RoHS / WEEE Directives

Critical Substances

In general all METCASE products adhere to the statutory requirements and to the national and European directives that are relevant for our products, and METCASE can confirm that, with respect to hazardous substances, our standard products comply with the currently applicable laws and ordinances of the European Union and of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Our standard products are not subject to any marking or declaration requirements. The latest requirements - some of which apply
to us - are specified in the ordinances WEEE (2002/96/EC), RoHS(2002/95/EC) and 94/62 EEC.

We aim to provide you with EC safety data sheets in accordance with 91/155/EEC for all materials and substances used. We can
supply the data sheets for the plastic materials by e-mail. Simply let us know which of our products you are using, and we will e-mail
you with the latest material data sheet.

The following table will also give you an overview. At the present moment our standard products generally comply with the following specifications or fall below the relevant limits. Any deviation is explicitly mentioned in the material text of every delivery sheet.

Critical Materials (From Prohibited Chemical Substances Ordinance)
Aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbons	< 0.1 %
Short-chain chloroparaffins
Chlorinated and bromated dioxins and furans	< 0.0000005 %
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)	< 0.005 %
Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT)
Carbon tetrachloride
Ugilec and DBBT (PCB substitute)	< 0.005%
Organic tin compounds
Polychlorinated naphthalenes with more than 3 Chl atoms	< 0.1 %
Asbestos	< 0.1 %
Formaldehydes	< 0.1 ppm

Heavy Metals
Cadmium and cadmium compounds (Cd)	< 75 ppm, Packaging material <100 ppm
Chrommium hexavalent (Cr(VI))	Packaging material <100 ppm
Lead and lead compounds (Pb)	Packaging material <100 ppm < 4% in copper alloys, e.g. brass < 0.4% in aluminium alloys < 0.3% in steel alloys
Mercury and mercury compounds	Packaging material < 100 ppm

Flame Protecting Agents
Polybromated biphenyls (PBB)	< 0.1%
Polybromated diphenyls (PBDE)	< 0.1%
Diphenyl ether pentabromide derivative	< 0.1% (76/769/EC)
Diphenyl ether octabromide derivative	< 0.1% (76/769/EC)
Various amines	< 0.1% (76/769/EC)
Bisphenol A (tetrabromo bisphenol)

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