From time to time questions arise about the scope of EU Directive 2011/65/EU, also known as RoHS 2. RoHS 2 regulates the use and marketing of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment in the European Union. Since RoHS 2 came into force, there have been numerous changes, which often leads to misunderstandings about its scope. For example, Directive 2011/65/EU was supplemented in 2015 by "Delegated Directive 2015/863". In the true sense of the word, this is not a new directive

The IMDS Steering Committee has decided that in the near future, standard data sheets for electronic components may no longer be used for reporting in the IMDS system as has been the case up to now. The PCB standards in IMDS that are provided by ZVEI, also known as Rec019 semi-finished parts, will be deactivated at the same time as IMDS Release 13.0 is rolled out, i.e. probably on 10 March 2021, according to an update by the Steering Committee in June 2020. At the latest by then, companies will

From January 2021, you will be required to notify ECHA (= European Chemicals Agency) if your products contain Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) in a concentration of more than 0.1 percent by mass and are produced, sold or imported on the EU market. You believe this doesn't concern you? You could be mistaken, though, because many products contain: Lead, for example in copper or aluminium alloys (fasteners, housings, cable conduits, etc.), Plasticizers (phthalates), such as DEHP (plastic