Re: Non-use Certificates for Substances Specified in the RoHS Directive
Dear Supplier:
Thank you for your continued support of the Daikin Group. We have asked you to control the chemical substances specified by Daikin, including those specified in the EU RoHS Directive (“RoHS Substances”), according to “prohibited”, “phase out” and “reduce” levels. These controls are based on Daikin’s Green Procurement Guidelines, which are a requirement for supplying your products to us.
You may already have begun measures to prohibit, phase out and reduce the substances specified by Daikin. On our side, Daikin will revise Purchasing Specification Sheet No.ASB040004K (“AS”) to satisfy the RoHS Directive. With reference to materials, parts and products supplied to us directly or via a third party (“Supplies”), we would like you to confirm the terms and conditions described below, place your company seal on a duplicate of this document, and return the duplicate to us as warranty of your compliance.
1. Daikin Industries began designating the Supplies that must comply with the AS in January 2005. The supplies listed on the Web-based chemical substance survey system of Daikin Industries or a survey provided by Daikin Groups in its stead (Chemical Substance Survey (“System”)) shall comply with the AS under the following article, regardless of whether or not drawing of the Supplies are labeled “AS”.
(1) Concentration levels of the RoHS Substances contained in raw materials or parts used for the Supplies and the determination of concentration levels shall be subject to the AS.
(2) Proof of concentration levels of the RoHS Substances contained in the Supplies shall consist of certificates from the manufacturers of the raw materials of parts, or experimental results from a third-party measurement institution.
(3) the start date for compliance with the AS shall be specified by Daikin Trading (Thailand) Ltd., (hereafter called “DTL”).
2. The supplier shall perform the voluntary inspections required by Daikin Industries for the purpose of confirming the status of compliance with the RoHS Directive, shall assist Daikin Industries in performing process inspections at the operation(s) of the supplier, and shall provide Daikin Industries with the documents necessary for process inspection.
3. The supplier shall conserve the experimental results and other data on the RoHS Substances under drawing numbers for the Supplies provided by Daikin Industries in order to secure the traceability of said substances.
4. The supplier shall provide DTL with the experimental result for the RoHS Substances according to the drawing numbers for the Supplies upon every revision of the drawings.
5. In the event that any ambiguity arises as to compliance with the AS, the supplier shall promptly perform a determination of the concentration of the RoHS Substances, shall provide DTL with the experimental results, and shall subsequently follow the directions provided by DTL for the delivery of the Supplies.
6. In the event of the discovery of any nonconformity with the AS, the supplier shall promptly report the same to DTL and take proper measures as specified by DTL.