Norwegian RoHS is called Prohibition on Certain Hazardous Substances in Consumer Products (PoHS). It is being implemented as an additional chapter in the Norwegian Product Regulatons legislation.
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It restricts 18 substances, with only 2 (Lead and Cadmium) being in common with the generic EU RoHS. It explicitly bans TBBPA and HBCD, which are the two brominated flame retardants that are not banned under the RoHS ban on Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE). Other bans include Bisphenol A, Arsenic, and DEHP which is common PVC plasticiser.
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The regulation does not apply to food products, food packaging, fertilizers, medical equipment and tobacco, as well as means of transport, permanently mounted equipment for means of transport and tyres and similar accessories for means of transport. Of concern are electrical and electronic consumer products that are outside the scope of RoHS - such as category 9 monitoring and control as they will be in scope for PoHS. The Maximum Concentration Values for lead and lead compounds are 100ppm which is lower than EU RoHS. The MCVs are applied at homogenous level, in a similar manner to EU RoHS.
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The definition of consumer equipment, (which equates to the scope) is "By the term consumer product is meant any product that is intended for consumers or that can reasonably be expected to be used by consumers, in line with the definition in section 2a of the Norwegian Act of 11 June 1976 No. 79 relating to the control of products and consumer services (the Product Control Act)."
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The overall comparison to EU RoHS is that:
1. It is much broader, not confined to Electrical and Electronic Equipment 2. More stringent - MCVs as low as 5ppm 3. More elements and substances - 18 compared to 6
The implications to EEE producers selling into Norway is if you have collected RoHS compliance certificates, you need to re-source all of these from your suppliers certifying that none of the 18 substances are in your components (unless under exemption, again these are different from RoHS exemptions). Companies that have implemented substance level databases such as IPC1752 Material Declaration Wizard will simply need to interrogate their database to find if any component has any of the 18 substances in it.
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For more information please see the attachments below.
Draft regulations for Norwegian PoHS
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