Compliance Assistance

By far the most significant legislative initiatives affecting electronics manufactures are the European Union WEEE and RoHS Directives, which make producers responsible for the end-of-life management of their products and prohibit the presence of certain hazardous substances in products sold in the EU. Together, these two Directives represent the most significant environmental legislation ever to affect the electronics industry. Mabbett and Associates offers a suite of customized compliance assistance services to help you ensure compliance by the deadlines.

Gap Analysis

We will help you determine the extent to which your company is regulated by the EU Directives, or how they affect you as a supplier of electronics parts to producers that are directly covered. We will conduct a thorough examination of your operations to assess your overall level of preparedness for compliance and identify the areas that require attention.

Roadmapping

Once you have determined your gaps and overall level of preparedness, Mabbett & Associates will help you develop an implementation roadmap to ensure that you can meet the compliance deadlines with minimal business disruptions. Given the complexity of the Directives and the extremely compressed timeframe for implementation, there is widespread realization that few companies will be 100% compliant by the deadlines. Instead, it is widely believed that enforcement in the EU member countries will be based, at least initially, on a company’s ability to demonstrate due diligence. Such a roadmapping is an important part in establishing your own due diligence that you have taken reasonable and concerted steps toward compliance.

Training and awareness programs

A wide range of training services to help companies stay informed about the evolving regulatory picture. We offer on-site training customized for the operations affected by the transition: procurement, marketing, engineering, management, product development.

Regulatory tracking

Mabbett and Associates carefully tracks the regulatory developments in each of the EU member countries. We offer our clients the most accurate and up-to-date information on the evolving WEEE and RoHS legislation and impacts on your business. This includes providing regular updates to clients of specific developments by individual EU member countries as they continue to transpose the Directives into law. In addition, we provide on-going updates to clients about regulatory developments in Asia and North America.

Informational Guides

Mabbett and Associates develops customized information reports to help companies understand and evaluate the requirements as they apply to them.

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