Farnell - RoHS 2 How it will affect the Electronics Engineer

Article 6 of the RoHS directive requires the European Commission (EC) to carry out a review of the RoHS directive regularly and to consider any changes that are needed. This review started in 2005 and all aspects of the directive have been considered. The Commission has now published its proposals during December 2008. So how do these proposals affect the Electronics Engineer?

Unlike in the original RoHS Directive, the EC now has to take into account the aims of the Lisbon strategy so that development of an environmental strategy also considers growth and employment. Another fundamental change is that RoHS substance restrictions would be imposed only if there is an unacceptable risk to human health and the environment, whereas previously it was based only on the precautionary principal.

Read further details of the proposed changes and their implications for the Electronics Industry in this pdf from FARNELL.