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• Semiconductor and other manufacturing equipment, components, and some raw
materials
• Some packaging materials
By the same token, some categories of EU RoHS are not within the scope of China PART I
RoHS, such as toys and home appliances.
PART I
PART I
Products shipped to China must be marked as to whether the items are
compliant or noncompliant. The Electronic Information Products (EIP) logo or
other label is used to mark parts that do not have unacceptable levels of
substances listed by China RoHS.

Materials
Products that contain hazardous substances must be marked with the EIP logo and include
an Environmental Protection Use Period (EPUP) value listed in years.
Like the EU RoHS Directive, China RoHS bans the following:

• Lead
• Mercury
• Cadmium
• Hexavalent chromium
• Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
• Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)

Marking
Requirements also differ from the EU RoHS. The initial requirement is for a mark and
disclosure of any of the six aforementioned hazardous substances and their locations within
the product.
Labels must contain the following information:

• Whether the product contains any of the six hazardous substances. If they are
present, the “Environment-Friendly Use Period” (EFUP) must also be determined
and indicated.
• Disclosure of which hazardous substances are contained in the product and the
component(s) they are present in.
• Packaging material must be disclosed on the outside packaging.
• The date of manufacture.

The regulations have not been implemented yet, being postponed in their formal
adoption twice. There is no formal schedule for completion of the Catalog.

Korea
In April 2007, Korea adopted its Act for Recycling of Electrical and Electronic Equipment
and Automobiles, also known as Korea RoHS.