Legislation & Skills

SMEs are still playing catch up on new RoHS legislation, despite the Directive having gone live across Europe on July 1

With the July 1 Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) deadline now past, manufacturers are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Yet questions persist over what enforcement will entail

Comms regulator, Ofcom is proposing to streamline the licensing of private radio communications frequencies

RoHS enforcer NWML has been directed to take a tough stance over the new hazardous materials rules from day one as it starts to police the European Directive which came into law in the UK on July 1

The RoHS deadline will not be pushed back, and RoHS will come into force this weekend, said the Government

The cost of recycling electronic products is falling dramatically as companies start to comply with the WEEE Directive, according to waste consultancy Environ

In the third of his expert articles, Vic Clements from RFI Global looks at the “distance selling” loophole in the implementation of the WEEE and RoHS Directives

On July 1, the European Union’s RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive goes into effect and brings with it, among other things, the need for companies to prove that they have implemented reasonable steps to restrict hazardous substances from their products

The European Commission’s attempts to plug the so-called “control system loophole” in the RoHS Directive are not likely to come into effect before 2008 and could be delayed until 2010

EW is inviting readers to raise issues related to the RoHS and WEEE Directives. Dr RoHS and a panel of experts will try to clarify issues and get to the bottom of problems you have brought to our attention