What To Look Forward To In The Upcoming Candidate List?
As a trend, we have always seen ECHA come up with the updated Candidate List in December, but this year the list is scheduled to be published in January, 2017. Before the list is formally published, ECHA confirmed on the 4 new SVHCs that will get included on the CL and the additional 2 SVHCs […]
CMRT v4.10 with updated Smelter List
The latest template by the CFSI CMRT, version 4.10 has been released on April 29th, 2016 that advises companies to start using version 4.10 over the next few months.The template is critical for companies who use conflict minerals like gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten to meet the regulations of the CFSI and to report their […]
EU Court redefines Article: 2 major changes follow
On September 10, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) released a ruling stating that the 0.1% threshold for notifying SVHCs in articles applies to “each of the articles incorporated as a component of a complex product” as a replacement for of the entire article as was the mandate earlier. This further implies that European […]
Conflict Minerals Compliance: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
While handling environmental compliances, suppliers and manufacturers from various industries face multiple challenges. After having provided successful compliance services to the all our Clients across geographies, we decided to compile our set of frequently asked questions pertaining to Conflict Minerals Compliance. Below is the set for your reference: 1. What if a company decides not […]
Amendment to RoHS 2 Directive: Alert for Electronics/Electrical & Medical manufacturers
On March 31st 2015, European Commission adopted a new directive (Directive (EU) 2015/863) to amend the existing EU RoHS 2 directive (2011/65/EU). The new directive adds 4 substances to the existing list of 6 restricted substances under RoHS2. The new directive was officially published on 4th June 2015 and entered in to force on 24thJune […]
Optical Device Manufacturers: Await for the Approval for RoHS2 Exemptions Renewal Request
Product manufacturers have a huge responsibility of making a renewal request for the RoHS Exemptions that do not contain expiry date, as those exemptions will expire on 21 July 2016 and subsequently fall under the RoHS non-compliant category. Manufacturers who have to use the RoHS2 exempted substances to produce their end product even after the […]
REACH Candidate List updated with 2 new SVHCs
The 13th revision of the REACH Candidate List (CL) has now been published by European Chemical Agency (ECHA) with the addition of two substances on 15, June 2015. ECHA included these two substances to the CL based on the proposals from Member States, Sweden and Netherlands respectively. ECHA conducted the SVHC identification process with involvement […]
2 Potential SVHCs for REACH Candidate list, June 2015
The 13th version of the REACH Candidate List (CL) is expected to be published in June 2015 with more additions. Since suppliers or product manufacturers are continuously monitoring the CL to keep their product in compliance with REACH, it’s always good to know the Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) earlier to start the proceedings. […]
CMRT 4.01a Released, with modified Smelter Reference List to remove errors!
Further to our earlier piece on CMRT v4.0 (Refer the 2nd half of this article), we now share with you the changes made on CMRT v4.01a. With ongoing feedback and several inputs from the suppliers and manufacturers, CFSI has now come up with CMRT v4.01a as on August 6, 2015, which supersedes all the older […]
Conflict Minerals Filing for Healthcare Manufacturers: 2014 Review & 2015 Recommendations
With a clear objective to strengthen the Health care filings for 2015 and to help healthcare companies to meet the requirements of Section 1502, led us to analyze 2014 filings. We used sample data from 409 Health care companies, registered with the SEC. Registrants of Health Care sector: We initially broke the filings down by […]