Environmental Relations Checkmarq respects the global environment and is committed to environmentally responsible behavior. We have put processes in place to ensure that our products reduce impact to the environment and are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including the European Union (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive. Checkmarq's RoHS Environmental program and RoHS and WEEE Statement The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) has issued directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment. It says that Member States shall ensure that, from July 1, 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain excessive levels of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). To meet this directive, all components within a product must be examined to assess levels of restricted substances. Equipment used for servers, storage/storage array and telecommunications infrastructure (switching, routers and gateways) is covered by the RoHS Directive but, may use lead in solder (the limits for the other 5 substances must comply). This exemption has been introduced to allow lead in solders for professional, high reliability applications for which viable lead-free alternatives have not been identified. This category is informally referred to RoHS-5. All Transduction computers are RoHS-5 compliant. Checkmarq's statement upon EC Directives 2002/95/EC RoHS and 2002/96/EC WEEE WEEE Status All products manufactured by Checkmarq are marked with the WEEE as required by the Directive. Where we have a producer responsibility under the WEEE Directive, we plan to join a national WEEE Compliance Scheme when UK WEEE legislation is finalized. RoHS Status From 1st July 2006 new electrical and electronic equipment put onto the market in the EU must not contain any of the restricted substances referred to in Article 4(1) of the RoHS Directive at concentrations in excess of those permitted under the Directive unless covered by an Exemption. Checkmarq confirms that based on information provided by our suppliers and our understanding of the Directive, all products shipped after 30th June 2006 will comply with the requirements of the RoHS Directive. Statement last updated: August 22th 2008 | 
