't seen any visible cases of non-compliance in the EU
yet. He
has more credibility on this topic than just about anyone, even DCA ;o)

You can read his story, entitled "EU Not Busting for RoHS Violations
Yet", at

http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6387098.html

So the bottom line is that they're trying to find that first case to go
public with.

Mike Kirschner
Design Chain Associates, LLC

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