The EU announced a revised version of the RoHS proposal

The good news came from the front line of the environmental regulations! The European Commission has issued a "revised directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment" (RoHS), without the addition of new substances. IPC- International Electronics Industry Association in the past two years of unremitting lobbying, it is gratifying that the EU agreed not to four brominated bisphenol A (TBBPA) into the RoHS need to monitor or prohibit the use of ingredients.

"The European Union has conducted a comprehensive risk assessment of TBBPA, the conclusion is that the substance is harmful to humans and the environment. So the EU "on chemicals registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction system" (REACH) has not carried on the limit, "TTMTechnologies EHS, director of EHS Advisory Committee and chairman IPC LeeWilmot said," we are very pleased to see that the EU proposal is based on scientific research, and to a great extent let RoHS and REACH to achieve a unified.

As a defender of the industry, IPC has been actively promoting the new RoHS directive based on scientific evidence. Oko-Institut released a revised version of the draft RoHS, IPC on the submission of views, and in June held a seminar in Brussels, RoHS extended range of restrictions on the use of the composition of the industry expressed widespread concern.

We are even more pleased that this proposal reduces the difference between RoHS and REACH directives. "REACH and RoHS regulations affecting the entire global supply chain, has far-reaching significance to the survival and success of electronic industry," Fein-Line President Associates IPC's Government Relations Committee, chairman DanFeinberg said, "IPC member companies will continue to encourage more restricted substances under the REACH regulations, in order to avoid repeating the same or regulations. "

"The proposal was adopted on the influence to improve, we just walked out of the first step in a long-term legislative procedure," IPC director of government relations and environmental policy FernAbrams said, "in the confirmation of the final version of regulations, we can in the later stages of the legislative procedure add amendment. IPC will continue to focus on and ensure that all submissions are based on science. "