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ROHS Certification (Restriction of Hazardous
Substances) |
Update Quality Consultancy offers a complete solution for RoHS compliance, providing sound traceability
systems and strict enforcement of due diligence policies. The European directive
on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) holds electrical and electronic
equipment companies directly responsible for the chemical compliance of their products.
This means all products must conform to strict standards,
provide extensive compliance
documentation, and ensure that electrical and electronic products sold in the EU
do not contain lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls
(PBBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) above the legal threshold. Manufacturers,
owners, retailers, and importers alike
need to ensure that their products comply in order to be distributed and sold in the EU.
Flow chart of the factory assessment:
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If defects are detected
during factory assessment, the applicant must correct the defects as soon as possible.
The time permitted for this will be controlled by SGS. Once the factory assessment
is completed, a copy of the report (Corrective Action Request
- CAR) is provided.
The factory assessment and sample testing results are independently reviewed before
a certification decision is taken. Only upon successful comparison of both, is SGS
able to issue the ROHS-certificate and ROHS-Mark (or RoHS label) for those certified
products. As holder of the certificate, companies are allowed to use the RoHS mark
on their products, within the user manual, on all packaging and on any marketing
for this product.
Flow Chart of the RoHS certification program:
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