The ELV Directive (End-of-Life Vehicle Directive) was adopted by the European Auto Manufacturers in April of 2002 and is currently in effect as of July 2003. The purpose of the Directive is to identify, reduce, and ultimately ban the use of the environmentally unfriendly "four heavy metals" listed below:
To view a list of Samtec products that are ELV Compliant, click here.
Material Declarations for Samtec products is also available. Click here to use this interactive program.
The ELV Directive (European Law 2000/53/EC) Executive Summary can be found at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2000/l_269/l_26920001021en00340042.pdf
Click here to link to Samtec's RoHS Requirements. Click here to link to Samtec's WEEE Requirements. For questions in regards to Samtec's Environmental Compliance, contact our General Technical Support Group.