FYI John Burke (408) 515 4992 -----Original Message----- From: Leadfree [mailto:Leadfree@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Boyens Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 12:04 PM To: Leadfree@xxxxxxx Subject: [LF] EU WEEE RoHS Update from the US Mission to the EU Dear All, For those not already on his list, please see Chris' email below for information on an opportunity to participate in an EU RoHS/WEEE update from our friends at the US Mission to the EU. Also, apologies for being incommunicado for the past 5 months - have been in and out of town - mostly out, but will try to get up to speed and send out any news or latest info. on int'l enviro. regs./policies. Please let me know of the same so I can let others know.......thanks!! Happy New Year everyone............High hopes for 2009!!! Best, Jon Jon Boyens Associate Director, Office of Technology and E-commerce; Standards Coordinator for Manufacturing Industries U.S. Department of Commerce T: 202-482-0573 F: 202-482-0952 http://Export.gov/infotech www.standards.gov www.manufacturing.gov ----- Forwarded by Jon Boyens/MAS/ITA/USDOC on 01/05/2009 02:14 PM ----- "CommercialService@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Chris.Sherwood@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: CommercialService@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/02/2009 03:24 PM To chris.sherwood@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject Webinar Info Correction & Clarification Correction & clarification about RoHS webinars. Apologies for any confusion! There will be at least two Department of Commerce webinars on the proposed revision of the RoHS Directive. The first will take place on January 12th. A second is planned for January 15th. The program shown in the previous notice erroneously showed the January 15th date. A corrected program is shown below. I omitted to mention the fee for the January 12th webinar; it is $50. Registration for the January 12th webinar is via this web page. Title: All You Need to Know About EU RoHS II Date: January 12th, 2009 Time: 11 a.m. Eastern Time (90 mins) Program: 11:00 - 11:05 Welcome and Introduction by Chris Sherwood, WEEE & RoHS Specialist at the Commercial Service in the U.S. Mission to the EU 11:05 - 11:20 Putting the proposals in context (presentation by Chris Sherwood) - the process - the timing - the institutions - the challenges and opportunities 11:20 - 11:45 What is being proposed? (presentation by Abbie Cottrell of AeA Europe) - key elements of the proposals - what is not proposed - implications for business compliance 11:45 - 12:25 Q&A (with Chris Sherwood and Abbie Cottrell) 12:25 - 12:30 close Value Added: 1. Separate myth from fact 2. Get early warning of possible changes 3. Understand the time line 4. Get answers to your questions from Brussels-based business and regulatory experts Further webinars on WEEE and RoHS will be announced in the coming weeks. One is planned for January 15th; details will be sent shortly. To opt out of future email communications please click here ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---Leadfee Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to LISTSERV@xxxxxxx with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Leadfree To temporarily stop/(start) delivery of Leadree for vacation breaks send: SET Leadfree NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at sasako@xxxxxxx or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3739 (20090105) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3739 (20090105) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com