A. Meaning of RoHS:
RoHS is a mandatory standard developed by the European Union legislation, its full name is "Restriction of the use of certain hazardous components in electrical and electronic equipment directive" (Restriction of Hazardous Substances). The standard was formally implemented on July 1, 2006, and is mainly used to regulate the material and process standards of electrical and electronic products, making them more conducive to human health and environmental protection.
The standard aims to eliminate lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) (note: the correct Chinese name for PBDEs refers to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), PBDEs are a misnomer)**** 6 substances in electrical and electronic products, with a focus on lead, which should not be more than 0.1%.
The scope of application of RoHS:
The 27 member states of the European Union: the United Kingdom (exiting the European Union in 2016), France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Cyprus, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, the United Kingdom, the United States, the United States and the United States of America. Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania.
Three, for the significance of ROHS certification:
①Promote the sales of products in the market share
Many companies have not thought about a problem, if the products sold to the EU countries do not ROHS testing and certification will cause what consequences? For enterprises, for the mandatory certification standards if not implemented, is the consequence of breaking the law, not only the enterprise export products will be detained in the EU countries, the credibility of the enterprise and many years of integrity management of the brand culture and good reputation will be seriously affected.
If the problem is found to be serious enterprises will also incidentally affect the sales of other products, not only will impact on the enterprise's foreign market share, the same will affect the domestic market sales of products. Everyone now understands the importance of exporting products to the European Union for ROHS test certificates.
Products with a ROHS test certificate is equivalent to the quality of a guarantee, the product's reputation is also recognized by consumers in the EU, for enterprises, ROHS test certificate is like a product advertisement, will promote the product in the EU market sales increased linearly.
②Early preparation for the enterprise is more likely to rapid development
For the enterprise, the most taboo is to sit on the well, the enterprise more need to get out of the circle of warm water, if you continue to retain the inherent product and business model, when the production of traditional products can no longer meet the needs of consumers, the impact on the enterprise is a serious impact and influence. Some enterprises have a long-term vision of development, they realize the ROHS test certificate for enterprise products exported to the European Union and other countries of the favorable impact, so as to let the ROHS test certificate become the enterprise in the overseas market sales performance expansion of a platform. Certification offer; l59l5427282
With the current situation of economic globalization and the development of products for export, enterprises must recognize the importance of ROHS test certificates and the business opportunities and promotion impact that ROHS test certificates bring to enterprises. Even if you are not willing to follow the trend of the times, but the face of the exporting countries, enterprises should be strictly in accordance with the requirements of the exporting countries on the product testing and registration, the process and handling procedures can not be missing.
Expanded:
The European Union Parliament and the European Commission published on February 13, 2003 in their Official Journal the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (referred to as the "WEEE Directive") and "Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive" (referred to as the "RoHS Directive")
The RoHS Directive and the WEEE Directive provides for the incorporation of hazardous substances into the restriction of the management of the end-of-life recycling of the management of the ten major categories of 102 kinds of products, the first seven categories of products are the main exports of China's The first seven categories of products are China's main export products. Including large household appliances, small household appliances, information and communication equipment, consumer products, lighting equipment, electrical and electronic tools, toys, leisure and sports equipment, medical equipment (except for implanted or infected products), monitoring and control instruments, vending machines.
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