China RoHS

China RoHS

Scope of Products

On March 2, 2006, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) of the People’s Republic of China published ‘Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products’ (ACPEIP or China RoHS). The law was signed as Decree No 39 of MII, and was jointly promulgated.

Owing to the requirements of technology and product functionality, some materials used in electronic information products contain toxic and hazardous substances and elements such as

Lead (Pb)
Mercury (Hg)
Cadmium (Cd)
Hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)]
PBB & PBDE

PROGRESS

Initiated at August 2002;

Confirmed by Minister of MII at March 14, 2004;

Delivered to other Ministries and Commissions for countersign, and closed countersign at July 10, 2005;

Circulated to WTO members at Sep 28, 2005, and closed at the end of 2005;

Published at Feb. 28, 2006, and come into force in March 1, 2007.

Restrict hazardous substances in the future when available.

This measure is applied in order to control and reduce environmental pollution and other public hazards during the process of manufacturing, selling, and importing electronic information products within the territory of the People’s Republic of China.

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