This morning, the other half forced me into a supermarket run by a 
German heavy discounter whose name is four letters with the first and 
last one being the same.

To my astonishment, I found reels of solder wire with F-SW32 flux core 
there, clearly labelled "Electronic solder". Guess what? It was 
Sn60Pb40! They can't even claim it was old stock, because the store was 
opened only a few months ago, the first on the island.

The solder was made in Wuppertal, Germany, noted for its monorail public 
transport system, and was bright, not visibly oxidised, so I presume 
reasonably freshly made.

As such solder is sold specifically as a component for electronics 
assembly, is L*** on the wrong side of the RoHS Directive? If not, are 
they liable if someone uses it to make an item of equipment for sale?

Brian

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