Information sources used for the 2013 inventory of substances in EEE (PART I, Step 1)

• Author: Clemm, Christan; Löw, Clara; Baron, Yifaat; Moch, Katja; Möller, Martin; Köhler, Andreas R; Gensch, Carl-Otto; Deubzer, Otmar
• Pages: 78-80

Methodology for Identification and Assessment

of substances for inclusion in Annex II under RoHS

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APPENDIX

A.1 Information sources used for the 2013 inventory of substances

in EEE” (PART I, Step 1)

This annex is reproduced from AUBA (2013). Links have been updated in a few cases.

For the inventory of substances used in EEE that has been established during the first review of

RoHS Annex II in 2013, information from the following databases has been extracted:

• Substances listed in the IEC 62474 Database „Declarable Substances“ (IEC 62474 - Material

Declaration for Products of and for the Electrotechnical Industry):

http://std.iec.ch/iec62474

• ZVEI-Umbrella specifications: https://www.zvei.org/en/association/divisions/electronic-

components-and-systems-division/material-data-declaration-on-product-level-and-the-umbrella-

specification-based-on-product-families-as-an-efficient-example/

Information both on main components as well as on minor components of several components of

EEE are available from product data sheets for product families, so-called “umbrella specifica-

tions”. These data sheets were developed by manufacturers of components organised in the Elec-

tronic Components Division within the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Associa-

tion (ZVEI) and aim to comply with the request of customers for detailed material specifications on

individual electronic components, semiconductors, passive components, printed circuit boards,

and electromechanical components.

For this study, 60 product data sheets published at the ZVEI-website at December 2012 were

used.

• Information on substance uses as available from registration dossiers: sub- stances with the

use descriptor “SU16” “Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, electrical

equipment” if available from ECHA

• Information on substance uses (Nace-codes C26 “Manufacture of computer, electronic and op-

tical products” and C27 “Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products”134 ) as avail-

able from the Nordic Product Register (SPIN – substances in preparations in nordic countries-

register)- http://spin2000.net/

Information from the following studies was used:

• Inventory of Oeko-Institut (2008): Study on Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic

Equipment, not regulated by the RoHS Directive

• The inventory of potentially problematic substances contained in EEE comprises 64 substanc-

es, including hazardous substances as well as non-hazardous substances, which may cause

problems in WEEE-management.

• Monitoring results of Umweltbundesamt (2011): Karzinogene, mutagene, reproduktionstoxische

(CMR) und andere problematische Stoffe in Produkten. Identifikation relevanter Stoffe und

134 Relevant uses to be selected.