Design Chain Associates, LLC, the leading electronics industry design chain consulting firm, is pleased to announce that the company is now supporting clients, the electronics industry, and technical inquiries on the proposed Chinese electronic-product related material restriction and labeling law called 'Administration on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products.'
(PRWEB) October 13, 2005 -- Design Chain Associates, LLC, the leading electronics industry design chain consulting firm, is pleased to announce that the company is now supporting clients, the electronics industry, and technical inquiries on the proposed Chinese electronic-product related material restriction and labeling law called 'Administration on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products.'
“DCA notified the industry earlier this month that China had, on September 28th, finally issued their RoHS-equivalent legislation” said Michael Kirschner, president of Design Chain Associates, LLC. “We have been tracking this for quite some time now and are pleased that we can provide access to and insight on this important legislation”.
DCA has dedicated a web page with information, insight, links to important related documents, and guidance on this legislation and is the first consulting firm or information source in the industry to do so. The page may be accessed at http://www.designchainassociates.com/chinarohs.html.
Included on this page are the following documents:
1. The notification document (as provided to the World Trade Organization Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade on Sept. 28, 2005)
2. The actual text of the proposed legislation, in Chinese, and
3. A link to an article on the legislation written by DCA and published on the Green Supply Line website (www.greensupplyline.com).
As the Chinese Government has said that an official English translation will not be provided any time soon, DCA is working with a large, international law firm to have this legislation translated and will post it on the website when it becomes available. The importance of this can not be understated: companies and governments in World Trade Organization member states have 60 days from the notification date to comment on the proposed legislation. If the industry should learn one thing from it’s experience with the European Union’s environmental legislation (RoHS and WEEE, 2002/95/EC and 2002/96/EC respectively), it’s that clarity and completeness of requirements must be a part of this type of law as early as possible. China RoHS is lacking in details necessary to enable the electronics industry to adequately determine the impact of this law and prepare to meet it.
About Design Chain Associates, LLC
Design Chain Associates' consulting services help Electronics OEMs speed product time-to-market, reduce supply chain risks, and lower costs while increasing engineering and procurement efficiency. DCA offers a variety of technical and management consulting services related to EU and China RoHS and environmental compliance, including public and private seminars, product impact evaluation, personalized training, material composition acquisition, component engineering, Green BOM analysis, and competitive advantage analysis. San Francisco-based DCA has a local presence in other high-tech regions of the country such as the Austin/Houston corridor and the Boston region as well as around the globe through local associates. For more information, visit DCA on the web at http://www.designchainassociates.com.
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