Harris is an international communications company that has paid close attention to world wide compliance regulations. In order to provide more environmentally friendly products, and meet the requirements of world wide legislations, Harris has developed this web page to answer questions that are commonly asked by its supply base. The below links are intended to answer the questions sparked by Harris compliance activities.

RoHS Directive – Harris is actively changing many of its products to RoHS compliance. These changes affect Harris suppliers differently based on what division and program the supplier is providing products or services for. This link provides details about the RoHS Directive and how suppliers should be reacting to it.

WEEE Directive – Harris has acted on the WEEE directive and this link provides details about what suppliers should know about the WEEE Directive.

IPC-1752 – Harris has committed to the IPC-1752 Materials Declaration Management Standard in order to support compliance activities within Harris Corporation. This standard allows Harris to communicate to suppliers the information they need and to gather the information in a consistent format. This link provides details about how suppliers should support IPC-1752 and how they should fill out Harris requested IPC-1752 forms.

Harris Requirements for IPC-1752 Forms – IPC-1752 has done a great job of creating a standardized format for material declaration. However, due to time constraints, some parts of IPC-1752 are still in development. In specific, there are data validation features not yet available in the IPC forms. Because these features are not yet available, Harris has defined some criteria that suppliers should verify before submitting IPC forms to Harris. This link provides details about those criteria.

Joint Industry Guide (JIG-101) – The Joint Industry Guide is a standard that defines what substances need to be reported and references the relevant legislations. This standard is the basis for IPC-1752. This link provides details about the Joint Industry Guide.

Relevant Links – The industry is currently in a transition with regards to compliance activities. Harris has found the following links to be helpful with regards to various topics related to compliance. Because of this, Harris recommends that suppliers go through the attached links in order to fully understand the electronics industry with regards to compliance.

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