China RoHS
The Ministry of Information Industry Order #39 of the People's Republic of China, issued on February 28, 2006, is called the law of "Administration on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products." The PRC government enacted this law to protect Chinese consumers and the environment by requiring manufacturers of "Electronic Information Products" to first declare, and then control, the use of hazardous substances. Electronic Information Products are subject to the self declaration and marking requirements of the China "RoHS" law that took effect March 1, 2007.
| The acronym "RoHS," which stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, is not actually part of Chinese law; the acronym originates from a law of similar intent in the European Union 2002/95/EC directive, or EU RoHS directive. It restricts the use of lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr6+), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). Because the underlying intent of both laws is the same, and because the EU RoHS directives took effect first, it has become common to use "RoHS" as shorthand for these types of product environmental laws.
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| Moxa is taking the following steps to comply with the China RoHS law: |
Moxa's ultimate design and manufacturing objective is to comply
with the "HSF---Hazardous Substance Free" requirements.
Most of Moxa's products are EU RoHS-compliant. Some of the
products will be RoHS complaint after July 1, 2007, mainly because of the time it
takes to implement certain technologies and product features.
After February 15, 2007, MOXA will ship China RoHS compliant
products according to the marking rules of SJ/T 11364-2006, "Marking for Control
of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products" and GB 18455-2001 "Marking
for Packaging Recycle Materials." |
Moxa will use the following symbols on products and packaging materials to meet
China RoHS marking rules. |
Moxa's China RoHS Markings |
Description |
Object to be marked |
RoHS
Compliant |
non-RoHS
Compliant |
| Pollution control symbols on product body |
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| Printed circuit boards, product labels |
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| Recycle symbols on packaging materials |
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| Product packaging bags, product packaging
boxes, shipping cartons |
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| Hazardous substance (HS) self-declaration |
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| Hazardous substance (HS) self-declaration |
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