HAZMAT Solution for RoHS, WEEE Directive Compliance

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IHS recognizes the urgent need for access to Hazardous Materials/Substance (HAZMAT) data, especially as it applies to the impending European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directives that require producers to recycle and dispose of RoHS violating products. With compliance deadlines in 2006 fast approaching, IHS now provides a comprehensive solution for HAZMAT data, addressing these directives to ease compliance for producers and manufacturers.

IHS collects and standardizes HAZMAT data according to a customer's specific requirements and compliance obligations, such as those cited in the EU RoHS/WEEE directives, in addition to other safety and regulatory requirements. IHS also provides services and software for integration into enterprise/parts management applications and ongoing maintenance systems. In support of our solution, IHS will provide a HAZMAT information database available to current and future customers.

Overview of Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directives (WEEE)

In January 2003, the European Union published two key documents - Directive 2002/95/EC restricting of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment and Directive 2002/96/EC addressing Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. (Directive 2003/108/EC, issued in December 2003, amended 2002/96/EC.)

The EU directives addressed the increasing waste stream of electrical and electronic equipment and coincided with EU landfill and waste incineration measures.

As a result of the directives, equipment producers will be responsible for recycling electrical and electronic equipment and must consider waste management when designing new equipment. Beginning in July 2006, producers must find substitutes for the use of heavy metals, including lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, as well as the flame retardants polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) for new electrical and electronic equipment brought to market.

Trends toward regulating electrical and electronic equipment materials and disposal have migrated to the United States. In September 2003, the state of California enacted the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003, establishing a system for the reduction, collection and recycling of electronic product waste.

Provisions of the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 applicable to manufacturers include:

• Reduction of hazardous substances used in certain electronics products sold in California.
• A directive to establish environmentally preferred purchasing criteria for state agency purchases of certain electronic equipment.
• Requirements to report on sales volumes and hazardous substances used in certain electronic products sold in California.

Other U.S. states and countries are expected to address the issue of heavy metals and other hazardous substances in electrical and electronics equipment, especially as more and more of these products become obsolete and are discarded. In Japan, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) in June 2004 issued a document through its Japan Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative (JGPSSI) entitled "Guidelines for Standardization of Material Declaration".

IHS and RoHS, WEEE Compliance

Only IHS has the technical information management expertise and content foundation to support a comprehensive HAZMAT and RoHS/WEEE compliance solution providing up-to-date data and guidelines. The industry leader in compliance and standards document management, IHS has converted and aggregated hundreds of thousands of manufacturer catalogs, and over 120 million part records, including parametric electronic component and fasteners data, government logistics data and product catalog data across all major commodities. IHS has long established relationships with thousands of manufacturers, some dating back over 40 years, for acquiring and updating critical parts and product content.

The EU RoHS/WEEE deadlines are fast approaching. You can't afford to wait. Contact IHS today for more information or to schedule a free opportunity analysis.

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