RoHS is a mandatory standard legislated by the European Union, which is known as the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances 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 (PBDE) (Note: the correct Chinese name for PBDE refers to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), PBDEs are a misnomer)*** 6 substances in electrical and electronic products, with a focus on cadmium, which should not be more than 0.01%.
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Impact on China:
According to the latest data of China Electrical Apparatus Industry Association (CEAIA), China's exports of electromechanical products accounted for 55% of China's exports in the first quarter of 2004. And the European Union has become the main market for China's exports of mechanical and electrical products. Due to the backwardness of Chinese manufacturers' environmental protection concepts and processes, the RoHS directive has made nearly 27 billion dollars of Chinese mechanical and electrical products face the EU's environmental barriers.
The Chinese government has been paying close attention and studying countermeasures, and the State Council specifically tasked the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) with the responsibility of researching and responding to the EU's environmental directives. The Ministry of Information Industry, in accordance with the "Clean Production Promotion Law" and "Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law" and other relevant laws and regulations developed by the "Electronic Information Products Pollution Prevention and Control Management Measures" has been completed, and on January 1, 2005 shall come into force.
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