This standard specifies the requirements for the restricted substances management system of organizations related to the production of electrical and electronic products, aiming to help organizations identify the relevant processes for the use of restricted substances according to relevant laws and regulations or customer requirements, and establish and implement the restricted substances management system.
When any requirement of this standard is not applicable due to the nature of the organization and its products, the requirement may be considered to be deleted, but the deletion shall be limited to the requirements of Clause 7 herein and shall not affect the organization's capability or responsibility to provide products that meet the applicable laws and regulations related to restricted substances management or the customer requirements, otherwise, it cannot be claimed to conform to this standard.
This standard is applicable to various types and scales of organizations related to the production of electrical and electronic products, meets their needs of establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving the restricted substances management system, so as to improve their capability of restricted substances controls, thus reducing and (or) eliminating the use of restricted substances.
Conformity with this standard may be demonstrated by:
a) Self-evaluation and self-declaration of the organization;
b) The organization customers' evaluation and confirmation of conformity;
c) Certification of the organization's restricted substances management system by a third-party agency;
d) Confirmation of the organization’s self-declaration by other interested parties.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 19000-2008 Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary (ISO 9000:2005, IDT)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in GB/T 19000-2008 and the following apply.
