Medical devices group makes RoHS recommendations

Nguồn: 中鼎检测 Ngày: 2010-09-29 Duyệt qua: 9327

The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) has issued a paper outlining four key recommendations for the recast of Directive on RoHS.

Regarding Category 8 of the European Commission's proposal extending the scope of the Directive to medical devices, COCIR:

● Supports the proposed exemptions for Category 8, set out in Annex VI, and the eight year
maximum validity period for existing and new exemptions;

● Suggests the free circulation of re-used electromedical equipment which bear the CE mark,
independent from the first placing on the market;

● Rejects any immediate new substance restrictions in Annex IV, such as those proposed for
nanosilver and nanotubes, without carrying out a representative impact assessment at EU
level;

● Considers the Directive should be applied to Category 8 by 2014 at the earliest.

The recast is scheduled to receive its first reading in European Parliament on 22 November 2010.