the european coordination committee of the radiological, electromedical and healthcare it industry (cocir) has issued a paper outlining four key recommendations for the recast of directive on rohs.
regarding category 8 of the european commission's proposal extending the scope of the directive to medical devices, cocir:
● supports the proposed exemptions for category 8, set out in annex vi, and the eight year
maximum validity period for existing and new exemptions;
● suggests the free circulation of re-used electromedical equipment which bear the ce mark,
independent from the first placing on the market;
● rejects any immediate new substance restrictions in annex iv, such as those proposed for
nanosilver and nanotubes, without carrying out a representative impact assessment at eu
level;
● considers the directive should be applied to category 8 by 2014 at the earliest.
the recast is scheduled to receive its first reading in european parliament on 22 november 2010.
