Patrokles QA Manager | Market surveillance

EU Member State authorities notify a large number of ROHS and POPs violations

Posted in Chemical Safety, SustainabilityPosted on April 29, 2019May 2, 2019 By joepTagged Chemical Safety, Consumer products, European Union, Market surveillance, PatroklesQA, Persistent Organic Pollutants, POPs, RoHS, Stockholm Convention, WEEE

Since late 2018, the EU Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products (RAPEX) has issued multiple notifications of non-conformities against the Directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) and the Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) in electrical and electronic equipment. Many types of electrical and electronic product have been found to exceed RoHS […]