Well, whatever products we sell over there has to follow suit. Depending upon how many product one sells, one may choose not to have US-specific and EU-specific hardware. Besides, I know some states want to follow suit, at least potentially, as "lead is bad" and similar reasoning. Shawn Upton, KB1CKT Test Engineer Allegro MicroSystems, Inc [log in to unmask] 603.626.2429/fax: 603.641.5336 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hernefjord Ingemar Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:58 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] [tinwhiskers] Re: RoHS 2 Moves Forward (Run For Your Lives!) Who says americans have to follow EU directives? Has US become an old toothless woman (erh...in the name of equality)..sorry, dodderer? /Inge --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------