RE: Lab Equipment/WEEE RoHS

2003-06-13 Thread Gordon,Ian
Ron, Joe, et al There is little expansion on the categories listed in Annex 1A of the document http://164.36.164.20/sustainability/pdfs/finalweee.pdf My concern is with equipment in category 9 of the Annex. Would you consider that this includes equipment falling within the scope of product stand

Re: Lab Equipment/WEEE RoHS

2003-06-12 Thread Ronald R. Wellman
Hello Joe, Mass spectrometers, no matter what mass filter they use, are laboratory equipment. DNA sequencers are laboratory equipment as well, including anything used in a research laboratory that makes a measurement. From my reading of the WEEE and RoHS Directives you need to comply with the

Lab Equipment/WEEE RoHS

2003-06-11 Thread Joe P Martin
Greetings I am trying to determine whether our laboratory equipment is required to comply with the RoHS and WEEE Directives at this time. We do have some instruments for use as IVD and realize that they do fall under the scope of the WEEE Directive as Category 8 "Medical Devices: Laboratory Equip