REACH Regulation:

REACH is an acronym for Registration, Evaluation and Authorization (and Restriction) of Chemicals. This EU ‘regulation’ came into force on June 1, 2007 and is intended to be a support for global efforts on environmental protection.

Mini-Circuits is proud of its early adoption of ISO14001 certification and is an environmentally conscious member of the community.

REACH and Mini-Circuits:

• Mini-Circuits’ products are defined as ARTICLES
• There is no “intended release” of SVHCs in our products
• Registration is not required for Mini-Circuits’ products
• Mini-Circuits is compliant to Reach Regulations

Mini-Circuits will provide material declarations, on request, (via ROHS@minicircuits.com) to identify all substances to 0.01% as a service to our customers with REACH obligations

Key Points of REACH:

• REACH applies to ALL imports to the EU, as opposed to RoHS which addresses only the Electronics Industry
• There are 3 levels of interest defined by REACH:
  
  • SUBSTANCES: Base chemicals identified by CAS or EINIC lists
  • PREPARATIONS: Combinations of substances in a product (Ex: ink, adhesives, etc)
  • ARTICLES: assembled products (Ex: cars, airplanes, electronic components)
• The regulation focuses on the control of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) that are relevant to Substances and Preparations, not Articles.
• There are currently thousands of chemicals under consideration for SVHC status. Mini-Circuits periodically reviews the EU Website (http://echa.europa.eu) for changes to the list and regulations and the impact they may have on our models
• REGISTRATION is required for Substances and Preparations, not Articles
• NOTIFICATION and COMMUNICATION is required for Articles under the following conditions:
• SVHC > 0.1% of Total Article Weight (Ex: the total weight of the car)
• The ARTICLE has an “intended release” of SVHC

RoHS-5 Availability

Mini-Circuits has identified many of our existing non-RoHS models as containing lead (Pb) in solder surfaces. These models contain Pb per the European Union 2002/95/EC Annex 7 and may be exempted for users in telecommunications, network servers, etc.

These models are compliant in the other 5 substances and are, therefore, called RoHS-5.

These models will include "RoHS5" in the description field for ease of identification.