EU 전자무역협회, 전기전자제품 PFOAs의 기준치 상향과 부품에 대한 부분적 수정 주장






EU Electronics Trade Association Argues for Higher Thresholds for PFOAs in EEE, and for Derogation for Spare Parts

Published December 1, 2015

European Union - Restricted Substances Overview
DigitalEurope, an electronics industry association, has provided comments on the ECHA's Socio-Economic Analysis Committee's (SEAC) opinion on a REACH Annex XV dossier regarding restrictions on Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), PFO salts and PFO-related substances. The proposal has been already agreed by the ECHA’s Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) and is up for final discussion this week by the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC). PFOAs and its salts have been identified as substances of very high concern (SVHCs) under REACH. These substances are not directly contained in electronic products, but are used as an aid for manufacturing fluoropolymers, base plastic materials used in a variety of electronic applications.

DigitalEurope argues that appropriate thresholds for PFOA's should be set based on scientific grounds, and disagrees with the assertion that a derogation for fluoropolymers "should not be necessary with the concentration limits suggested." The proposed restriction sets a limit of 25 ppb for PFOA and 1,000 ppb for PFOA-related substances. DigitalEurope also urged the SEAC to extend a proposed derogation for spare parts, which, as drafted, applies only to automobiles, to other industries, including the ICT industry, in accordance with the "repaired as produced" principle.

The SEAC will probably issue its opinion in January 2016. The European Commission will make the final decision.