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hello mark,

thanks for posting 

best wishes

ingo


--- Mark <mark@inspiringsounds.com> schrieb:

> Sorry if this is getting boring for some of you though you all seem 
> to be taking this in good spirit. I've spent a happy(?) hour or so 
> going through the EU pages on this. It seems there are several 
> request for exemptions, these include for musical instruments with a 
> lifespan of over 10 years, and for professional audio equipment. The 
> EU has been asking about other technical solutions, cost 
> implications etc. Funny thing is that you get to see the letters 
> that have come into the EU. The musical instruments one actually 
> came from a digital church organ company. The audio exemption 
> request is from one company only it seems. You also see complaints 
> about people not replying, asking if they had a nice holiday, their 
> out of office assistants, even there "this is only for the 
> recipient" type legal statements. Such is the banality of superstate 
> legislation. It's not faceless eurocrats, its people not replying 
> because they've been having a nice time at the seaside.
> 
> Anyway, reading the sorts of arguments people are making I think 
> actually there is a case, certainly in spirit. As Grant has 
> indicated there is something about volume, ie the amount of lead 
> involved, the number of units..there is also something about it 
> being "consumer". Looking through the list of things covered by RoHS;
> 
> "1. Large household appliances
> 2. Small household appliances
> 3. IT and telecommunications equipment
> 4. Consumer equipment
> 5. Lighting equipment
> 6. Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-
> scale stationary industrial tools)
> 7. Toys, leisure and sports equipment
> 8. Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected 
> products)
> 9. Monitoring and control instruments
> 10.Automatic dispensers.
> 11.Light bulbs, and luminaires in households"
> 
> Now under "consumer equipment" musical instruments are mentioned. 
> This breaks down as
> "Radio sets
> Television sets
> Video cameras
> Video recorders
> Hi-fi recorders
> Audio amplifiers
> Musical instruments
> And other products or equipment for the purpose of recording or 
> reproducing sound or images, including signals or other technologies 
> for the distribution of sound and image than by telecommunications"
> 
> But I would argue when you look at the company musical instruments 
> are in that this is disposable stuff. So professional studio 
> equipment looks like its not really on the list, either explicit or 
> implictly. If it is not on the list it is not exempt, but it is 
> outside of the scope of RoHS.
> 
> regards, Mark
> 
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