RoHS Declaration
PassMark Software hereby certifies that all our products are in compliance with the European Union Directives 2002/95/EC & 2015/863/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 3)
Based on information provided to us by our suppliers, to the best of our knowledge, PassMark products do not contain any of the identified substances in excess of the allowable Maximum Concentration Values (MCV).
REACH Compliance (EU)
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is a European Union regulation dating from 18 December 2006. REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human health and the environment.
Under the definition of the REACH regulations 1907/2006/EC, PassMark Software is a producer of “articles”. REACH requires article suppliers to inform recipients if an article contains a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) in excess of the specified value.
Based on the material content information provided to us by our suppliers, to the best of our knowledge, PassMark products do not contain any of the 240 chemicals identified on the current SVHC Candidate List published by ECHA in excess of the specified percentages.
Proposition 65 (California)
As of August 2018 the State of California has changed the requirements of the Proposition 65 (Prop 65) law. We now must list on our website any possible chemicals the can cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive problems. There are around 1000 substances on this list, including common items such as wood, alcohol & gasoline.
As far as we are currently aware, there is no significant risk level for our products in reasonable usage scenarios. But the testing for trace levels of 1000 chemicals required to confirm this is beyond the resources for a small company. US Businesses with less than 10 employees (like ours) are also exempt from Proposition 65’s warning requirements.
But out of an abundance of caution, treat all electronics as hazardous. Please recycle all electronic parts responsibly and under no circumstance eat, drink or smoke these parts and wash your hands after touching!
Conflict minerials (EU and USA)
Conflict Minerals Regulation aims to help stem the trade in four minerals/metals from certain countries, mainly the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The metals concerned are tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TG). No tantalum or tungsten are used in our current products. Some of our products use very small amounts of gold (typically ~3microns finishing layer on some PCBs) and tin in solder. These are necessary to their operation. Based on the material content information provided to us by our suppliers, to the best of our knowledge, PassMark products contain only conflict free 3TG metals. However it should also be noted that in most cases the supply chain is very deep and complex. We do not purchase any of these materials directly. Material from scrape and recycled sources is often combined with new material in hundreds of locations. Some suppliers have also not provided comphensive information to us, while others have been unable to identify the source of all their raw materials. Our policy is not to use these materials when the source is determined to be from a conflict region.
Contact information
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