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Latest developments in China RoHS - Public solicitation of opinions on the "Requirements for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products"

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2024-11-20

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released a draft national standard for the restriction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products, which includes the control of four types of hazardous substances, unified testing methods, classification management, labeling, compliance statements, inspection rules, and terminology definitions, covering high-risk components.

On November 19, 2024, the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China released a notice soliciting opinions on eight mandatory national standards (draft for comments), including the "Requirements for Restricting the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products".

The "Requirements for Restricting the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products" stipulate the limit requirements, labeling requirements, and qualification assessment requirements for hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products. Applicable to electrical and electronic products produced, sold, and imported within the territory of the People's Republic of China.

Main updated technical content

1. Control of harmful substances in electrical and electronic products has increased to ten categories

Increase the types of hazardous substances controlled in China's electrical and electronic products from six categories to ten categories, while maintaining consistency with international industry requirements (adding control limits for four types of phthalate esters (PAEs): di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), and di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP));

2. Unified use of detection methods

In the testing methods for harmful substance content limit indicators in electrical and electronic products, GB/T 39560 (all parts) "Determination of Certain Substances in Electronic and Electrical Products" series standard methods (IEC 62321 (all parts), IDT) are uniformly used to ensure the accuracy and consistency of RoHS compliance testing results in the industry;

3. Add classification management requirements

The classification of electrical and electronic products and the requirements for limiting the use of hazardous substances are shown in Table 1.

4. Add labeling requirements

In the requirements for the restriction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products, new digital expression methods and requirements such as QR codes and screen displays have been added to reduce the cost of RoHS control for enterprises;

5. Add requirements related to compliance declaration

When declaring the compliance of hazardous substance restrictions for electrical and electronic products, it is necessary to add the testing report in the technical support documents to cover the requirements of high-risk components of hazardous substances in the product, in order to enhance the overall credibility of the industry's RoHS "self declaration" qualification assessment results.

When Class I products are subject to the "Supplier Compliance Declaration for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products", the relevant requirements are as follows:

a) The testing report in the technical support documents for product compliance should cover the high-risk components of the corresponding product containing harmful substances in Appendix B;

b) The technical support documents for product compliance should include information such as the symbol diagram in 6.2 and the "List of names and information on harmful substances in the product" in 6.3.

6. Add requirements related to inspection rules

Added inspection rules to support the industry in continuously ensuring RoHS compliance and quality in the routine production process of electrical and electronic products.

7. Add 3 definitions of terms

Add definitions for three terms: "environmental protection usage period", "management catalog for restricted use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products", and "application exceptions".