Regulation

One of the recommendations from the Electronics Innovation Growth Team report in 2005 was that the then DTI should set up a cross Government/industry group to ensure that the legitimate interests of the sector were taken into account in the development of relevant regulation. In response, DTI set up the “Electronics Regulatory Group” (ERG) which now meets on a quarterly basis under the chairmanship of Keith Hodgkinson, Director of BERR’s Electronics & IT Services Unit.

The ERG has - and continues to - look at the following regulatory initiatives (but not exclusively):

  • the Energy-Using Products (EuP) Directive, and the Market Transformation Programme (MTP);

  • Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemical Regulation (REACH); 

  • the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive; 

  • the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Directive; 

  • other International RoHS legislation (mainly China RoHS & Korea RoHS); 

  • the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive; and 

  • the EU Climate Change Package (EU Emission Trading Scheme and Carbon Reduction Commitment).

 

Contact

Paul Redwin, Electronics & IT Services Unit, tel: 020 7215 1847, e-mail: paul.redwin@berr.gsi.gov.uk

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