Environmentally Responsive Technology for New Global MCCB and ELCB

The directive on the restriction of certain hazardous substances (RoHS) was put into effect on February
13, 2003 and was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (EU). The RoHS directive
prohibited the usage of six types of substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)) by July 1 2006.

The impact of this RoHS directive extends beyond the EU, and countries such as China and South
Korea are moving toward enacting similar restrictions. In Japan, a law concerning the Marking of the
Presence of Certain Chemical Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment was enacted as JIS
C 0950.
The new global MCCB and ELCB were developed in consideration of the individual environmental
regulations of each county.

RoHS compliance
Schneider
The RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) European directive was implemented on July, 1st,
2006.
This directive - which requires the elimination of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium and
polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in certain Electrical and
Electronic Equipment put on sale in Europe - is mostly household application orientated. Schneider
Electric will fully comply with the directive. In addition, although our products and equipment are little
or indirectly affected, Schneider Electric's commitment is to be more beyond the directive.
REACh compliance
In this context, Schneider Electric commits to:

Apply REACh regulation worldwide

Avoid any upstream supply chain shortage

Communicate to our customers the content of SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern)
present in our products above the threshold

Siemens
The RoHS directive defines the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations.

The Siemens AG Industry Sector has long since felt obliged to develop and manufacture
environmentally friendly products, which also includes the avoidance of dangerous
materials in our products. Although the overwhelming majority of the divisions' products
do not fall under the RoHS directive, we started years ago to substitute hazardous
substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
Detailed information on compliance with Art. 4 of the restriction of the hazardous
substances directive is displayed in the Siemens Mall
(https://mall.automation.siemens.com). Go to the "Additional Product Information" item
for information about the selected product.
Products within the scope of the RoHS directive will be assessed on their conformity with
the legal requirements; latest at the time of the regulation comes into force for the
respective product.

REACH
Introduction to the Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
December 18, 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of
Chemicals (REACH).
REACH is the chemicals regulation for the European Economic Area (EEA) that has been in effect since
June 1, 2007. It replaces 40 individual laws and is broad in scope, covering almost all chemical
substances, compounds and mixtures (formally known as preparations) as separate elements in their
natural state or as used in selected products. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) ensures that
REACH is implemented and monitored.
The motto of REACH is "No data, no market" and means that enterprises wanting to put chemical
substances, mixtures and certain products on the market in the EEA are required to adhere to the
following legal obligations regarding registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction:

Registration: Manufacturers and importers must pre-register/register each chemical

substance produced in or imported into the EEA in amounts exceeding 1 ton/year.

Evaluation: Manufacturers and importers must collect all relevant data and make this data
available to the ECHA in order to evaluate the impact of each substance on human health and
the environment.

Information: Specific information needs to be passed along the entire supply chain, if an
article contains any substance of very high concern (SVHC) i.e. substances that are
carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction, or a persistent, bio accumulative and toxic
substance, or a very persistent and very bio accumulative substance in a concentration
above 0.1 percent weight by weight. The ECHA records all SVHCs in the "candidate list" which
is updated every six months.

Authorization: The use of certain SVHCs requires authorization. These selected SVHCs are
part of the authorization list (REACH Annex XIV).

Restriction: The REACH regulation also pertains to the restriction of manufacturing, trading,

and using certain hazardous substances, mixtures and articles. These restrictions have been
in effect for some time according to EEC Regulation 76/769 and were transferred to REACH
Annex XVII effective June 1, 2009.
The electronics and electrical engineering industries are obligated to comply with the registration and
information requirements described above and to comply with all restrictions defined in REACH. With
the continuous inclusion of substances in Annex XIV, authorization is also becoming increasingly
important.

Weidmuller
REACH
The European Chemical Regulation REACH stands for registration, evaluation and authorisation of
chemicals.

The objectives ot the REACH enactment, following article 1, are

securing a high level of protection for human health and environment

advancement of alternative assessment tools for dangers arising from these substances

improvement of competitiveness and innovation

To fulfill the objectives within the company Weidmller following article 1 of REACH enactment,
pioneering measurements have been taken. REACH is a learning system which can only be successful
if the response to new insights or new demand response is handled flexibly and dynamically.

Weidmller as an ecologically-minded company takes on responsibility for the communication within

the supply chain and the whole information flow within the REACH enactment 1907/2006.

Following REACH article 33, the duty to inform about substances in products is only applicable for so
called substances of very high concern (SVHC). The European Chemicals Agency ECHA decides which
substances are liable to this regulation (see REACH Art. 59). Since October 28th, 2008, a first version
of the list of candidates can be viewed on the web pages of ECHA.
Rittal

What is REACH?
REACH is the abbreviation for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation (release) and restriction of
Chemicals and stands for a new law on chemicals within the EU.
The core aspects are as follows:

Clear regulation of the registration and approval of "chemicals" All "substances" (chemicals)
manufactured / imported in quantities of one tonne per year or more must be registered by
the manufacturers / importers. The substances must be exclusively registered with the
European Chemicals Agency (EchA).

Reversal of the burden of proof to the manufacturer of "chemicals" The manufacturer must
"actively" inform its customers about the use of "questionable substances within the
meaning of REACH, and/or offer alternatives.
This means that Rittal must also be "actively" informed by its suppliers and Rittal must
"actively" inform its customers afterwards.

No data - no market (no registration no marketing)

What does this mean for Rittal?

Rittal neither manufactures substances / preparations nor imports them from outside the EU.
The only exceptions are preparations (touch-up sticks, paint, sprays etc.) which Rittal places
on the market as dealer. The relevant safety data sheets of these preparations are stored on
the Internet and are available for download. We would ask you to compare the applications
indicated in the relevant safety data sheets with your choice for their intended use, and to
inform us immediately in case of deviations.

With regard to the manufacture, Rittal is only "downstream user" (e.g. cleaning, painting of
components). This means that we use different chemicals for the manufacture of our
products.
Our products are manufactured items and not substances / preparations within the meaning
of REACH, and they do not release such substances / preparations during their application.
Therefore, the registration obligation does not apply to our products.

What are our activities?

Rittal maintains contact with the manufacturers of substances / preparations to verify whether
the Rittal application is known to the manufacturer and the substances have been registered
and/or preparations will be registered (complete registration takes place until 2018).

Rittal has included all currently known substances which "give cause for concern" (SVHC list)
into existing technical delivery conditions (AA-TL-035 "List of banned substances and
declaration list). These technical delivery conditions contain all currently valid international
regulations and laws that are applicable to our products as well as our customers' lists of
banned substances, and they are continuously reviewed. All suppliers of Rittal are required to
provide a binding confirmation that the aforementioned technical delivery conditions are
complied with. Up to now, all feedback has been negative. Therefore, no information about the
use of substances indicated in the SVHC list has been made available to us. With regard to all
new parts, compliance with the technical delivery conditions is checked as essential part of
the release within the scope of sampling.

Additionally, we perform chemical analyses of selected materials / components on a random

basis. Thus, we additionally check whether our requirements are complied with.

Based on the aforementioned information and activities, there are currently no indications that
substances are used which are prohibited within the scope of REACH or any other legal provisions
and/or according to our technical delivery conditions.
If, however, our examinations and/or any information provided by our suppliers indicate the use of
banned substances, we will immediately check alternatives and actively inform you as our customers.
This means that our products as well as any preparations which we place on the market as dealer
comply with the requirements of REACH according to the current state of knowledge.
Should your inquiry about banned substances refer to substances other than those included in our
technical delivery conditions, we will review these substances within the scope of our regular updates
and included them into our list, if applicable. For this reason, we ask for your understanding that we
are unable to provide you with individual confirmations regarding the substances in products.