In February 2003, the European Union (EU) issued the RoHS Directive*1 aimed at restricting the use of certain hazardous substances.
As a result, electrical and electronic equipment containing any of the six target substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent
chromium, PBB*2 and PBDE*3) is restricted from the EU market, effective from July 1, 2006.
Out of concern for the environment, NEC LCD Technologies began reducing the use of hazardous substances in our LCD modules prior
to the RoHS directive. We have eliminated the six substances targeted in the RoHS directive as well as other substances we have
identified as potentially hazardous, so that our products are now RoHS compliant.
（Note)
- *The maximum concentration level allowed by the RoHS is 1000ppm for lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, PBB, PBDE, and 100ppm for cadmium. (Indicates the concentration level in each section/part [ homogeneous material ]) Moreover, the Amendment to the RoHS Directive indicates applications that are exempt from Directive requirements, such as the lead inside high-melting point solder of electrical appliance parts and mercury amounting to less than 5mg in small fluorescent tubes.
- *The RoHS Directive does not apply to spare parts for electrical and electronic equipment put on the market before July 1, 2006. Therefore, the following products are exempt from the RoHS Directive
- (1)Products with maintenance notification that were shipped before the end of March 2005.
- (2)Repair and maintenance of products produced before March 2006 that were not Directive-compliant.
*Some products and repair parts may be exempt from the above. - *If you have any questions regarding China RoHS Compliance of our products, please inquire from here.
