IEC TC111

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IEC TC111 ASTM F40 Technical Committee Update
China CNCA / US DOC Round Table
Discussion Beijing, China Jan. 20, 2006 Presented
By Scott MacLeod
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IEC TC111

• Environmental Standardization for Electrical and
  Electronic Products and Systems
• To prepare guidelines, basic and horizontal
  standards, including technical reports, in the
  environmental area, ..
• To liaise with product committees ..
• To liaise with ACEA and ISO/TC 207
• To monitor.. EMC and EMF aspects are excluded
  from the scope.
• http//www.iec.ch/tctools/dashbd-e.htm/

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IEC TC111

• Organized October, 2004
• 20 Participating Countries
• (Including China US)
• 6 Observer Countries
• Liaisons
• ISO/TC 207,IEC/SC 17B, IEC/TC 3,
• IEC/TC 108, IEC/SC 62A
• Next Main Committee Meeting June 20 - 22,
  Redmond, Washington USA

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IEC TC111

• Top Down Supply Chain Approach
• Working Groups (WGs)
• WG1 on Materials Declaration (US)
• WG2 on Environmental Design (Japan)
• WG3 on Test Methods (Germany)
• WG4 on Environmental Information (France)

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IEC TC111 WG Status

• Materials Declaration NP Circulated 1/13/06,
  Voting Closes 4/14/06
• Environmental Design 2nd WD in process, CD
  Target April 2006, Next Meet in Bangkok 1/25-26
• Test Methods Updates to GC/MS XRF Chapters,
  CDV and 2nd IIS Target End of Feb., Next Meet in
  Stuttgart 2/10-11.
• Deca-BDE questionnaire issued 1/13/06
• Italian NC proposed immediate endorsement of
  future CD /CDV as European Technical
  Specification to CENELEC (Decision in Feb.?).
• Environmental Information NP Expected shortly

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ASTM International

• More than 30,000 members world-wide
• Total non-US membership 5,681 18.6
• of Countries represented 125
• of ASTM Standard Sales Outside US 42
• of ASTM standards embedded in non-US countries
  Approximately 3,000
• of MOUs signed with National Standards Bodies
  (NSB) of Developing Countries 44

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ASTM TC F40

• Declarable Substances In Materials
• .. the development of standards for the
  evaluation of materials/products relative to RoHS
  ( similar) requirements. The Committee will
  encourage research in this field and sponsor
  symposia, workshops, and publications to
  facilitate the development of such standards. The
  Committee will promote liaison with other ASTM
  Committees and other organizations with mutual
  interests.
• http//www.astm.org/

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ASTM TC F40

• Organized January, 2005
• Membership 149 Individuals Organizations
• Countries Represented 12
• (Bolivia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan,
  Korea Republic of (South), Mexico, Netherlands,
  Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States of America)
• Next Committee Week Meeting April 26 28,
  Toronto, ON CAN

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ASTM TC F40

• Bottom Up Supply Chain Approach
• Technical Subcommittees
• F40.01 Test Methods
• F40.02 Management Practices Guides
• F40.03 Monitoring of Legislation Regulation
• F40.04 Existing Document Research/Liaison
• F40.91 Terminology

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ASTM TC F40 Work Items

• WK9866 Standard Test Methods for Analysis of
  Tin-Based Solder Alloys and Pastes for Lead,
  Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony and Bismuth Using
  Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission
  Spectrometry
• WK9895 Standard Test Method to Screen Materials
  for Restricted Substances
• WK9114 Standard Practice for Declaration of
  Conformance with Materials Content Requirement
• WK9115 Standard Guide for Risk Assessment when
  Assessing Conformance to or Compliance with
  Requirements
• WK7381 Standard Terminology Relating to
  Declarable Substances in Materials

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Summary

• Common Goals
• IEC TC111 Top Down Supply Chain Approach
• ASTM TC F40 Bottom Up Supply Chain Approach
• Consensus Standard Development
• International Participation
• Strong Technical Representation