RoHS restrictions
We abide by IEC 63000 regarding the technical documentation for the assessment of electrical and electronic products with respect to the restriction of hazardous substances. Substances restricted under the EU’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive (2011/65/EU) in electrical and electronic equipment (not batteries) include cadmium, chromium VI, lead, mercury, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).
All BAT-branded non-electrical and non-electronic Smokeless Products and parts must satisfy the minimum requirements of the legislation, and suppliers should comply with local laws and regulations where the products are sold.
Certain RoHS Directive exemptions can be used on our Smokeless Product parts. However, it is expected that alternative, compliant materials will be used where possible.
Low voltage safety
The standards that apply to electrical appliances that fall within low voltage regulations - including the EU’s Low Voltage Directive (LVD) voltage limits - also encompass battery-operated appliances at much lower ratings. These include our Heated Product and Vapour Product devices. This ensures safety protection for consumers throughout their likely use.
Conformity with the IEC harmonised standards provides a presumption of conformity with the protection requirements of Low Voltage (LV) regulations.
Our simplest route to compliance is to use standards that cover the whole of the LV protection requirements of the appropriate product standards. IEC 60335-1 is the core safety standard for our appliances, since it deals with the safety of electrical appliances for household and similar purposes.
Wireless (connected appliances)
Wireless regulations are often governed by end market product specific regulations that establish the requirements for all wireless transmitters and receivers, apart from devices used exclusively for military, state security, radio amateurs, and civil aviation. We follow the appropriate regulations, articles and approaches for wireless standards when producing connected products in the Heated Products and Vapour Products categories.
Product packaging
The BAT Group’s Product Stewardship Council (PSC) guidelines for packaging help to ensure that product packaging materials do not pose a toxicological risk to the consumer, either directly, or via contamination of the product by the packaging.
Substances not to be used as ingredients in packaging materials include but are not restricted to: substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction, according to the Provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging substances and mixtures.
