Introduction

• Author: Clemm, Christan; Löw, Clara; Baron, Yifaat; Moch, Katja; Möller, Martin; Köhler, Andreas R; Gensch, Carl-Otto; Deubzer, Otmar
• Pages: 24-28

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3. I ntr oduction

3.1 . Proje ct scope a nd ap proach

The study consist ed of tw o pa rts: t he f irst incl udin g t asks r elat ed t o t he r eview of the

list o f r estr icte d subst ances specified i n An nex I I of t he RoHS D irect ive an d t he second

consisti ng o f tasks relat ed to the review of exem pti ons f rom th e sub stance

restri ctions. Both par ts of t he st udy start ed w ith t he develop men t of assessm ent

methodologies and concluded w ith th e application of t hese met hodologies and

approaches in further ta sks. Figur e 3. 1 sh ows how th e va riou s tasks r elat ed t o t hese

tw o pa rts as w ell as this relation t o m ethodologica l and ap plicat ive work wit hin the

study task s.

Fig ure 3 .1 : Su bst ance ta sks and e ssen ce

The scop e of th e tasks of t he study is summ ari sed b elow . Th e fin al v ersi ons of the

separate task r epor ts are present ed in the append ices and give fu rth er d etail as to the

scope addressed u nder each task, the meth odology and appr oach taken a nd t he

result s.

Substance review

Methodology for identifying,

prioritising and assessing

substances

Substance identification (inventory)

and prioritisation

Substance assessment:

•Berylium and its compounds

•Cobalt dichloride and cobalt sulphate

•Diantimony trioxide

•Indium phosphide

•Medium Chain Chlorinated Paraffins

•Nickel sulphate and nickel sulfamate;

•Tetrabromobispinol-A

Exemption review

Methodology for exemption

evaluation

Evaluation of three exemption

requests