In July 2012, the Directorate General for the Environment (DG Environment) 1 published draft guidance in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to help businesses understand the new provisions ...

Directive 2002/95/EC, well known as the EU-RoHS directive, came into force on 1st July 2006. The world didn’t change fundamentally on this day of course, and most consumers are unaware that it exists, ...

For the past three years, the electronics industry has been eyeing this month as the time that the European Union's ROHS (reduction-of-hazardous-substances) directive was supposed to take effect for ...

If your company has finally gotten a handle on RoHS and feels comfortable in its ability to build systems that meet the directive, get ready for another climb up the learning curve. The European Union ...

Most companies have spent many years collecting data to meet the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements. Most importantly, these companies have incurred ...

Dublin, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "REACH and RoHS Compliance: Protecting Revenues with Advanced Compliance" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. REACH and RoHS ...

RoHS, also known as Directive 2002/95/EC, originated in the European Union and restricts the use of specific hazardous materials found in electrical and electronic products (known as EEE). The RoHS ...

The recast of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive has been released as 2011/65/EU. With the exception of the items listed in Article 2.4, the RoHS Directive applies to all ...

Europe is making progress with its Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations, but not all the countries in the European Union will be ...

European Union (EU) regulations designed to facilitate trade and promote competition within the 35-nation bloc are about to restrict what U.S. makers of electrical and electronic equipment can include ...