The requirements of the CHINA-RoHS differ from the EU-RoHS in following subjects.

1. China- RoHS does not allow any exception for products in the so called „Electronic Information Products“ (EIP) group.
2. Products for end customers need to be labeled. Suppliers need not provide the mentioned marking but shall supply to the purchaser all necessary information required.
3. The limitations of the restricted substances are not yet defined. They will be similar to the limits of the EU-ROHS but the CHINA-ROHS does not allow any exemptions for substances that don't be conform to the guide line.
4. The packaging materials of the outermost packaging shelf have to be marked with the respective recycling logos according GB-18450-2001.
5. All information according to CHINA-RoHS has to be available in Chinese.
6. The CHINA-RoHS conformity has to be confirmed by a Chinese laboratory, while the conformity with the EU-RoHS could be assured with self declaration.
7. EIP products shall be marked with pollution control logos in accordance with the standard SJ/T11364-2006 beginning 1. March 2007. The declaration is different for products with relevant substances below the accepted threshold and the ones above it. If a product does not contain any toxic or hazardous substances it will be marked with the green logo (Picture 1). Logo 2( Picture 2) is normally orange and indicates that the material contains certain toxic or hazardous substances and can be used safely during its environmental protection use period (EFUP). This duration is given with the figure in the logo and is counted in years (e.g. 50 = 50 years EFUP). Components that are intended to be used directly by an end customer need to be labeled, while component suppliers do not need to provide the mentioned marking but they shall supply all necessary information required to the purchaser.

Picture 1: CHINA-RoHS conform (free of toxic or hazardous substances)	Picture 2: not CHINA-RoHS conform (contain toxic or hazardous substances)

The prescriptive limits for the substances will be presumably be similar to the thresholds within the EU-RoHS. The values of each substance have to be indicated in a list. They now require the indication of the exact material content and testing will be confirmed by a product related test certificate.


2. CO-TEHC ELE 's  Approach

CO-TEHC ELE indexes in Step 1 all CHINA-RoHS conforming products on the website with the mentioned logo (Picture 1) according to internal information. The symbol links to this information page for detailed status information and product overview lists. The detailed content information will be provided for by product content sheet . They are available upon customer request. Content sheets outermost packaging material will be marked with the necessary Recycling symbols.

CO-TEHC ELE.  does not offer products to the market that are intended to be used directly by the end customer. This means that the products will not have to be marked nor does the packaging needs to carry the pollution control logos. All required Information will be assured by indicating the products within the catalogue on the web and making product lists available for download from the website.
　

3.2 Explanation of the RoHS-Product List

CO-TEHC ELE provides the necessary information within the RoHS product lists on the website. The list the actual status of the conformity will be listed for the various product lines (Type) by the part numbers. Beside the CHINA-RoHS information, the list also contains the information about the EU-RoHS conformity. The lists are the same in structure for the different product groups of the CO-TEHC ELE range and will be updated frequently by the product managers. Following is a sample of the product group fuses. .

　

Compliant : products will be delivered CHINA-RoHS conform, i.e. all stock items of CO-TECH ELE.  companies world wide are free of toxic or hazardous substances.

5. CO-TECH ELE. Component Material Declaration

Customers increasingly want to know what materials a component is comprised of. CO-TECH ELE. has therefore adopted the Umbrella Specifications initiative of the German Electrical & Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI – Zentralverband der deutschen Elektronikindustrie) and is making available Product Content Sheets.

A Product Content Sheet is being established for all product types, giving details of the materials contained in the component. It confirms that the product complies with all of the EU's current material prohibitions. To achieve this CO-TECH ELE. makes use of the official EICTA materials prohibition list, which defines the legal regulations as they relate to the electronics industry.
In addition, the Product Content Sheets declare whether a component is already CHINA-RoHS and RoHS 2002/95/EC-compliant.

Example of a „Product Content Sheet“ MST 250

The packaging material is also the subject of the declaration requirement. The indication is according the requirements of GB-18450-200 resp. DIN.

The ECFIC Environmental Group defined on its meeting on November 13. 2006 that only the external packaging material of EIP products requires to be labeled (primary and secondary packaging). The fixing material, internal packaging material and filling material need not to be labeled. The label should be placed on the external surface.