SafeNet, Inc has announced that its SafeXcel security semiconductor products for networking OEMs are free of hazardous materials and meet compliance standards defined by the Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) European Union (EU) Directive 2002/95/EG. Effective July 1, 2006, electronic equipment vendors must comply with RoHS in order to manufacture and sell networking equipment within the EU.
The RoHS directive will ban the sale of new electronic equipment in the European Union that contains more than the specified levels of hazardous materials, including lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, PBB, and PBDE.
Other countries are adopting legislation modelled after RoHS, including Chinas Regulation for Pollution Control of Electronic Products (RPCEP) and Japans environmental procurement practices (JPSSI). Taiwan, Korea, Canada and Australia are initiating country-specific versions of the RoHS directive. The state of California has adopted the Electronic Waste Recycling Act, scheduled to take effect in 2007, and 20 other US states have bills pending for RoHS-like regulations.
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www.safenet-inc.com/OEM
Taken from Information Security Bulletin.