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IEC PAS 63015 Edition 1.0 2016-06 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SPECIFICATION PRE-STANDARD Definition of“Low-Halogen”for electronic products IEC PA S 63015:2016-06(en)THIS PUBLICATION IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Copyright 2016 IEC,Geneva,Switzerland All rights reserved.Unless otherwise specified,no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying and microfilm,without permission in writing from either IEC or IECs member National Committee in the country of the requester.If you have any questions about IEC copyright or have an enquiry about obtaining additional rights to this publication,please contact the address below or your local IEC member National Committee for further information.IEC Central Office Tel.:+41 22 919 02 11 3,rue de Varemb Fax:+41 22 919 03 00 CH-1211 Geneva 20 infoiec.ch Switzerland www.iec.ch A bout the IEC The International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC)is the leading global organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical,electronic and related technologies.About IEC publications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC.Please make sure that you have the latest edition,a corrigenda or an amendment might have been published.IEC Catalogue-webstore.iec.ch/catalogue The stand-alone application for consulting the entire bibliographical infor mation on IEC Inter national Standards,Technical Specifications,Technical Reports and other documents.Available for PC,Mac OS,Andr oid Tablets and iPad.IEC publications search-www.iec.ch/searchpub The advanced search enables to find IEC publications by a variety of criter ia(r efer ence number,text,technical committee,).It also gives information on pr ojects,replaced and w ithdr awn publications.IEC Just Published-webstore.iec.ch/justpublished Stay up to date on all new IEC publications.Just Published details all new publications released.Available online and also once a month by email.Electropedia-www.electropedia.org The w or lds leading online dictionary of electronic and electr ical terms containing 20 000 ter ms and definitions in English and French,w ith equivalent terms in 15 additional languages.Also k now n as the International Electr otechnical Vocabulary (IEV)online.IEC Glossary -std.iec.ch/glossary 65 000 electrotechnical ter minology entr ies in English and French extr acted from the Terms and Definitions clause of IEC publications issued since 2002.Some entr ies have been collected fr om earlier publications of IEC TC 37,77,86 and CISPR.IEC Customer Serv ice Centre-webstore.iec.ch/csc If you w ish to give us y our feedback on this publication or need further assistance,please contact the Customer Ser vice Centr e:csciec.ch.IEC PAS 63015 Edition 1.0 2016-06 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SPECIFICATION PRE-STANDARD Definition of“Low-Halogen”for electronic products INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION ICS 01.040.71;13.030.10 ISBN 978-2-8322-3471-6 Registered trademark of the International Electrotechnical Commission Warning!Make sure that y ou obtained this publication from an authorized distributor.2 IEC PAS 63015:2016 IEC 2016 CONTENTS FOREWORD.3 INTRODUCTION.5 1 Scope.6 2 Normative references.6 3 Terms,definitions and abbreviated terms.7 4 Requirements for low-halogen electronic products.8 5 Compliance process for low-halogen electronic materials and components.9 6 Marking and labeling for“low-halogen”electronic products.9 6.1 Marking of printed boards.9 6.2 Marking of mechanical plastics.9 6.3 Marking of passive and solid-state devices,cables,and other components of an electronic product.9 6.4 Marking of electronic products.10 Annex A(informative)Where BFRs,CFRs,and PVC are used in electronic or electrical products.11 Annex B(informative)Suggested test protocols Low-halogen process flow.12 B.1 Low halogen process flow.12 B.2 Low halogen process flow verbiage.13 Annex C(informative)Clarification for including only bromine and chlorine in the definition of low-halogen materials.14 Annex D(informative)Differences between JS709B and JS709A.15 Bibliography.16 Table A.1 General presence of bromine and chlorine in BFRs,CFRs,and PVC in electronics and electrical products.11 IEC PAS 63015:2016 IEC 2016 3 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ DEFINITION OF“LOW-HALOGEN”FOR ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS FOREWORD 1)The International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC)is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising all national electrotechnical committees(IEC National Committees).The object of IEC is to promote international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields.To this end and in addition to other activities,IEC publishes International Standards,Technical Specifications,Technical Reports,Publicly Available Specifications(PAS)and Guides(hereafter referred to as“IEC Publication(s)”).Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees;any IEC National