Articles
EU RoHS Under Review
"Electronics Supply and Manufacturing"Tzvi Levinson, Gil Dror and Julia Lietzmann Adv. February 2008
"The RoHS Directive is dynamic! Don't miss to monitor future changes!" This was and is our mantra when we counsel clients on the RoHS Directive. In fact, change is a built-in fixture in the directive that reastricts the use of six hazardous substances — lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, and the flame retardants PBB and PBDE in electrical and electronic equipment. Indeed, since the entry into force of the Directive in 2006, there were a number of important changes that are primarily reviewed by the article.