Green Life

China government published the Management of Recycling and Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Products (so-called "China WEEE") in 2009. As a complementary of this regulation, the first product catalogue of China WEEE was officially published at Sep. 8^th, 2010. Five types of products are included in this catalogue, which are,

On September, 24^th 2010, the European Union (EU) published in its Official Journal a European Commission decision amending the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) for applications containing Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr⁶⁺, PBBs or PBDEs in electric and electronic equipment. The new directive 2010/571/EU adapts RoHS exemptions to scientific and technical progress as an Annex to Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS)

    On 26^th August 2010, a number of amendments of the EU Regulation entered into force. The new dangerous chemicals added to the EU Regulation on POPs have already been subject to prohibition or severe restrictions in the EU. With the new amendments certain restrictions go further than previously was the case in order to comply with the new international commitments.

德國向歐盟委員會提出建議，要求對8種多環芳香烴（PAHs）制定禁令，凡是含有這些物質的消費品都不得在歐盟境內生產、運輸及銷售。

SDS is an important element of hazard communication and provides a mechanism for transmitting safety information on classified substances and mixtures, and certain non-classified substances and mixtures, including information from the relevant chemical safety reports down the supply chain to the immediate downstream users. The legal requirements governing SDS are now an integral part of the REACH Regulation, with Annex II of REACH describing the content of SDS, and this SDS update will happen gradually after 1 Dec. 2010,

SDS規定了以下必要的項目，共16項：

1.物品與廠商資料

2.危害辨識資料

3.成份識別資料 

4.急救措施 

5.滅火措施 

6.洩漏處理方法 

7.安全處置以及儲存方法 

8.暴露預防措施 

9.物理及化學性質 

10.反應性和安定性 

11.毒性資料 

12.生態資料 

13.廢棄處置方法 

14.運送資料 

15.法規資料 

16.其他資料 

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自2007年6月1日，歐盟一最重要法案，名為REACH已正式生效。隨著主管機構歐洲化學總署（ECHA）於2008年6月1日正式成立，法規要求的註冊、告知及限制要求已逐步開始實施。從法規開始實施以來，法規持續的更新也將各項義務的要求不斷提升。特別是企業最為關注的SVHC候選清單，截至2010年6月18日，已公告的SVHC候選清單總數達38項，ECHA表示預計2012年之前有106種物質將被確認並收入SVHC清單。

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Commission Decision 2009/251/EC was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) to ensure that products containing the DMF are not placed or made available on the market in March 2009. The validity of this Decision was restricted to a period not exceeding 1 year but allowed additional periods to be extended to March 2011, none of which exceeds 1 year.

China published proposals for its equivalent to the EU REACH regulations in May 2009. This aims to control the manufacture, import and use of chemicals and has similarities with the EU REACH regulations. The original proposals included very few obligations that affected substances in "articles", as fabricated products are referred to by EU REACH, although it is clear that some of the most hazardous substances could eventually be phased out in China and this could affect the availability of some process materials and possibly also fabricated products.

The European Chemicals Agency has added 14 substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the REACH candidate list of 15 substances originally published on 28 October 2008.

修正草案重點包括：

依據中國《電子資訊產品污染控制管理辦法》規定和《電子資訊產品污染控制重點管理目錄制定程式》要求，中國工業和信息化部(MIIT)於2009年10月9日公布《電子資訊產品污染控制重點管理目錄（第一批）》，公開徵求產業界之企業意見。意見徵詢期間將於2009年11月9日截止。

Add 6 substances from 52 to 58following items,

The Congress finds and declares that ensuring a uniform Federal scheme of regulation of restrictions in the use of certain substances in electrical products and equipment in interstate and foreign commerce is crucial to the economic, environmental, and social well-being of the people of the United States in the global marketplace.

(a) Tri-substituted organostannic compounds such as tributyltin (TBT) compounds and triphenyltin (TPT) compounds shall not be used after 1 July 2010 in articles where the concentration in the article, or part thereof, is greater than the equivalent of 0,1 % by weight of tin.

        在2007年加州通過一項針對加州 65 法案的新增決議案，將針對腳踏車及其配件，以及相關保護設備(如防護衣，安全帽)增加下列的規定：