Supply chain compliance

Although the legal responsibility for compliance with the RoHS Directive rests with the producer, the ability to comply and the data required for compliance is held by members of the wider supply chain. Therefore it is essential that the entire supply chain is aware of the actions that need to be taken to ensure compliance with the regulations.

RoHS can be complex as many commodity components contain proscribed materials and many suppliers are not altering part numbers to reflect the fact that they are RoHS compliant. Many suppliers will struggle to segregate compliant and non-compliant stock, and many suppliers will be based outside of the EU. This has a number of implications, including language barriers, reliability of test data and reliability of materials declarations.

Producers actions

Suppliers actions

RoHS documentation