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Friday, November 23, 2012

EU: Commission Publishes Harmonized Standard for ROHS


The European Commission today published the technical standard EN 50581. This standard can now be used to show presumption of conformity with the ROHS Directive 2011/65/EU, on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (known as RoHS2)


http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2012:363:0006:0007:EN:PDF


Directive 2011/65/EU became European Law on 21 July 2011 and will take effect in EU Member States from 2 January 2013. RoHS2 is a CE Marking Directive.
 
 

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