China MEP Order 7/China REACH – The Measures for Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances (China MEP Order 7  ) was issued in January 2010 by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) and came into force on 15 October 2010. This regulation is similar to EU REACH regulation and is also known as “China REACH”.   China MEP Order 7 requires that manufacturers and importers submit new substance notifications and obtain approvals from the Solid Waste and Chemical Management Centre of China MEP (MEP-SCC) prior to production or importation.

China RoHS – China RoHS (also known as Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products  ) is a Chinese government regulation that controls the legal threshold of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), and polybrominated diphenly ethers (PBDs) in electrical and electronic products. Compliance with China RoHS is mandatory for electrical and electronic products being sold in and into China. Manufacturers, importers, and distributors must ensure that these products meet these limits and the Declaration and Labelling Requirements of China RoHS in order to sell products in China. There are no exemptions in China RoHS.