RoHS 2 is ONLY a proposal right now. There is no requirement cast in stone.
It has to go through a rather extensive legislative process before the
directive is issued. So think about planning ahead but expect changes to
this proposal...there's lots of consternation about this CE requirement (and
other aspects of it). While my friends at Symphony may "expect" it to be
approved, there's a long road ahead for that to happen (and I don't know
what makes them think it will be approved as-is, either. No stakeholder
group I talk to is very pleased with it). 

My suggestion: keep an eye on it. Think about what CE marking (and the other
new requirements) would mean for your company; work with your favorite trade
association (IPC, AeA, EICTA) to get ready for the stakeholder consultation
period. But don't go changing processes and products yet.

And regarding this:

>RoHS 5/6:
>We know that the exemption for lead in solder for the telecommunication
>industry will be expired in 2010 but when exactly in 2010?

Provide evidence of this, please.

Michael Kirschner
President
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:29:57 -0600, David Harrison
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>Hello everyone,
>
>I would like to get some input from the members of this forum about a few
>things.
>
>RoHS II:
>We received today an email from Symphony Consulting talking about RoHS II
>and their opinion on where the market is going with this. The first point
>they are talking about is as follow:
>
>-----------------------------------------------
>RoHS will no longer be a label-free self-declaration model and companies
>will be required to declare conformity (backed up by documentation) as part
>of the CE marking label.  That means that due diligence will take on a whole
>new dimension in which collecting certificates from suppliers alone will not
>suffice.  Your due diligence must now provide evidence of on-going
>compliance and differentiate between components and suppliers based on
>varying levels of risk.  The implications are that RoHS will need to be
>integrated into your business processes more with an ISO type mindset rather
>than a one-time event.
>-----------------------------------------------
>
>Does anyone have information about this? 
>
>Are there any documents released that are explaining that or there is
>nothing official yet?
>
>RoHS 5/6:
>We know that the exemption for lead in solder for the telecommunication
>industry will be expired in 2010 but when exactly in 2010?
>
>Are there plans to extend this exemption?
>
>Thanks for your feedback!
>
>David Harrison
>
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