UL Program Designed for EU RoHS Compliance
November 17, 2004
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NORTHBROOK, Ill.—Underwriters Laboratories Inc., responding to the July 2006 effective date of the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive for electronics manufacturers, announced a new program to help organizations meet the requirements of the directive.
The UL Restricted Substances Compliance Solutions program tests and monitors six substances targeted by the RoHS directive, including lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr+6), polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE). UL's RSCS program is designed to help companies self-declare compliance with the RoHS Directive.
According to UL, the RSCS program is designed to help companies from a number of industries impacted by RoHS, including appliances, components, consumer electronics, information technology, telecommunications, plastics and wire and cable. The RSCS program, said UL, can also help original equipment manufacturers monitor the compliance of supply-chain partners, reduce the investment associated with internal compliance efforts and identify compliant substitution options.
Additionally, UL said its RSCS program helps streamline the reporting process by providing a single report available online, thus reducing costs and complexity.
The UL RSCS Program includes three main program elements:
- Testing of Homogeneous Products — UL provides global testing of elements in the RoHS Directive through a combination of UL facilities, UL qualified laboratories and UL qualified customer labs.
- RCSC Database — UL RSCS offers companies a password-protected database to help organizations manage their restricted substances test data. The database is comprised of specific manufacturer-supplied parts numbers and the corresponding test data.
- Surveillance Of Global Supply Partners — UL utilizes an extensive global network of compliance engineers to visit RSCS customers twice each year. UL surveillance provides a check on the means a manufacturer uses to determine its compliance with the RoHS Directive given any changes in materials, suppliers or manufacturing processes.
For more information, download the free white paper, "Restricted Substances Compliance: Implications and Strategies," by visiting www.ul-rsc-s.com or call UL at (877) 854-3577.