Producer responsibility, EU RoHS, WEEE, recasts, REACH, GHS/CLP, Ecodesign (EuP/ErP), China RoHS, ELV, batteries, J-Moss, Korea RoHS, US TSCA, California RoHS/Green Chemistry , E-waste, and other chemicals legislation - Cobham Technical Services (ERA Technology) advises industry, policy makers, trade associations, government and the European Commission. Let us help you keep track of these multiple, changing requirements, and enable you to understand how they affect your business, and provide expert technical advice on how to respond.

	Restricted substance and RoHS-like compliance worldwide			End of life & WEEE-like compliance worldwide
From the EU RoHS directive and REACH SVHCs to analogous requirements in the US, China, Japan and elsewhere worldwide. With a wide experience of advising industry, UK government and the European Commission, we can steer you through the regulatory minefield.			Scope, registration, labelling, responsibility. ERA can help determine what your obligations are and how to respond.
	REACH compliance and chemicals			EcoDesign (EuP/ErP) Directive compliance
REACH applies not only to chemical manufacturers and importers, it also has both and indirect impacts on the engineering and electrical products sector. The new GHS/CLP regulation is similarly challenging for chemical users. Similar requirements are growing in other jurisdictions. Cobham Technical Services (ERA) provides expert advice on what the implications are, legally, commercially and technically, and how to respond.			The Ecodesign Directive requires environmental performance, and in particular energy usage, to become integral to product design and business processes. We can provide expert advice on what these implications are and how to respond in a timely manner to reduce business risk.
	Environmental review of chemical processes
Manufacturers need to comply with legislation that restricts the use of hazardous materials and controls production processes that use chemicals. ERA carries out independent process audits versus legal and technical requirements.

Market: In parallel, customer pressure to move to “greener” solutions and supply chain phasing out of restricted and undesirable substances has meant that even those who are formally out of scope of legal restrictions are still affected.

Supporting you: Cobham Technical Services (ERA) has been an established provider of regulatory compliance services to the product sector for decades. Cobham Technical Services supports hundreds of companies worldwide and assists UK government and the European Commission on implementation and recast issues, exemptions, and ecodesign directive preparatory studies. Hence we are very well placed to provide you with precise and current advice on all aspects of product compliance.

The RFA group specialises in providing technical services including chemical analysis, information on and interpretation of global environmental product regulation and associated standards, guidance, product design and reliability etc. Our services comprise
- direct consultancy and analysis on technical and compliance issues
- training (one-to-one or public)
- guidance reports on REACH and RoHS
- RoHS supplier audit tool
- RE4view a bimonthly newsletter covering the latest on environmental product compliance and its implications for you
- environmental product compliance conference

Electrical equipment may also need to comply with EMC, ATEX, ELV, Safety and Batteries directives. Cobham advises on all of these too.