EN IEC 63000 Technical Documentation for the Evaluation of Electrical and Electronic Products with Respect to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances

The standard "EN IEC 63000 Technical documentation for the evaluation of electrical and electronic products with respect to the restriction of hazardous substances", which has its basis in a European standard and was subsequently published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), describes the technical documentation compiled by the manufacturer to declare compliance with the applicable substance restrictions. Documentation of the manufacturer's management system is outside the scope of this standard.

Directive 2011/65/EU, commonly known as RoHS, requires manufacturers to provide technical documentation and implement a production control procedure in their companies. The standards developed within this scope aim to ensure that manufacturers properly evaluate electrical and electronic equipment in terms of RoHS.

This is valuable for a standard product testing documentary approach when it comes to RoHS compliance. It avoids many of the costly RoHS analytical testing methods, such as X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) analysis at the homogeneous material level.

For the purposes of this standard, the following terms and definitions apply:

• Restricted substance refers to a substance whose use in a product, subassembly, part or material is limited.
• Manufacturer refers to a natural or legal person who manufactures a product or designs or produces a product and markets it under its own name or trademark.
• Supplier refers to an organization that provides materials, parts, or subassemblies to a manufacturer.

The manufacturer must compile technical documentation demonstrating compliance of electrical and electronic products with substance restrictions.

According to this standard, technical documentation must contain at least the following elements:

• A general description of the product. The product description and intended use is one factor in determining which exemptions (if any) apply.
• Documentation for materials, parts, or subassemblies.
• Information showing the relationship between the technical documents defined in this standard and the relevant materials, parts or subassemblies in the product.
• List of standards or other specifications used to create the technical documents defined in this standard, or list of standards or other specifications to which these documents refer.

The four primary tasks to be undertaken by the producer are:

• Determine the information needed.
• Collecting information.
• Evaluate the information for its quality and reliability and decide whether it should be included in the technical documentation.
• Ensuring that technical documentation remains valid.

The process of creating technical documentation is included as given in the standard.

The types of technical documentation required for materials, parts or subassemblies should be based on the manufacturer's assessment of:

• Possibility of restricted substances being present in materials, parts or subassemblies
• Reliability of the supplier

Materials added during the manufacturing process (such as solder, paint, adhesives) are considered part of the assessment.

In making an assessment of the probability of the presence of restricted substances, the manufacturer may exercise technical judgment as to the low probability of the presence of certain substances in certain materials (e.g., organic substances in metals). Such technical judgment should be based on technical information available through the electrical/electronics industry or a literature search of materials or components used in electrical/electronic products. Additional information that may be used in making the assessment includes the types of materials typically used in the part or subassembly and historical determinations of the probability of the presence of restricted substances in each material type.

When making a supplier reliability assessment, the manufacturer can apply:

• Previous experience with supplier organization
• Results of previous supplier audits

The assessment and associated procedures may form part of a quality management system or equivalent.

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