The review process of the three major standards for the China RoHS has been completed. These three standards are going to be promulgated. They are:
"Marking for the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products" (电子信息产品污染控制标识要求 ) "Requirements for Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products" ( 电� �信息产品中有毒有害物质的限量要求 ) Test Method (disassembly method) of toxic and hazardous materials in electronic information products ( 电� �信息产品中有毒有害物质的检测方法) MII, the leading government agent of China RoHS, hosted a meeting for the " Interpretation of the three standards of pollution control of electronic information products" ( 电子信息产品污染控制三大标准解读) Nov. 7-8, 2006. The following link listed the meeting agenda: <http://219.141.209.201/admeetting/meetting1/cooperate.asp> http://219.141.209.201/admeetting/meetting1/cooperate.asp . A Q&A in regard to this topic has been posted at: <http://www.ccd.com.cn/Cnews/html/20061109/200611991710-1.Html> http://www.ccd.com.cn/Cnews/html/20061109/200611991710-1.Html. Following is excerpt from the Q&A post. Q: Is an enterprise given a grace period of one year to comply with (the marking standard)? ( 对产品进� �准确标识需要时间，标准在�� 布之日起实施让企业难以操作 ��是否可以给企业留出一年的过渡期 ？) A: The marking standard is a recommend standard. Itself is not a mandatory standard. However, this is the standard referred by the "Administrative Measure". The "Administrative Measure" is mandatory. When the "Administrative Measure" takes effect (March 1, 2007), this standard become mandatory. Q: Need consuming products such as printer heads and toner cartridges be marked? How about batteries? ( 对 ��复印机用的硒鼓、墨盒等消� �品是否需要标识？电池类产品是否需要标识 ？) A: Yes, they are categorized as electronic information products. Q: For cellular phones, the nameplates are normally located in the bettwery compartment. Can the mark be in this location? ( 手机产品的铭牌一般在电池仓 ��，标识可否同铭牌一样，标注在这个位置上 ？) A: Yes. Q: Can the names and contents of the toxic and hazardous materials be posted on the enterprise' web site or included in the electronic copy of the instruction manual? ( 是否可以在�� 子版产品说明书或企业网站上 ��供有毒有害物质的名称和含量？) A: Due to the unpopularity of Internet access in China, the above-mentioned methods are auxiliary, not primary. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best regards, Grace ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
