The use of cadmium in the EU to the official exemption of the export of lamps and lanterns to reduce the threshold of Dongguan,

In February 26, 2010, the European Commission announced in the official bulletin of the committee decided 2010/122/EU, in view of the cadmium in the LED of the replacement is not technically mature, decided to exempt.

2010/122/EU requires that the following thirty-ninth items be added in the appendix to the RoHS directive:

"In July 1st 39.2014 years before the application in solid state lighting or display system in color conversion II-VI family LED (g < 10 Candela per square millimeter of luminous area) the use of cadmium".

March 17th, the Dongguan entry exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau revealed that the EU has been formally exempted from the use of cadmium in LED, so that the EU exports to Dongguan lamps on the threshold to reduce the. The EU has long banned the use of cadmium in LED, this situation has been changed.

Dongguan entry exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau official said, Dongguan LED industry is in the stage of development and growth, which is the production of LED products and sold to the EU's enterprises, is a huge business opportunities.

Remind the responsible person said, LED products are exported to EU, in addition to the need to comply with the low voltage directive and EMC directive, but also in line with the RoHS directive and WEEE (European electrical and electronic equipment abandoned) instruction.