REACH

The candidate list according to article 59 (1, 10) of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH) was published October 28^th, 2008 on the website of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Determining whether any of its products contain more than 0.1 percent by weight of the candidate substances is an ongoing process. For this purpose the company is in close contact with its suppliers.

In the process it has been found that Bis (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP) CAS 117-81-7 is contained in certain classes of aluminum electrolytic capacitors with PVC sleeves and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) CAS 84-74-2 in certain classes of film capacitors (see product list below).

EPCOS must also continue to use humidity indicator cards containing CoCl₂ in the packaging of some of its products.

EPCOS is taking every effort to replace these substances as quickly as possible.

To the present and best of our knowledge and based on the information available to us from our suppliers our current products offered do not contain added substances of very high concern (SVHC) as referenced by the amended candidate list of January 13 and March 30, 2010 above a limit of 0.1 % w/w

Should our state of knowledge change, we shall inform you accordingly.