SGS is the abbreviation of Societe Generale de Surveillance S.A., which is translated as "General Notary Public". In China, it cooperates with China National Bureau of Standards and is called General Standard Co. Ltd. is an international large-scale third-party laboratory
RoHS: The EU Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the RoHS Directive in January 2003, the full name is The Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous substances in Electnical and Electronic Equipment, i.e., in electrical and electronic equipment, the use of certain Hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, the use of certain Hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. Electronic Equipment that is the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, also known as Directive 2002/95/EC, in 2005 the European Union and 2005/618/EC resolution in the form of 2002/95/EC to supplement the maximum limit value of six hazardous substances clearly specified.
SGS is not the same as RoHS, which has led to many people mistakenly believing that an SGS report is a RoHS report. There are many companies in China that can do RoHS reports in compliance with the European Union
What does it mean to be "SGS certified"?
SGS agency is a certification body, it can do management system certification such as factory inspection, but also can do product certification (can be issued CE, GS certificates), and then chemical testing. In general, it is the SGS chemical test, that is, now ROHS test, is the SGS agency can do ROHS standard items of the test.