Change history of ECMA-370

Guidance from the European commission on the proper way to reference Directives which have been amended has been implemented throughout.
All sections have been revised to reflect the recent developments regarding legal and market requirements.

To avoid confusion between the attributes that are applicable for certain equipment and those that are not, the Annex B has been divided into two separate templates; Annex B1 for Imaging equipment and Annex B2 for Computers and Computer monitors.
All sections have been revised to reflect the recent developments regarding legal and market requirements.
Guidance documents.

Wording of items regarding substance restrictions have been reviewed for better understanding
Directions for finding information regarding REACH article 33 is added
A reference to SDS (Safety Data Sheet) has replaced MSDS
Appropriate definitions for “halogen free” have been introduced
Risk phrases for flame retardants in plastic parts have been reintroduced, mainly motivated by the item being addressed the July 2008 EU purchasing criteria for IT products
Energy section is aligned with 2009 ENERGY STAR® criteria. Product performance information added in order to facilitate product comparison

Deleted repetitive text in P12.1 of ECMA-370-Annex-B.doc (14/01/2009)
Intended market information lists regions instead of countries and regions.
Legal references are listed on separate pages of annexes A and B.
Threshold values for chemical substance concentrations, as defined in legal requirements listed in annex, are repeated in appropriate items in Annex 2.
Chemical specifications for flame retardants according to ISO1043:4 may be given as an option to the Chemical names/CAS #.
To harmonize contents with IEEE1680 (EPEAT), new items “recycled” and “biobased” contents of plastic materials are added
Chemical emission rate“(printing phase)” is added to clarify the origin of the emissions
The energy section has undergone several modifications.
- Energy modes can now be defined according to the standard applied for the product and energy consumption can be presented for different mains voltages.
- EPS and power supply efficiency was removed because of complexity and risk for inconsistency of data.
- AEC was removed until benchmark has been developed and accepted by industry.

In line with IEC 62075, it uses energy consumption rather than power consumption.
“Special“ national legal requirements in the declarations have been removed to simplify the application.

This Standard contains two declarations: one on the company environmental profile and one on the product environmental attributes.
Declarations contain new legal and market requirements.
Fixed formats facilitate filling and comparability while retaining the freedom to enter additional information.
A quality control procedure is requested to ensure the correctness of the declarations.
The Typical Energy Consumption (TEC) was introduced to support the new Energy Star for imaging devices and other upcoming agreed definitions.