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【讨论】英国首例违反RoHS的起诉案件

人在旅途

2007/11/08

RoHS/WEEE指令

看来RoHS监管已经慢慢开始有动作了.
以下是相关新闻:
The electronics industry has seen its first prosecution for noncompliance with the RoHS directive.
At the end of September, a U.K. company whose name was not disclosed was accused of marketing lead-containing products that violated the RoHS restrictions on lead, said Chris Smith, head of the RoHS team at the U.K.'s National Weights and Measures Laboratory, which is in charge of compliance testing.
The company admitted guilt and the matter was settled without financial penalty, according to Smith. A documented warning, which can support legal action if the company has further violations, has been filed with the enforcement authorities.
"Effectively, it was an out-of-court settlement, but under U.K. judicial rules it still counts as a case brought to justice," Smith said.
The national lab wouldn't provide further details,because the level of failure wasn't serious enough to warrant public disclosure, he added.
Earlier this year, Denmark nearly had a RoHS prosecution when officials were tipped off by an investigative TV news report on noncompliant disposable cameras. Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency ran its own tests and found some noncompliant units. The importer removed the from the Danish market, and authorities considered the matter resolved, said Torben Norlem, head of RoHS enforcement at Denmark's EPA.
Smith of the British lab said his agency is finding that most electronics products it tests violate the directive's substance restrictions, "but the degrees of failure are small or questionable."
Recurring failures involve lead sneaking into solder that's supposed to be RoHS-compliant. The contamination usually results from a company's running both RoHS and non-RoHS lines. Smith has also found hexavalent chromium on screws, and liquid mercury was found inside a device.
No high-profile RoHS cases have occurred, Smith said, because companies have been cooperative in addressing problems, often with the highest- level executives getting involved.
"Our policy from the beginning has been to work with cooperative companies to meet RoHS objectives rather than get . . . heavy-handed," he said.
The British lab has some compliance advice. The first is to watch outsourcing, because that's where a company tends to lose control of the production process. Second, companies running RoHS and non-RoHS lines should focus attention on preventing cross-contamination.
Another important point is to ensure that personnel are trained to read compliance documents provided by suppliers and third parties.
"We've had several cases where the compliance information demonstrated noncompliance, but the staff was not capable of reading certificates they were presented with," Smith said.
Meanwhile, enforcement is stepping up. The British lab has bought off-the-shelf products--some on the Internet--for testing, Smith said.
And Scandinavian countries are testing products after a massive sweep across Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Officials selected a range of consumer items from 25 categories and are examining them for RoHS violations, Norlem said. Results are expected by December.

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人在旅途

第1楼2007/11/08

大概翻译一下,大家可以参考.
看来现在的ROHS监管会越来越严厉起来了,所以大家还是小心一点的好.
执行RoHS还是要扎扎实实,贯彻到底啊!

RoHS指令(限制电子电气产品中某些有害物质的使用)已于2006年7月1日开始执行，英国国家度量衡实验室（NWML）作为英国RoHS法规执行机构，负责采购产品测试所需设备；要求提供符合文件、检查程序并执行分析检验；发送符合通知要求采取特定行动。
今年九月底，英国某公司因在市场上销售铅含量超标的产品而遭起诉。这是RoHS指令执行以来电子行业的首例遭起诉案件。该公司承认了违反事实，此次起诉仅提出了书面警告，并未提出罚款。NWML RoHS工作组组长Chris Smith说本案可视为庭外和解，但依据英国法院规章，仍可作为司法判例。此次违反案例尚未严重到需要向大众公布所有内容，因此NWNL不愿提供更多详情。
今年初，丹麦官员在电视新闻中透露即将起诉那些不符合RoHS指令的一次性相机业者。丹麦环保署（EPA）执行相关测试发现了一些不符合的部件。EPA RoHS执行部门主管Torben Norlem说进口商知道执法机关执法的决心，已将相关产品撤出丹麦市场。
NWML的Smith说他的机构发现他们测试的大多数电子产品是不符合指令关于物质限量的要求，但是不足的程度比较小或比较可疑。同时他解释说，其政策从一开始就是与那些合作的公司一起努力来满足RoHS指令要求，也为企业提供了一些符合性建议。
目前欧盟各国尤其是北欧国家均加快速度，加强RoHS符合性的执法决心，加大市场监察力度。

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dragondes

第2楼2007/11/10

感谢坛友及时分享最新信息，学习了

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jason_gaoy

第3楼2007/11/12

感谢斑竹分享最新消息，

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一品飘香

第4楼2007/11/13

学习了！！！！感谢楼主分享！！！

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无名

第5楼2007/11/13

不是版主,去谢谢楼主!
jason_gaoy 发表:感谢斑竹分享最新消息，

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fank-long

第6楼2007/11/13

我在SGS网站上看到消息:欧盟将从今年11月份开始进行RoHS市场监督抽查.

不知道是不是真的?

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石榴花

第7楼2007/11/13

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george

第8楼2007/11/13

感觉没有处罚的消息，不会刺激大家的神经。

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