Soft launch for China RoHS in July

"China is making progress toward introduction of its version of the European Union’s RoHS directive but the timeline for eliminating the use of hazardous materials will lag Europe’s. The final draft of China RoHS, officially known as The Administration on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products, will be released in early January and is expected to be passed into law in July, 2006, according to Huang Jianzhong, the director of China RoHS at the Economic Operations Bureau of China’s Ministry of Information Industry, Beijing. However, the all-important companion catalog that will define the electronics products covered by the law and the reporting requirements will not be available at the time the law takes effect. In fact, there is no timeframe set for when the catalog will be made available, Huang said. When China RoHS is passed into law the only formal requirement will be for companies to include a label of the hazardous substances contained in their products. Companies will not be required to remove hazardous materials from their products at that time." Source: my-esm.com