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ERA Technology Ltd RoHS category 9 Dr. Paul Goodman [email protected] 1 23/05/2017 © ERA Technology Limited Agenda • History of RoHS recast • Category 9 scope and compliance deadlines • Industrial monitoring and control instruments • Definition of professional users 2 23/05/2017 © ERA Technology Limited 2012 History • ERA study carried out in 2006 – Is it possible to include categories 8 & 9 in scope of RoHS? • Conclusion, yes it was possible, but industry needs time • • Most category 9 by 2012 but test equipment by 2015 • Commission added two years to deadlines after industry lobbying (so 22 July 2014 and 2017) • But suggested definitions of test equipment were too ambiguous so EC generously broadened scope of category 9 EEE having later compliance deadline as all “industrial monitoring and control instruments” RoHS recast adopted with categories 8 and 9 in scope • 3 Definition of industrial monitoring and control instruments included in directive. 23/05/2017 © ERA Technology Limited 2012 What is in category 9? – PG opinion 4 • Items listed in indicative examples of category 9 of the WEEE directive • Multimeters – monitors voltage, etc. Many designs, performance and complexity - held and benchtop • Oscilloscopes – main function is monitoring • Clamp meters - monitor • Signal generators – control signal output • Bench top power supplies – types that provide an accurately controlled current or voltage (note multipurpose power supplies / battery chargers are category 6) • Note that some laboratory equipment does not monitor or control so is not in category 9 (e.g. grinders, centrifuge – these are tools) 23/05/2017 © ERA Technology Limited 2012 Category 9 compliance dates • Category 9 equipment placed on the (EU) market from the 22 July 2014 must comply with RoHS2, except: • Industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market from 22 July 2017 • Designed for exclusive use by industry and professionals • “Professionals” is not defined by RoHS • • 5 Widely understood to be a person carry out their employment activity – e.g. employees, workers, contactors, consultants, etc. EEE designed to be used by both professionals and non-professionals must meet the earlier compliance deadline. Non-professionals includes: • Consumers • College students • Undergraduates and probably also post-graduates • NMO have said that equipment in public buildings, such as smoke alarms, must comply with earlier deadline, as the buildings (and therefore the EEE) are used by non-professionals 23/05/2017 © ERA Technology Limited 2012 Examples • • Multi-meter • Simpler handheld designs are used by consumers so 2014 • Intermediate complexity – may be used by some consumers and are also likely to be used by undergraduates so 2014 • The most complex (and expensive) bench-top designs that are specifically for professional users – 2017 Oscilloscope • Simpler models are used by students at colleges, Universities so need to comply from 2014. These include fairly complex designs. • • Most advanced designs that are designed only for use by professionals comply from 2017 • 6 Consider intended users – marketing of products Consider price, complexity, training needed – ask will undergraduates use these? 23/05/2017 © ERA Technology Limited 2012 Conclusions • RoHS recast includes category 9 from 2014 • Industrial monitoring and control instruments from 2017 • But definition of industrial monitoring and control instruments is limited to equipment designed for exclusive use by professionals • • Note that some quite advanced equipment supplied to Universities is regularly used by graduates and/or postgraduates • 7 Directive does not define “professional” so Member State market surveillance authorities will make their own interpretations. Therefore these are NOT designed for exclusive use by professionals 23/05/2017 © ERA Technology Limited 2012 • 8 Any Questions? 23/05/2017 © ERA Technology Limited 2012