The European Union Restriction on the use of certain Hazardous Substances Directive came into force on July 1, 2006. From this date on, producers of certain categories of electrical and electronic equipment will not be able to place on the market any new products that contain six banned substances unless specific exemptions apply.

The six substances restricted under the RoHS Directive are:

• Lead - (Pb)
• Mercury - (Hg)
• Hexavalent chromium - (Cr(VI))
• Cadmium - (Cd)
• Polybrominated biphenyl flame retardants - (PBB)
• Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants - (PBDE)

The maximum concentrations are 0.1% (except for Cadmium which is limited to 0.01%) by weight of homogeneous material. This means that the limits do not apply to the weight of the finished product, or even to a component, but to any single substance that could (theoretically) be separated mechanically — for example, the sheath on a cable or the tinning on a component lead.

• Household appliances.
• IT and telecommunications equipment.
• Consumer equipment.
• Lighting.
• Electrical and electronic tools (except large scale stationary industrial tools).
• Toys, leisure and sports equipment.
• Automatic dispensers

There are some exemptions to the rules. Refer to the regulation for additional information.

Yes RODREPEL®™ is ROHS compliant as per EU Directive 2002/95/EC. C Tech Corporation has formulated the compound to adhere to the norms set up by the directive. It doesn’t contain lead or heavy metals in any form, insecticides, rodenticides, heavy metal compounds or any halogen in any form, phthalate or any other plasticizer.

http://www.rohs.eu/english/index.html

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/pdf/faq_weee.pdf

http://www.rohs-news.com/whatsrohs.asp

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ISO 9001:2000 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization

• Needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable regulatory requirements, and
• Aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable regulatory requirements.

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ISO 14001:1996 requires you to mainly:

• Maintain and establish an Environmental Management System (EMS) which is used to manage an organization’s activities, products and services.
• Define an environmental policy which expresses a commitment to the implementation and maintenance of an organization’s Environmental Management System and improvement of its overall environmental performance. It is used to generate environmental objectives and targets and acts as a general framework of action
• Establish and maintain procedures to identify the environmental aspects of your activities, products and services.