RoHS Product Mark General and Specific Guidelines
UL's RoHS product certification means that products comply with UL's RoHS product certification program requirements. Representative samples of products are tested at the homogeneous materials level for the presence of six substances restricted by the EU RoHS Directive. The six substances must not exceed the limits set by the RoHS Directive.
To be eligible to use the UL RoHS Product Mark in advertising or promotion, the product must also appear in UL iQTM for Restricted Substances database, UL's online directory of RoHS certified products available at www.ul.com/rscs.
All references to UL RoHS product certification are to include the full UL RoHS Product Mark with database URL and file number.
Guidelines
- Any references to UL in promotional materials must be complete and accurate.
- The UL Mark should never appear more prominently in any advertising or packaging than the name of the company manufacturing or selling the product.
- Products certified by other organizations, tested to UL requirements, cannot bear any UL Mark on or in connection with these products or their advertising.
- Do not use any UL RoHS Product Mark or reference your UL RoHS product certification on your company stationery, business cards or signs. Use of these references on such materials could incorrectly imply more than a third-party relationship between your company and UL, or incorrectly imply that all products you manufacture comply with the UL's RoHS product certification program requirements.
- No claims should be made that your company itself has been certified by UL as RoHS compliant.
- If you use the UL RoHS Product Mark on your Web site, you must ensure that visitors to your Web site are able to clearly identify which of your products comply with the UL's RoHS product certification program requirements.
- References to UL can be made only once you are authorized by UL to use the with the UL's RoHS Product Mark.
- No degree of acceptability, level of safety or protection should be implied in promotional materials.
- If you are no longer eligible to use the UL RoHS Product Mark for any reason, all material that refers to this Mark should be immediately removed from distribution, and further use of any UL Marks should be discontinued.
- If some of your products appearing in a Web site, brochure, ad or catalog are covered by the UL RoHS Product Mark but others are not, you must ensure the wording and placement of UL references make it clear which products are in fact covered and which are not. Do not use the UL RoHS Product Mark in general advertising or promotional material to suggest that products that haven't been evaluated are covered by UL's program.
- The UL symbol and any words used to describe your participation the UL RoHS product program must be large enough so that they can be clearly recognized and read by your customers.
- To display the UL RoHS Product Mark on your promotional materials, you may use the Mark in black on a light background or white on a dark background. If you choose to use color, the checkmark appears in PMS 361; all other elements of the mark are 100 percent black.
- Do not try to reproduce the UL RoHS Product Mark. Only use an authorized UL RoHS Product Mark, which can be downloaded from the UL Web site.
Sample Correct References | Incorrect References |
"This product is RoHS Certified by UL. Representative samples of products have been evaluated by UL at the homogeneous materials level and did not exceed the content requirements defined by the EU RoHS Directive." | "UL Approved for RoHS" |
"Certified by UL as meeting the limits defined by the EU RoHS Directive. See www.ul.com/rscs for more information on this product." | "UL RoHS tested" |
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