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ELV-Vehicle
Directive (Directive 2000/53/EC)
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:
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Cadmium
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Hexavalent
Chromium
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Lead
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Mercury
Click
here to link to Samtec's
ELV Compliant Status.
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.
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