China RoHS will be delayed

January 24, 2006

China’s recently announced law banning the six hazardous materials included in the European Union’s (EU) RoHS legislation will apparently be delayed until January 1, 2007. Originally the law was set to go into effect on the RoHS deadline of July 1, 2006.

The delay is apparently tied to the late arrival of the final draft of “The Administration on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products,” which is expected to be released in January. Important components, such as the catalogue that will define the electronics products covered by the law, are still not available.

When we’ve asked what products are likely to be exempt from China’s regulations, we keep hearing, “There won’t be any exemptions” or “Maybe some medical equipment will be exempt.” More and more, it looks like China’s RoHS laws will differ from EU regulations enough to put many OEMs in the awkward position of creating products specifically for the Chinese market.

Posted by Rob Spiegel on January 24, 2006 | Comments (1)

February 13, 2006

In response to: China RoHS will be delayed
Bruce R. Colbert commented:

Reading with interest Green Scene's China's RoHS laws. After spending two years in China for my company, I learned quickly the acronym TIC. "This is China". Laws and regulations change quickly and arbitarily depending on what part of the country you may be in. I believe quite a few companies do not take into consideration that China is a different culture. They think and act differently. A few examples- While riding with the RDMC motorcycle club we were pulled over and asked to turn our headlights off during daylight hours. Reason--- Save energy! Bicycles are not "green machines" because they slow the cars down and cars emit less pollution when they move faster! Bruce R. Colbert

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