Environment Protection(EP)

Environment Protection(EP) Information

The matter of protecting and sustainable using our environment continuously and effectively has solemnly become a global concerned issue. The European Parliament and Council have continually bulletined Directives, such as WEEE: Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and subsequent amendments ; RoHS: Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment and subsequent amendments ; PFOS: Directive 2006/122/EC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of perfluorooctane sulfonates(PFOS) (amending for the 30th time Directive 76/769/EEC), and REACH: the EU Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals ( will replace 76/769/EEC and its amendments on June 1, 2009) since 2002,to reduce the influence on environment from hazard substance from electronic equipments. Besides, it is becoming a worldwide trend to eliminate the use of halogenated substances that are harmful to the environment, according to the HF Requirement : IEC 61249-2-21 established by the International Electrotechnical Commission. Furthermore, China RoHS: Regulation for Pollution Control of Electronic Information Products and its subsequent standards also earns quite attention recently。

Vendor EP Information (An alphabetical list)