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EU rules dim lights on exports
By Zhan Lisheng (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-06-14 09:17 "I'm afraid my export cost will increase about 10 per cent in order to meet
the requirement of the RoHS directive."
Wen said that he has to choose
raw materials that meet the standards and must pay for testing of the raw
materials as well as for the related certifications.
But for Yang Yanmei,
general manager of EME Lighting (Zhongshan) Co Ltd, the RoHS directive will not
affect exports of her lighting products to the European Union too
much.
"My company has been focusing on high-end markets at home and
abroad," she said. "What we need to do is to test the raw materials and apply
for the necessary certifications."
However, she complained that the fees
levied on related certifications do increase the export costs.
"Guangdong's exports of lighting products to the European Union will
definitely nosedive this year," Yu Zhongjie, secretary of the provincial
lighting industry association, told China Daily.
"The directive of WEEE
(Waste from Electrical & Electronic Equipment), which took effect last year,
has increased some export costs of lighting products in the province as a whole.
"The compulsory standard for Christmas lighting products has influenced
about 2,000 related companies in the province in their exports to the European
Union; and the practice of the RoHS directive will make the case even worse
soon," Yu added.
"Most of the lighting products manufacturers in the
province can not afford apparatus testing of the components, and they cannot
promise their products are up to the standard prescribed in the RoHS directive,"
he said.
"They will have a lot more to do, say choosing new component
suppliers, and applying for different certifications, even for the
components."
He said that another directive, the framework directive for
setting eco-design requirements for Energy-using Products, will further
challenge the lighting products suppliers in the province.
The new
framework directive, which manufacturers will be obligated to comply with from
July, urges manufacturers to consider the entire life cycle of product groups as
well as making an ecological assessment from raw materials, acquisition,
manufacturing, packaging, transport and distribution, installation and
maintenance.
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