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UL anuncia nuevos servicios para las sustancias restringidasThey will help manufacturers in conformity with the RoHS directive
UL Announces new services for restricted substances
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has announced the launch of two new services to ensure that enterprises can demonstrate compliance with the new European directive on the restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS, as its acronym in English), effective since July 1, 2006. In order to help businesses in the self-declaration of conformity with the RoHS directive, UL offers a product certification on the restricted substances and a management systems registration.
"UL has created these services to respond to the needs of the industry to enhance their level of confidence in the self-declaration of their products for compliance with the requirements of the RoHS directive" has noted David Haataja, Vice President and General Director of the solutions of UL for conformity with the restricted substances. "The UL certification of RoHS product and systems registration services provide valuable systems to increase the level of customer confidence on your declaration of conformity of their products with the RoHS directive".
The UL certification of RoHS product and the brand of product
Under the program of product certification, RoHS, UL tested representative samples of a product at the level of homogeneous materials for six substances restricted by the RoHS and determines whether the levels of these substances meet the limits set by the directive. Substances covered by the RoHS include lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr+6), the polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and the polybrominated (PBDE). If the product is in compliance with the limits of the RoHS directive, UL authorizes the company to implement its brand of RoHS product to the manufactured product. Products qualified for obtaining UL RoHS product mark also needed to follow the requirements of product RoHS certification of UL, including in-situ two monitoring visits per year by a representative of UL.
If the product is in compliance with the limits of the RoHS directive, UL authorizes the company to implement its brand of RoHS product manufactured product
The registration of UL
The registry's systems of management of the substances restricted of UL evaluates the compliance of companies with the standards set by the system of evaluation of quality of the Commission International Electrotechnical (IECQ QC 080000 HSPM). These standards require that companies implement processes to identify and control the hazardous substances contained in products. These processes include various areas such as the responsibility of management, product design, procurement, production, and the analysis of the documentation. The QC 080000 contains additional requirements to the ISO 9001 standard. For this reason, organizations that have quality management systems according to ISO 9001 will warn points in common when they implement the compliance with the standard QC 080000 HSPM for. In addition, the companies with management systems compliant with other standards such as ISO 14001 for environmental management systems will also benefit when they implemented the QC 080000 conformity.
According to statements by Terenzio Facchinetti, European Director of the solutions in accordance with the restricted substances of UL, "these new brands are part of the portfolio of services in accordance with the RoHS UL, marketed under the name of program restricted." These marks have been created to respond to the current needs of the producers to get their compliance with the RoHS directive. "In addition, the fact of providing two distinct brands in accordance translates into a better adaptation to the different needs arising out of any contractor/supplier relationship".
It helps companies affected by RoHS
The RSCS programme (Restricted Substances Compliance Solutions) of UL is designed to help businesses affected by the RoHS directive, including the industries of lighting, appliances, electronics of consumption, information technologies and telecommunications, electrical toys, electrical and electronic componentsplastics, cables and wires. The RSCS programme of UL can help the OEM manufacturers to monitor the conformity of its suppliers with the RoHS directive, reducing investment associated with their internal actions for compliance and identify alternative options for compliance with the RoHS.
UL Ibérica is the subsidiary for Spain and Portugal of Underwriters Laboratories Inc, specializing in product certification and safety tests. Trademarks and UL Certifications provide access to world markets.
