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REACH

REACH is the EU chemicals legislation dealing with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. REACH covers chemical substances as such, in preparations or in articles intended to be released. The regulation replaces numerous EU laws and is complementary to other environmental and safety legislation.



The aims of REACH are to:

  • Improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals
  • Enhance the competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry, a key sector for the economy of the EU
  • Promote alternative methods for the assessment of hazards of substances
  • Ensure the free circulation of substances on the internal market of the European Union

Hughes Electronics is classed as an importer or distributor of “articles” as defined in REACH Article 3(3).

As a distributor, Hughes Electronics does not manufacture any of the components it sells and does not add any chemicals during the handling process.

Products sold by Hughes Electronics are “articles” as defined in REACH Article 3(3). There is no intended release of substances from the products sold by Hughes Electronics, under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, therefore the requirement in REACH Article 7 (1)(b) to register substances contained in articles and intended to be released under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use does not apply.

Chemicals used in the components or the manufacturing of components sold by Hughes Electronics are used at the discretion of the manufacturer and the relevant requirements of the REACH Regulation remain the responsibility of the manufacturer.

If you have any questions concerning this statement, please contact your Hughes Electronics Sales Representative.

 

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Directive 2002/95/EC   Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)

Hughes electronics manufactures a wide range of products; a large number of sub-assemblies and components are purchased from other manufacturers. Hughes Electronics goes to great lengths to make sure all of our products meet applicable legal requirements when they ship, and we continually monitor changes in those requirements. We have surveyed our products, and to the best of our knowledge, Hughes Electronics is in compliance with all applicable national and international laws and regulations, including those that may restrict the materials used in the content of certain products. Of course, Hughes Electronics assumes no liability for changing regulatory requirements after a product is dispatched.

Hughes Electronics also has a comprehensive management program in place to ensure our products conform to the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS).


Hughes Electronics' RoHS compliance approach includes the following elements and requirements:

  1. For products designated by Hughes Electronics to be RoHS compliant, Hughes Electronics specifies and designs the product to use materials and parts that conform to the RoHS directive.
  2. All Hughes Electronics suppliers of RoHS compliant products must provide Hughes Electronics with a declaration that the particular products supplied meet the RoHS directive.
  3. Hughes Electronics follows a detailed product qualification process for all products, which includes materials and specification reviews and audits of manufacturing lines.

If you have any questions concerning this statement, please contact your Hughes Electronics Sales Representative


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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Hughes Electronics recognize our responsibilities and obligations under all current National and European legislation and regulations and are totally committed to and in support of compliance with the European Union Directives on Waste, Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) .


We continually work closely with our supply chain to ensure our complete compliance with the Directives in accordance with the current timetable, (as issued by the U. K. Department of Trade and Industry).

 We are also committed to meeting our “importer” responsibilities and obligations, as defined in the scope of the Directives, for those products that we import into the U.K. market place.


We require our suppliers to ensure that all products, (that fall within the scope of the Directives), supplied after 13th August 2005 are marked with the “Do Not Dispose of in Household Waste” symbol as prescribed in article 10 of the WEEE Directive.

Hughes Electronics has an obligation to ensure the appropriate steps are taken for the recovery and recycling of WEEE from its business customers.To meet this obligation we ask customers to contact the Customer Service Department (+44 020 73 781 400) once the product has reached the end of its life.

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