Hi Technetters: I attended a meeting yesterday to discuss a proposed European Commission proposal that would ban the use of lead in many electronic/electrical products sold in European countries by Jan. 1, 2004. The IPC is working with a number of other trade associations to defeat this proposal and I am requesting your help. Are there existing standards that require the use of tin-lead solder in electronic products (e.g., military specifications, UL requirements)? If there are, we will use this information to raise "trade barrier" opposition to the proposal. Please respond directly to [log in to unmask] Thank you in advance for your assistance. Holly Evans Director of Environmental and Safety Programs IPC 1400 Eye St., N.W., Suite 540 Washington, D.C. 20005-2208 phone: 202-638-6219 fax: 202-638-0145 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################