India's ROHS turns up the heat

摘要

The EU's (European Union's) version of the ROHS (restriction-of-hazardous-substances) directive seems to be approaching clarity, but India's version of ROHS appears to be as clear as mud. The EU has officially adopted a revised ROHS, which clarifies a number of issues pertaining to the measure and bans six substances from electronics products sold in Europe. Under the original version, the scope of products that had to comply with ROHS left a lot of room for interpretation. The revision tightens those loopholes. Additionally, the EU revision specifies that cables and various attachments to electrical and electronics equipment must also comply with the law, which bans substances such as lead, mercury, and cadmium from electronics products for sale in the EU.