LenovoplanstotransitiontoRoHScompliancewellbeforetheimplementationdateandexpectsits
supplierstobereadytosupportLenovo'srequirementsandschedule.Productssoldin2005,willcontain
someRoHScompliantFRUs.ThefollowingstatementpertainstotheseproductsandanyproductLenovo
producescontainingRoHScompliantparts.
RoHScompliantThinkCentrepartshaveuniqueFRUpartnumbers.BeforeorafterJune,2006,failedRoHS
compliantpartsmustalwaysbereplacedusingRoHScompliantFRUs,soonlytheFRUsidentiedas
compliantinthesystemHMMordirectsubstitutionsforthoseFRUscanbeused.
ProductsmarketedbeforeJune2006ProductsmarketedafterJune2006
Currentororiginalpart
ReplacementFRU
Currentororiginalpart
ReplacementFRU
Non-RoHSCanbeNon-RoHS
Non-RoHSCanbeRoHS
Non-RoHSCansubtoRoHS
RoHSMustbeRoHS
MustbeRoHSMustbeRoHS
Note:AdirectsubstitutionisapartwithadifferentFRUpartnumberthatisautomaticallyshippedbythe
distributioncenteratthetimeoforder.
RelatedWebURLsare:
•LenovoinformationforSupplierswebsite:
http://www-03.ibm.com/procurement/proweb.nsf/ContentDocsByTitle/
United+States~Information+for+suppliers
•RoHSDirective:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_037/l_03720030213en00190023.pdf
•CaliforniaSenateBills20,50:
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/HHW/Events/AnnualConf/2004/presentation/MPaparian.pdf
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