The EU EuP directive implementation of Chinese electromechanical enterprises are facing new challenges

China's mechanical and electrical products are facing its biggest export market, the EU's third wave of green barriers, since August 11th, the EU EuP directive officially translated into the EU Member States regulations. It is following the RoHS and WEEE two green directives, the EU set up third "green barriers"".

1, the third wave of "green" is more difficult to test

In EuP instruction before 2006, the EU has implemented RoHS ("electrical and electronic equipment to limit the use of certain hazardous substances") and WEEE ("the waste electrical and electronic equipment") two green directives. They were once the focus of the domestic industry. Experts believe that the third command EuP instructions to deal with the difficulty is much higher than the first two instructions.

Can see this "green barrier" component -- "eco design of energy using products from the EuP directive Framework Directive" name, Zhejiang Institute of Standardization Engineer Jiang Jianping said, in addition to carrying cargo transport vehicles, all products are used to cover its products.

The core EuP instruction is the concept of ecological design, which makes it become the environmental requirements of the most comprehensive instruction, also makes it the master of EU environmental protection directive issued over the years a. Jiang Jianping said, WEEE focuses on waste disposal of electrical and electronic products, RoHS directive banned lead cadmium mercury and other six kinds of harmful substances, EuP Directive requires products at the beginning of the design, to solve a package from design, material selection, manufacturing, packaging and transportation, installation and maintenance until abandoned this "life" in environmental protection.

Ecological design also needs a large number of qualitative and quantitative analysis. The day before coming to Zhejiang Hangzhou Zhejiang enterprises EuP instruction to guide the German PE international consulting group expert Dr. Konstantin Hermann cited a small printed circuit board with many examples: copper waste copper consumption of electricity, with little increase of circuit board resistance, will waste energy. It is necessary to use the quantitative analysis to select the best amount of copper in order to get the two evils.

EuP directive has set up trade barriers of the suspects, and the more subtle barriers. Jiang Jianping said that the technology is relatively backward, the relative shortage of funds in developing countries is difficult to meet its standards. EuP directive is a framework to determine the overall principles of instruction, and the specific implementation details to be classified, according to the different products tailored. Therefore, the EU can be the first to strengthen the competitiveness of the local industry, the greater the impact of imported products to develop measures to improve the technical standards. Moreover, it is much easier and more convenient to formulate the rules for the existing instructions than to specify the new instructions.

EuP instructions to the EU companies left a "back door", if the enterprise is the EU's "eco management and Audit Scheme" of the members or the products from the EU eco label, such enterprises and products can be recognized. However, it is difficult for non EU companies to participate in the plan, which allows the EU companies and products to seize the opportunity to EuP directive.

2 instructions, "time difference" can not be ignored

Jiang Jianping told reporters, EuP covers a wide range, high requirements, it will seriously affect our There was no parallel in history., electrical and electronic industries and the development of related industries and products export.

Mechanical and electrical products, electromechanical exports in Zhejiang province in 2006 exports, exports to the EU about 1/4. Zhejiang province to deal with technical barriers to trade information service platform for the EuP directive issued in 2007 the first yellow warning information.

However, the momentum of the EuP directive also left a "time difference". Jiang Jianping said, because it belongs to the framework directive, so there is no specific product categories to put forward ecological design requirements, the EU will continue to introduce specific products EuP directive supporting measures. The heating and hot water equipment, electric motor systems, homes and commercial lighting equipment, household appliances, office system of electric products, electronic products, ventilation and air conditioning system will become the first batch of products specifically the implementation of the EuP directive.

Progress economic & Trade Commission of Zhejiang province technology and equipment engineer Zhu Tao told reporters, because the EuP instruction has no specific rules, so they mainly to strengthen the publicity of enterprises, but many companies think it as the first two instructions as a starting point, so we think the problem is not big, but wait until the introduction of the specific details, to deal with them will be very nervous.

Jiang Jianping said, EuP directive (European) products with CE certification mark, many domestic enterprises previously have done CE certification, but after the EuP directive, the introduction of eco design CE certification will related content, therefore, enterprises get the new CE that will permit higher cost. He estimates that in the Directive before the completion of the CE certification of enterprises can not be once and for all, the EU may be required to obtain new CE certification in line with the EuP directive.

According to reports, penalties have been identified in the EuP directive, Member States should take corresponding measures according to their own circumstances in order to meet their requirements, otherwise the local government may request the products withdrawn from the market, or even directly prohibit the listing.

, 3 domestic enterprises to deal with different attitudes

China Superman group in Zhejiang Province, Yongkang city is the world's fourth largest producer of electric shaver. Jin Tianhong, vice president of Technology Group is responsible for the introduction, said they have set up a EuP command response team, currently mainly in the design of research measures, efforts to achieve energy saving and environmental protection design. "EuP directive will increase the cost of production, but compared with the EU market share, we value the latter. And america,