European Union (EU)

One of the European Union's fundamental objectives is promoting sustainable development. This means meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising those of future generations.

The EU Commission with the cooperation of various stakeholders has developed several directives that affect the electronics industry. Mabbett & Associates tracks the legislative developments in Europe to ensure our clients are kept up to date on all current and future regulatory controls, that threaten their industry.

The West Europe electronics market accounts for 19% of the global electronics production, on par with Japan, and will remain a significant electronics market, maintaining a global market share around 20%. Reed Electronics Research (2003)

Given the size of the EU market, which was recently expanded to include [25 Member Countries], and an increasingly global electronics supply chain, the EU Directives are not just a "European issue," but are instead challenging the entire global electronics industry to think in a fundamentally different way about the products, the design, and manufacture and the materials they use.