On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:08:36 +0100, "N_Cook"
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Adrian Tuddenham wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:07:11 -0400, "Charles"
wrote:

Has this had any impact on repair and rework of electronic devices and
equipment?

Of course. The increased number of failures due solely to solder
joints has kept many a service department busy. Reworking with
"decent" solder is the simplest treatment.

Not in Europe it isn't. There are heavy fines for doing that.

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For the UK, section 14 of the RoHS Regulation

A producer putting non-compliant EEE on the market on or after 1st July 2006
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory
maximum, which the Home Office says is currently £5,000. Or "on conviction
on indictment to fine" - there is no statutory maximum.

Producers failing to provide documents showing compliance within 28 days of
an official request shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. Level 5, coincidentally, is also
£5,000 at the moment.

Failing to retain technical documentation for four years after EEE has been
put on the market is also a not-exceeding-level-5 fine.

EEE= electrical and electronic equipment

which relates to "producers", not repairers.