ELAND Cables

20th August 2007

RoHS stands for The Restriction of the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and is a directive which came into effect on 1st July 2006.

WEEE stands for the Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive (2002/96/EC).

The RoHS Regulations implement the provisions of the European Parliament and Council directive on the Restrictions of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (2002/95/EC).
This is to:
• protect human health and the environment
• complement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive (2002/96/EC).

Eland Cables’ Solution

Although there is no general requirement for cables to comply with the RoHS directive Eland Cables is aware that many customers are involved in the manufacture of products which need to be RoHS compliant. In view of this, we have been working with our suppliers and have identified a range of cables which meet the requirements of the directives.

Download Eland Cables Declaration of RoHS Conformity as a pdf

Who needs to comply?

The RoHS directive places the responsibility for Electrical or Electronic Equipment compliance on the producer of the Electrical or Electronic Equipment. It is the producer who must determine whether its product is Electrical or Electronic Equipment under the directives, and, if so, ensure its compliance.

Cables classed as components on their own have general requirement to comply with either WEEE or RoHS.