1. PT63031 - Definition of Low Halogen Materials in Electrical and Electronic Products
TC111 - PT63031
Meeting in Tokyo, Japan
Per Eriksson, PG Polymerkonsult

2. PT 63031 - Definition of Low Halogen Materials – The project team
The members (42) of the project are ( ): In blue: new member since Wilmington 2017
In red: members who left the PT - Per Eriksson, PG Polymerkonsult, Sweden, project leader - Douglas Sober , Essex Group, US - Jaehak Jung, Kotiti Lab, Korea - Youjiang Chen, Intel, US - Stephen Willmore, Legrand, UK - Dennis Kountz, Chemours, US - Rajeev Vagdia, BEAMA, UK - Takayuki Tanaka, Asahi Glass, JP - Paula Saavalainen, Microsoft, Finland - Fred Dawson, Chemours, CA - Laurent Tribut, Schneider Electric, France - Frederic Melchior, Intel, BE - Jean-Luc Detrez, Intel, Belgium - Christophe Garnier, Schneider Electric, FR - Michael Müller, Harting, Germany - Dennis Price, GB - Scott MacLeod, UL, US - Fabricio Valle, Solvay, IT - Mark Frimann, Texas Instruments, US - Peter Brown, W.L. Gore, US - Stephen Tisdale, Intel, US - Jeff Evans, Intel, BE - Solange Blaszkowski, Philips, NL - Kasturirangan Kannah, Chemtura, GB - Lein Tange, ICL-IP,NL - Philippe Salémis, CEFIC, BE - Andrea Legnani, CEI, IT - David Kiddoo, CC&CA, US - Per Hellman, Schneider Electric, SE - Takako Hiruta, Schneider Electric, JP - Juan Manuel Benito, Unex, ES - Leon Konings, Philips, NL - Sergio Gemme, Bocchiotti, IT - Roberto Sidoti, IMQ, IT - Chang-wook Do, Gokea, Korea - Jun Haruhara, Polyplastics, Japan - Eric Sitters, ICL, NL - Patrick Anthonio, SABIC, NL - Sun A Kim, LGE, Korea - Kaisa-Reeta Koskinen, Energiavirasto, Finland - Torben Kempers, SABIC, NL - Brian Ivory, Intel, IR - Randy Flinders, Greensofttech, US
- Markus Stark, Würth Elektronik, DE - Daniel de Schryver, Albemarle, Belgium

3. PT63031 Low Halogen Sub-teams
New text for the CD2 has been prepared by the sub-teams: - Scope, References, Terms & Definitions: Jean-Luc Detrez, Per Hellman, Takako Hiruta - Introduction, Normative part: Stephen Tisdale, Scott MacLeod, Solange Blaszkowski, Jun Haruhara, Laurent Tribut - Reference to compliance test: Scott MacLeod, Laurent Tribut, Leon Konings - Annex A: Takako Hiruta, Per Eriksson, Jun Haruhara, Torben Kempers, Takayuki Tanaka, Fred Dawson, Dennis Kountz, Eric Sitters, Stephen Tisdale

4. PT 63031 – Time schedule for publishing an IS
Original plan New plan
NWIP published:
NWIP closing date for voting
First CD sent to CO:
CD sent to NC´s:
CD2 sent to CO:
CD2 distributed to the NC’s:
CDV sent to CO:
CDV distributed to the NC’s:
FDIS published:
IS published:

5. Fifth PT63031 meeting held in Wilmington 17´th and 18´th of May 2017
High-lights from the meeting: - The remaining 151 comments from London were treated by the PT: - Observations of 50 comments about the Normative Part and Technical Assessment were discussed and decided upon. - Observations of 101 comments about Annex A were treated by the Annex A sub-team prior to the meeting and published on the PT website for comments by the PT experts. The meeting decided to approve the Annex A sub-team observations. - The sub-teams presented their proposals of text for the CD The meeting decided to publish a CD2 based on the definition decided in London in February 2017: ”A material defined as Low Halogen shall contain less than 0,9 % (by mass) total elemental halogen (F,Cl, Br,I) and meet the thresholds of all halogenated substances in the IEC database.”

6. Comments to the CD2 document -111/461/CD
Comment type 111/461/CD Technical 156 Editorial 101 General 29 Technical/Editorial 9 General/Technical 6 General/Editorial 1 Unidentified 3 Total 305

7. Coming steps going to a CDV
The sub-team leader of Introduction and Normative Part has now come up with a proposal of a new definition based on the reporting thresholds of all halogenated substances in the IEC database, including criteria
The sub-teams has prepared preliminary observations of the NC comments for their different parts of the document based on the proposal of definition from the sub-team of the Normative Part.
PT will make observations to the NC comments of the CD2.
A CDV will be created by the sub-teams following the decisions and observations taken in Tokyo.

8. Coming meetings with PT63031
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the 22´nd to the 24´th of May 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden - Preliminary in Busan, KR where the TC111 Plenary meeting will be held

9. Thank You