Product category: Capacitors
News Release from: Farnell
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 27 October 2005
Due diligence defence requires evidence
Statements of compliance alone will not be enough to prove "due diligence" under UK legislation regarding the RoHS Directive.
Farnell InOne is warning the electronics industry to be wary of assuming that statements of compliance alone will be enough to prove "due diligence" under UK legislation regarding the RoHS Directive Laid before Parliament earlier this month, the legislation implementing the RoHS Directive in the UK provides a due diligence defence against the offence of putting a product on the market containing any of the banned substances at levels over those allowed
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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