One of the other issues is that exemptions will be issued by individual countries on a country-by-country basis.
Although I haven't done a lot of research personally, what I have heard is that only a few of the countries have departments or offices set up to issue exemptions. How those exemptions have to be marked on products (license number?? symbol??) may vary country-by-country and those departments or offices that do exist or come into existence in the future will likely be swamped for a while by all the other people seeking exemptions too. So exemptions are probably not as easy a way out as some (including myself) would like them to be. -Camille Good Portland, Oregon --- "POWELL, DOUG" <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, > > > > For reasons other than yours, my company is excluded > from the scope of > the directive; however we have decided to go through > the steps to > compliance. This was a well though out decision and > we have decided to > go ahead. > > > > We have a few compelling reasons: > > 1) Our OEM customers are requesting compliance. > > 2) It won't be long before component parts will > become unavailable. > > 3) It is viewed as a marketing advantage. > > > > Maybe I'm dating myself but I began work in the > elctronics world in the > early 70's near the time when transitors were > replacing vacuum tubes. > Item #2 is reminiscent of that time. > > > > Doug Powell > > Staff Engineer > > Corporate Compliance Dept. > > Advanced Energy Industries Inc. > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Chris Maxwell > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RoHS and WEEE > > > > I have a question regarding interpretation of > exemptions to the RoHS > Directive (2002/95/EC). > > > > Specifically, Article 2, paragraph 1 of the RoHS > Directive states that > the directive shall apply to products falling under > the categories 1, 2, > 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 set out in Annex 1A to the WEEE > Directive > (2002/96/EC) > > > > Notice that categories 8 and 9 are left out...so, if > you go to Annex 1A > of the WEEE directive, you'll find the definitions > of categories 8 and > 9. Category 8 is medical devices. We are > particularly interested in > category 9, which is "Monitoring and control > instruments." > > > > Category 9 is further explained in Annex 1B of the > directive, where > examples are given. Examples: > > > > Smoke Detector > > Heating Regulators > > Thermostats > > ---Measuring, weighing or adjusting appliances for > household or as > laboratory equipment > > ---Other monitoring and control instruments used in > industrial > installations (e.g. in control panels) > > > > I have put dashes in front of the last two lines > because they are of > interest to my colleagues. We have embarked on a > RoHS compliance > program. Some of our colleagues are saying that > it's unjustified effort > because our equipment is exempt under the last two > statements above. > > > > So here is my question...We make fiber optic test > measurement equipment > (power meters, light sources, OTDRs...) do they > fall under "measuring" > appliances for household or as laboratory > equipment??? I have said > not because they are field portable instruments > which almost never get > used in a house; and rarely in a lab. > > > > We are occasionally used in "industrial > installations" for monitoring; > but rarely. So, I wouldn't think that this > exemption applies either. > > > > Any takers on interpreting this? > > > > Are there any good resources for resolving such > questions? Is there a > "Guidelines" document for the RoHS Directive > published by CENELEC yet? > > > > Thanks in advance for any thoughts you may have. > > > > Chris Maxwell > > Design Engineer > > Nettest > > > This > message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering > Society emc-pstc > discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > [email protected] > > Instructions: > http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html > > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell > [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: > [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on > the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > > > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety > Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. 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