Our Management System for EU RoHS Compliance
System of Guarantee for Product Specification Compliant with EU RoHS
We are approaching all environmentally relevant laws in EU timely by our organized work for environmentally relevant substances. Of course, we supply the products that complied with EU RoHS(*1) to our customers.
(*1)EU RoHS
EU RoHS is "the European Directive 2011/65/EU on the Restriction of the Use of
Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment".
The RoHS Directive prohibits the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
PBB or PBDE in Electrical and Electronic Equipment except for Applications
which are exempted from the requirements of Article 4(1) of this Directive.
Each maximum concentration for each substance is tolerated.
"EU RoHS compliance" means a status of compliance with the above restrictions.
EU regulation 2011/65/EU prohibits the use of certain substances in Electrical and Electronic goods. Exemptions have been granted which are due to expire on some future dates to enable scientific developments to create practical alternative solutions.
EU Directive (Original)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:174:0088:0110:EN:PDF
One such exemption is the use of lead in the ceramic dielectric material of capacitors with a rated voltage of less than 125VAC or 250V DC and the equipments which use those components.
That exemption from prohibition is due to expire on January 1, 2013.
Murata is pleased to be able to confirm that we are preparing alternative products, in advance of January 1, 2013 expiry date, which will be able to comply with the modified regulation.
As we introduce those products we will ask customers using current products subject to the exemption to change to the new versions so that you will be able to continue to comply with RoHS regulations for your equipments after the exemption expires.
We plan to begin the introduction of these new products from December of 2011.
To clearly indicate that the products comply with the new RoHS requirements after the exemption is removed we will have a new version of the RoHS marking on our packaging as follows:
In 1996, we formulated the "Voluntary Regulation Program for Environmentally
Hazardous Substances", to establish our voluntary regulation standards.
Since then, we have worked to reduce and eventually eliminate environmentally
hazardous substances contained in our products, ahead of other manufacturers.
Our voluntary regulation program also covers six substances designated under
the RoHS Directive. We have undertaken measures to phase out RoHS-designated
substances from an early stage.
As for mercury, cadmium, PBB and PBDE, we had already discontinued their use
in our products in the 1990s, and have prohibited new uses of these substances.
We also had to eliminate the use of hexavalent chromium used for the surface
treatment and the use of lead in terminals and other component connections.
Through the below mentioned efforts, by the end of 2004 we were able to prepare
alternative for RoHS-designated substances.
In cooperation with our customers / suppliers, in January 2006 we terminated,
as a rule, the sale of products not in compliance with the RoHS Directive.
(Except for the supply for specified customers that request RoHS non-compliant
products because of not marketing to EU)
We show the necessary main matters for EU RoHS compliance as follows. At each stage, we take measures respectively, and we ensure the RoHS compliance.
When you can't check by the way above-mentioned, please contact our sales office or distributors.
Example of Display in Package Label
