Ferrus Power Ltd's current understanding of its responsibilities towards complying with the RoHS and WEEE Directives, based upon study of these two Directives in conjunction with the recently published UK draft regulations and guidance notes and discussions with the DTI and DEFRA is summarised below. This understanding is subject to there being no changes once the UK Government formally implements both Directives into UK law.
Power supplies such as those manufactured by Ferrus power Ltd do not fall into any of the specified 10 categories and are therefore not within the scope of application of the RoHS and WEEE directives.
Our power supplies, however, are suitable for installation in products that are subject to the scope of application of the directives.
RoHS statement
It is our intent to pro-actively meet the needs of our customers and conform as early as possible to the RoHS Directive.
In order to achieve conformance we have addressed the Directive in two main ways, these being the removal of lead from our soldering processes and the use of RoHS compliant material & components.
Ferrus Powers roadmap to RoHS compliance is as follows:
- ü April 2005: All existing consumables and auxiliary materials must be RoHS-compliant sourced in preference to non-compliant parts wherever these are available. [Completed]
- ü All newly introduced consumables and auxiliary materials must be RoHS-compliant. [Completed]
- ü Designs produced prior to July 2006 will be converted to meet RoHS compliance at customer request and subject to the application of the product. [Completed]
- ü April 2006: All products will be manufactured using only a lead-free process. [Completed]
- ü July 2006: All products from 3rd party suppliers will be RoHS-compliant (limited exceptions will be permitted where notified in advance). [Completed]
- ü New designs manufactured by Ferrus will be RoHS compliant subject to application exemptions as listed in the RoHS directive. [Completed]
All RoHS compliant products will be marked in accordance with the requirements of the RoHS directive.
For further information relating to the RoHS directive (RoHS 2002/95/EC) please visit :
http://www.rohs.gov.uk
Specific information relating to medical exemptions can be found here :
http://www.rohs.gov.uk/DecisionTree.aspx?id=23
WEEE statement
Ferrus Power Ltd products declared as "Finished" do not fall into any of the product categories specified in the WEEE Directive. Consequently we have no direct responsibility with regards setting collection and recovery targets or offering a take back service. The financing of the safe and responsible disposal of these products rests with the end Equipment Producer.
We will support both customers and treatment facilities by providing information as to the presence or otherwise of the materials and substances referenced in Annex II of the WEEE Directive.
For further information relating to the WEEE directive (WEEE 2002/95/EC) please visit links at:
http://www.rohs.gov.uk/content.aspx?id=9
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/444217/444663/1106248/
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