KMS RoHS Compliance

European Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)

RoHS Compliance becomes law as of the 1st of July 2006, after this date any product that KMS sell which was brought into the EU after this date will be RoHS compliant. Any products which we have in stock on the 1st of July which aren't RoHS compliant are exempt from this ruling because they were already available for sale within the EU before this date.

All the manufacturer's who we supply product for are slowly making RoHS compliance information available about their products. More information can be found by clicking the links below.
 
RoHS Compliance Statement RoHS PGA Products
RoHS FC-BGA Products
       
RoHS Compliance Statement RoHS Compliance Information
       
RoHS Compliance Statement RoHS Compliance Statement
       
Compliant Products have (RoHS) in the product code. RoHS Compliance Statement
       
RoHS Compliance For X1700DS
RoHS Compliance For X1900DS
RoHS Compliance For M179DS		  


There is a fairly important exemption from RoHS Regulations which is important to our industry, this is detailed below.

Extract taken from DTi RoHS Regulations - Government Guidance Notes

Exemptions
16. The RoHS Regulations do not apply: -

• To large-scale stationary industrial tools. (This is a machine or system, consisting of a combination of equipment, systems, products and/or components installed by professionals, each of which is designed, manufactured and intended to be used only in fixed industrial applications.)
• To spare parts for the repair of EEE placed on the market before 1 July 2006. It should be noted that, following discussions in the TAC, the European Commission and Member States have agreed that this exemption extends to parts that expand the capacity of and/or upgrade EEE placed on the market before that date provided the EEE concerned is not put on the market as a new product.
• To the reuse of EEE placed on the EU market before 1 July 2006.
• To the specific applications of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB and PBDE set out in Schedule 2 of the Regulations. These are explained in more detail in Annex C of this Guidance Note.