July 12th, 2006
Folks,
I have had a number of questions about Packaging Materials (i.e. the box the electronics comes in) being covered under RoHS. Packaging materials are covered under the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste.
So, if your company has been selling EEE in the EU up to now, your packaging materials are probably OK.
Cheers,
Dr. Ron
Camille Good:
Dr. Lasky,
Do you have any information on how stringently that packaging directive is being enforced? I too have heard of it, but usually only in regulatory forums or from other people who are looking up European directives and trying to figure out what RoHS does or doesn't apply to.
-Camille
Ron Lasky:
Camille,
My sense is that most companies must be complying to the packaging directive or that it is not strongly enforced. We don't hear much about anyone having problems.
Cheers,
Dr. Ron
Don Ballard:
A company I am working with had a shipment refused at customs in the Netherlands because they found excess cadmium in the ink on the box. The product was NOT EEE! This is the first I have heard that they are enforcing the packaging directive on non EEE products.
Guest:
Dear Reader,
Have anyone heard there has one big brand name company was refused a shipment in Netherland because of exceed of lead found in EEE?
It was happened after the RoHS implementation.
Cheers,
Guest