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China RoHS

The China RoHS Directive took effect from 1 March 2007. This requires disclosure (not removal) of the 6 EU RoHS substances for those products included in the "List".  Disclosure can be at the component or ar the sub assembly level, but it has to be in the prescribed format, in Chinese, as detailed in the document "Marking for the control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products". There are product marking requirements and a calculation of the "Environmentally Friendly Use Period" to be calculated.

 

The will be a second stage for China RoHS with the release towards the end of 2008  of a "Catalogue" of products. This catalogue will be a subset of the "List". The products that are included in the "Catalogue"  will need to comply with an actual prohibitions of the substances  and be tested in a Chinese laboratory for compliance.

 

China RoHS Maximum Concentration values are the same as the EU but with no Hexavalent Chromium at all being able to be used for metal passivation as well as none of the other metals being able to be used for surface coatings. Also components that are smaller than 4mm3 can be treated as homogeneous items under some circumstances.

 

There are labeling requirements for the product and disclosure of the substances in the packaging.

 

For a comprehensive listing of all the documents on China RoHS please see below

 

Roland Sommer from RoHS-International was invited to speak on RoHS compliance and industry support at the Asia Electronics Forum in 2005. This session was moderated by Huang Jianzhong and the opportunity taken to talk to Huang on China RoHS.

 

The big question is what will be in the China RoHS catalogue? Check back here regularly as we will post a translation shortly after it is released.

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Alert - China RoHS update: New Online China RoHS application: www.sinoapps.com, has been endorsed by China MII. SinoApps offers China RoHS declaration report generation in Simplified Chinese and Supplier/Customer Compliance management.  SinoApps is China RoHS phase II ready and offer free sign up"

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RoHS-International's comprehensive list of China RoHS translations and supporting material.

We believe that this is the most comprehensive listing of China RoHS Material. We have copies of the standards, all FAQs, supporting resources and news articles on China RoHS. Where available the link to the original Chinese versions are included, although the Chinese do not appear to release soft copies of the final released versions of the standards.

If this amount of information appears daunting, we advise you to purchase our China RoHS Guidance Notes which consolidates this huge amount of documents into 26 pages of easy-to-read information, all referenced back to the source documents. All those source documents are available here if readers want to research deeper into any aspect.

The original Chinese documents are the only versions that have any legal standing. All translations, news articles, papers and reports are for informational purposes only. Please email Roland on rsommer@rohs-international.com if you have any other useful information to post here.


Document     

                Translation         

       Comments          

 Standards

Measures for the Administration of the Pollution Control of Electronic Information Products     

 		Ministry of Information Industry original (Chinese)The original in Chinese from mii.gov.cn

English Translation from MII website 

Pdf version of the HTML File English translation  from mofcom.gov.cn
AeA English TranslationAeA call this the "Administrative Measures on Control of Pollution of Electronic Information Products"
WilmerHale's English TranslationFrom law firm Wilmer Hale
Grasp LLC's English TranslationTranslation by Grace Lin

The List, also known variously as The Scope, Electronic Information Products Classifications and Explanations, or 16 March 2006 Explanatary Note)

 		Ministry of Information Industry original (Chinese)The Original in Chinese from mii.gov.cn
The List of ProductsGrace Lin Translation with Index by RoHS-International
AeA  English TranslationAEA Translation
Grasp LLC (Grace Lin) English TranslationGrace Lin Translation
SJ/T 11364-2006: Marking for Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information ProductsAeA  English translation6 Nov 2006 release. No softcopy released in Chinese

SJ/T 11363-2006: Requirements for Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products

 

AeA  English Translation

6 Nov 2006 release. No softcopy released in Chinese
SJ/T 11365-2006: Testing Methods for Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products 

AeA  English Translation

6 Nov 2006 release.  No softcopy released in Chinese
General Guidelines of Environment-friendly Use Period of Electronic Information Products  Please Email Roland on rsommer@rohs-international if you know of a publically available transalationNo softcopy released in Chinese
EFUP Discussion PaperTechnical paper on the EFUP - Free of Charge

DCA's English translation

Design Chain Associates translation $109

GB/Z xxxx-200x: Special Disassembly Requirements for Testing Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products (11/06 Draft)

 

DCA's English translation

Design Chain Associates translation $159.

GB/T 18455-2001: Packaging Recycle Mark

AeA English TranslationAeA translation

 FAQS

6/5/06 Regulation Q/A (FAQ)Wilmer Hale translation36 Questions, complete translation. 
 

12/1/06 Regulation Q&A (FAQ)

 

In Chinese

From mii.gov.cn
Grasp LLC  English Translation

Grace Lin Translation

Missing several answers

RoHS-International translation of missing answers from Grasp LLC Translation and the Feb 2007 updatesNow included with the RoHS International Translation of the changes from 12/1/06 release.
 

12/1/06 Standards Q&A (FAQ)

 		In ChineseFrom mii.gov.cn includes the 2/26/07 updates

Grasp LLC  English Translation

Grace Lin Translation

2/26/07 Standards FAQ UpdateRoHS International Translation of the changes from 12/1/06 release.A small charge applies

Questions and Answers From October 26, 2006 AeA China RoHS Conference (held in Santa Clara, CA)

AeA Santa Clara Q&AQ&A from AeA convened industry meeting with Officials from MII

  Supporting Resources for China RoHS

ANSI Report from China RoHS Catalogue meeting  Dec 2007 China RoHS Meeting Summary 2007 12 9The ANSI Report from the Dec 2007 Meeting on the Catalogue in China
China RoHS Informational Guidance NotesGuidance Notes from RoHS InternationalEquivilant of the DTI RoHS Guidance notes for EU RoHS. 26 Pages packed with information. Consolidates the plethora of information on China RoHS. A small charge applies.
China RoHS Declaration Table TemplateChina RoHS Declaration Table TemplateAn editable template for China RoHS disclosure. A free sample is available from the link.

Logo Artwork (in Adobe Illustrator format)

 		Ministry of Information Industry original Compressed .rar format
AeA Not Compressed, Adobe PDF and Adobe Illustrator format
EU China Trade Project ReportEU China Trade Project  ReportComprehensive comparison of EU and China RoHS. Good Q&A section but no legal standing

  Articles and papers

 Alert EU RoHS does not always mean China RoHS CompliantNews Article by RoHS International detailing why EU RoHS compliant product cannot necesarliy use the green "e" logo 1
 

 

Eight simple steps for converting from EU RoHS to China RoHS compliance

Informational Article on how to maximise leverage from EU RoHS compliance for China RoHS
 EFUP Discussion PaperTechnical paper on the EFUP
   
 
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