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From July 1st 2006, is not possible to put on the European market electrical and electronic equipment that is not in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS Directive - Restiction of hazardous substances). The purpose of the Directive is to reduce the amount of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
Manufacturers/importers of electrical and electronic devices will be responsible for all finished products put on the market that are not in compliance with the Directive.
Electrical and electronic equipment included in the scope of the Directive:
- Large household appliances
- Small household appliances
- IT and telecommunication equipment
- Consumer equipment
- Lighting equipment
- Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools)
- Toys, leisure and sport equipment
- Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products)
- Monitoring and control instruments
- Automatic dispensers
ICQ offers different services based on your specific needs:
- Test and preliminary evaluation of homogeneous material, test and evaluation of any electrical and electronic equipment compliance with IEC 62321/2008 (dismantling of the end product, identification of the homogeneous material, qualitative and semi-quantitative of all homogeneous material in order to exclude the presence of banned substances, further qualitative investigation of all border results obtained during the screening);
- Legislative consultancy (national and international legislation and technical committee update);
- Technical refresher course;
- Selection of suppliers;
- Inspection on selected suppliers, in order to supervise the quality of raw material;
- Use of the mark “RoHS” to efficiently communicate the compliance of your end products to directive 2002/95/EC.
ICQ laboratories are equipped with new instruments that minimize turnaround time with the maximum accuracy.
Thanks to a sophisticated X-ray microscope it is possible to evaluate in detail each homogeneous material present in any electronic and electrical equipment.
ICQ group can offer its highly qualified and competent support to your company, in order to warrant the compliance of the production to national and international standards concerning the restriction to the use of banned substances.
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