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Eu Reach Statement Ev96b94a

1. The document is a statement from Microchip regarding compliance with the European Union's REACH Directive, which regulates chemicals and substances. 2. Microchip has evaluated their products and determined that they are not subject to REACH registration or notification requirements. 3. One substance, lead titanium zirconium oxide, is present above the threshold in one of Microchip's development tools and customers have been notified as required.

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Eu Reach Statement Ev96b94a

1. The document is a statement from Microchip regarding compliance with the European Union's REACH Directive, which regulates chemicals and substances. 2. Microchip has evaluated their products and determined that they are not subject to REACH registration or notification requirements. 3. One substance, lead titanium zirconium oxide, is present above the threshold in one of Microchip's development tools and customers have been notified as required.

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STATEMENT REGARDING EU-REACH

Product Number: EV96B94A


Revision: 7
Product Name: WBZ451 Curiosity Board
Effective: 09/22/2022

To our valued customers:

The European Union’s REACH Directive 1, among other things, requires EU manufacturers and
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importers to determine if they must: 1) register certain substances with the European Chemicals
Agency (“ECHA”), 2) notify ECHA regarding certain substances, or 3) communicate to
customers that certain substances are present in the materials (“articles” and “preparations”)
they manufacture or import into the European Union.

Microchip’s compliance efforts include monitoring REACH regulatory developments and an


evaluation process for our products. Our product evaluation includes engineering analysis, third
party testing, and other information or documents provided by the manufacturer or distributor of
raw materials or by subcontract assemblers of Microchip’s electronic products. Because our
evaluation includes reliance on third party information, we cannot verify to a certainty the
accuracy of such third party information. With that limitation in mind, we can provide the
following information to our customers:

1. Registration with ECHA: When assessing REACH requirements for registration, EU


manufacturers and EU importers are required to evaluate their articles to determine whether a
prescribed exposure to chemicals exists. Registration of substances in articles is required
where: a) substances are intended to be released from the produced or imported articles during
normal and reasonably foreseeable conditions of use; and b) the total amount of substance
present in the articles with intended releases produced and/or imported by that actor exceeds
one (1) metric ton or more per year per producer or importer. As of the date above, there are no
known or intended releases of chemical substances under normal or reasonably foreseeable
conditions from the use of Microchip’s electronic products. Therefore, Microchip is not subject to
registration requirements under Articles 7(1) and 7(5) of REACH for its electronic products.

2. Notification with ECHA: Separate from the registration requirement above, the REACH
Directive requires EU manufacturers and importers of certain substances to notify ECHA
regarding each substance that is: a) a Substance of Very High Concern (“SVHC”) 2, present 1F

above a concentration threshold of 0.1% of the weight of the article; and b) imported in
quantities of one (1) metric ton or more per year. Exemptions and other conditions can play into

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Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation,
Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and
repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and
Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/regulations/reach
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Link to the published REACH SVHC list: http://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table
the analysis. Microchip does not import more than one metric ton of any of the 223 SVHC into
the European Union in any given year. Therefore, the notification requirements under Article
7(2) of REACH are not applicable to Microchip’s electronic products.

3. Communication to Customers: REACH also imposes communication requirements on EU


manufactures and importers to their customers regarding the existence of SVHC, if present
above a concentration threshold of 0.1% of the weight of the preparation or article. As of the
date above, one article(s) in Microchip's development tool listed above have been found to have
equal to or greater than 0.1% weight over weight of the below SVHC(s). This letter is intended
to be a proactive notification of the existence of REACH SVHCs and Microchip's efforts to
substitute said materials.

Substance Present CAS Number


Lead titanium 12626-81-2
zirconium oxide

4. Communication with respect to ANNEX 17: Annex XVII sets out a list of restrictions on the
manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous chemical substances, mixtures,
and articles. The Annex contains restrictions on the marketing and use of dangerous substances
adopted since 1976 in the framework of Directive 76/769/EEC, as well as subsequent restrictions
adopted under REACH. These substances have specific restrictions and certain chemical
restrictions in specific product(s). To the best of our current knowledge and belief, Microchip
products have no restrictions and meet the requirements listed under Annex XVII.

Microchip commits to compliance with the REACH Directive and to communicate compliance to
our customers as the scope and breadth of REACH regulation evolves.

For information regarding the exclusive, limited warranties applicable to Microchip products,
please see Microchip’s standard terms and conditions of sale, which are printed on our sales
documentation and available at www.microchip.com.

Jennifer Norton
Corporate Product Material Compliance Engineering

Microchip Technology Incorporated


2355 W. Chandler Boulevard
Chandler, Arizona 85224
Attachment “A”

Microchip does not specifically analyze (crush & grind) finished products for the presence of
any SVHC. Information is believed to be accurate based upon review of material composition
and information obtained directly from our various supply chains.

REACH definition at § 7.1(b) requires registration of an article only if it contains a regulated


substance that is intended to be released under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of
use. In all cases, each of these substances identified above are chemically bound within the
ceramic or glass matrix and presents no hazard to humans or the environment under normal
handling and use.

Diboron trioxide (B2O3) along with silicon dioxide (SiO2), is an intermediate "network former" substance
in the production of borosilicate glass. The final product (borosilicate glass) is itself a new substance,
synthesized from the raw materials but no longer containing them in their original independent states.
Therefore, as Diboron trioxide (B2O3) is not present in the glass in its molecular form or cannot be
released under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions manufacturers/importers are not obliged
to communicate information on the substances mentioned above according to Article 33(1) and in
accordance with Article 7(2) ff. of the REACH regulation.

Lead oxides (PbO, Pb3O4) noted as constituents of ceramics as such, the chemical characteristics,
including risk to the environment and humans, of lead oxides (PbO, Pb3O4) as constituents of
ceramics are not comparable with the properties of the final ceramics matrix. The chemical compound
created is not a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC). Manufacturers/importers are not obliged to
communicate information on the substances mentioned above according to Article 33(1) and in
accordance with Article 7(2) ff. of the REACH regulation.

Reference: Joint Position of BVKI, JEITA and ZVEI

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