IEC/TC111 began development of TS62476 “Guidance for assessing compliance of finished goods” with respect to restriction of use of hazardous substances”. As an International Specification, the objective is to make the guidance generally applicable across multiple regions, including the European Union and China.

IEC/TC111 began development of a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) on Sample Disjointment. This specification will assist manufacturers and OEMs disassembling and sampling products/components for purpose of testing with respect to the RoHS restricted substances.

IPC has released an update to the material declaration forms that correct the licensing issue by Adobe. Adobe is working to provide a secure, web-based system to reenable v1.0 forms and remove the time restriction on existing forms. (UPDATE: As of Oct 2006, the re-enablement web site is still awaiting release)