Excerpt from: China Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy
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| November 11, 2005 | | China Has a WEEE/RoHS Program of its Own | The Chinese government is expected to implement a series of environmental protection laws modeled after those of the European Union. The most relevant to the electronics inudstry are Chinese laws that are the equivalents to the EU's directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS).
Electronics manufacturers expect the requirements will affect their operations in China, whether they sell locally or produce for export.
- WEEE stipulates that producers desposit cash to cover the expenses incurred in the collection, treatment, recycling and environmentally friendly disposal of waste electrical and electronic products beginning June 30, 2005.
- The RoHS directive requires that member states restrict the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominatedbiphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in electrical and electronic products placed on the market as of July 1, 2006.
Design Chain Associates (DCA) is offering an English translation of the China RoHS legislation (provided by the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati) as submitted to the WTO on September 28.
You have until November 28 to submit comments to the Chinese government through official channels. The translation, along with a summary and recommendations as well as instructions on how to submit comments, is available at DCA's China RoHS web page seen below: | | |
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