August 2 at the meeting of Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) approved draft technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEC) "On Restriction of use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronics products."
It establishes a common binding on the territory of the Union requirements for manufacturers of electrical engineering and electronics, prohibiting the content of hazardous substances in products, such as lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
The document aims to protect life and health of humans and the environment.
Requirements to limit the use of hazardous substances set out in the draft technical regulations aligned with international practice, including evrodirektivoy 2011/65 / EU of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2) .
Introduced common standards will reduce the technical barriers to trade between the countries of the Union and ensure the free movement of goods electrical engineering and electronics, put into circulation in the EAEC.
To the products of electrical engineering and electronics, which are subject to technical regulations include:
- small and large household appliances;
- domestic appliances;
- information technology equipment;
- telecommunications equipment;
- lighting equipment;
- an instrument of electric power (manual and portable electric machines);
- Equipment for leisure and sport;
- vending machines.
From the scope of this technical regulations are excluded:
- items of electrical engineering and electronics, for use at a nominal voltage up to 1000 V AC and 1500 V DC;
- electric toys;
- photovoltaic panels (solar panels), included in the electrical and electronics products;
- products of electrical engineering and electronics, for use in land-based and orbiting space objects;
- electrical equipment, intended exclusively for use in air, water, ground and underground transport;
- batteries, electric, including those put into circulation in the Community as part of manufacturing of electrical engineering and electronics;
- the measurement means;
- medical devices.
In November it is planned to consider the technical regulations on the ECE and the Council to determine the exact timing of its entry into force.