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-'''[[CE Marking... yes or no?]]'''
+'''[[The importance of RoHS Directive: how restricted substances can affect the workers and consumers health]]'''
-[[File:CE Marking - Possibilities.jpg|thumb|Do you want to check if CE Marking is mandatory for your product? Be prepared to assess different possibilities...]]
+[[File:Toxic substance.jpg|thumb|Toxic substances can be found almost everywhere. RoHS Directive plays a fundamental role in CE marking to minimize the risk of use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE).]]
-The first question many manufacturers ask before starting a [[CE marking]] consulting is: “'''Does my product need to be CE marked?'''"
+With the ever-growing industrial development, lots of natural or synthetic substances are constantly introduced in the manufacturing of various products. Some of these substances can constitute a [[workplace hazard]] or a [[hazard to the consumer]].
-To this question, one would expect an immediate "YES" or "NO", but the answer cannot be so simple. Precisely for this reason, the so-called “Identification of the Applicable Legislation”, which also answers this question, is a phase to be carried out compulsorily by law in the context of CE marking.
+For this reason, it was introduced the so called “[[RoHS Directive]]”, where “RoHS” stands for “''Restriction of the use of Hazardous Substances''”. It limits the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
-In other words, regardless of whether your product requires CE marking or not, <u>an initial Identification of the Applicable Legislation must always be carried out</u>.
+RoHS Directive indicates when the same directive is applicable. In case of applicability, the compliance to RoHS Directive:
+* <u>is mandatory for CE Marking</u>,
+* <u>must be accomplished by manufacturer in a proper way</u> (e.g.: by product control and testing),
+* and <u>must be indicated by law in the EU Declaration of Conformity</u> of the product.
-Moreover, even if the initial Identification of the Applicable Legislation reveals that your product does not have to be CE marked, in any case it must comply with the obligations of the [[General Product Safety Directive|'''General Product Safety Directive''']] (GPSD), so it is always good to rely on a consultant to [mailto:info@ce-logo.com have assistance about your product safety]. The consultant, depending on the case, will provide you with support for the CE marking (if the answer is "''CE marking yes''") or for the general safety of the product (if the answer is "''CE marking no''").
+With the latest modifications of the RoHS regulation, the number of these restricted substances (some of which are actually “classes of substances”) is ten, and they are precisely: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP).
+Staying within safety limits of use of these substances in various products is of the utmost importance to avoid such [[health hazards]]. It is also necessary to use the appropriate [[Personal protective equipment|protective equipment]] in workplaces, and to dispose properly of factory wastes in order to prevent environmental contamination.
-:[[CE Marking... yes or no?|(read more...)]]
+To better understand the importance for manufacturers to follow the RoHS Directive, and for consumers to buy RoHS compliant products, where applicable, let see where these restricted substances can be found, how they can enter the human body, and how they affect a person’s health...
+:[[The importance of RoHS Directive: how restricted substances can affect the workers and consumers health|(read more...)]]
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