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Electrical Components Compliance & Advice
The inclusion of electrical components in consumer products, whether in the form of light units or sound chips, is becoming more and more popular, especially within the children’s and novelty footwear markets. The use of electrical components in consumer goods brings with it a number of additional requirements that need to be considered and for which SATRA can provide expert advice.
Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive
The low voltage directive (73/23/EEC) applies to equipment with a voltage rating of 50 to 1,000 volts for alternating current (AC) and 75 to 1,500 volts for direct current (DC). The electro magnetic compatibility (EMC) directive (2004/108/EC) seeks to ensure that electromagnetic disturbances produced by electrical equipment do not affect the correct functioning of other equipment and requires that products carry the CE mark to show compliance.
WEEE
Compliance with the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) directive (2002/96/EC) is intended to prevent the disposal of waste electrical equipment within general waste and places obligations on producers and others within the supply chain to ensure that items containing electrical components are labeled with the crossed out wheelie bin symbol showing that the item should be disposed of by authorized collection agencies
ROSH
The RohS directive 2002/95/EC, known as the "Restrictions on the use of Hazardous Substances in electronic equipment", bans the sale of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants. This law requires manufacturers to find new materials and develop new engineering processes for the creation of common electronic equipment allowing products to be manufactured in compliance with these regulations.
Batteries
Some of the materials that maybe present in batteries are now covered by directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators.
Contact
All enquiries to Jackie Glasspool on +44 (0) 1536 410 000 or email jacqueg@satra.co.uk
