
RoHS 3 and the new (EU)2015/863 Substances
Now that we have been under the ‘new’ EU RoHS for a few months I thought it would be a good time to write a brief article to cover some

Now that we have been under the ‘new’ EU RoHS for a few months I thought it would be a good time to write a brief article to cover some

RoHS 2011/65/EU presently requires compliance for electrical and electronic equipment to these six substances indicated in Annex II: We note that RoHS 2011/65/EU was amended by Commission Delegated Directive (EU)

CENELEC has published a new RoHS standard, announcing it, here. The new standard is EN ISO 63000:2018 Technical Documentation for the assessment of electrical and electronic products with respect to

One possible cause for an audible “gulp” coming from the reader of a specifications sheet is coming across a requirement to comply, vaguely, with the REACH Regulation (EC) 1907/2006. Broadly,

The RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU was amended in November 2017 by Directive (EU) 2017/2102 with some administrative clarifications. I found one item particularly interesting: Recital (2): (2) Secondary market operations for

F2 Labs assists many manufacturers, internationally, with CE marking requirements. Regarding CE marking, primarily we test and evaluate electro-mechanical equipment for compliance with electrical safety, machinery safety, EMC and radio,

Manufacturers that send equipment to the EU with a CE marking must understand that a CE marking is a blanket claim by the manufacturer. The claim is that the equipment

The RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, Article 4 (3) exclusion for industrial monitoring and control instruments expired on Saturday, July 22, 2017. That exclusion was used by quite a few manufacturers to

Manufacturers who send equipment into the EU are required to send a CE compliant product in most cases. This means that if you are making an electromechanical device, chances are

There is a change on the horizon for manufacturers used to complying with RoHS based on the restriction of the six substances indicated in RoHS 2011/65/EU (Annex II): Lead (0.1%)