Compliance & Testing

The EU RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU, as amended by Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/863) restricts ten substances in electrical and electronic equipment: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, two groups of brominated flame retardants (PBB and PBDE) and four phthalates (DEHP, BBP, DBP and DIBP). Cables are within its scope. In an audio cable, the parts to watch are solder, plating, brass connector parts and the plasticizers and pigments in PVC jackets.

Your specification states the RoHS requirement, and we confirm it in writing at order. If your market, retailer or marketplace asks for a RoHS test report, we arrange testing of your finished cable at a third-party laboratory, and the report is issued in your brand's name.

REACH (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) applies to chemicals in all products sold in the EU, including articles such as cables. Two parts matter most:

• Restrictions (Annex XVII). Some substances are limited in articles, for example certain phthalates and PAHs in plastic or rubber parts that touch the skin.
• Candidate List substances (SVHC). When an article contains a Candidate List substance above 0.1% by weight, suppliers in the EU must pass on information about it, and consumers can ask for it and receive an answer within 45 days. The list is updated about twice a year, so a report always states which update it covers.

An SVHC screening test can be arranged for your cable per project, with the report issued in your brand's name.

Proposition 65 requires businesses with 10 or more employees to give a clear and reasonable warning before exposing people in California to listed chemicals. For cables, the usual questions are lead in brass connector parts and certain phthalates in PVC jackets.

Whether your product needs a warning is your decision, ideally made with a compliance advisor and based on test results for your materials. We can arrange the testing, and we print the warning text you choose on the product or packaging.

The EU General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988 has applied to consumer products since 13 December 2024. A cable sold to consumers in the EU needs a product identifier, such as a model or batch number, and the manufacturer's name, postal address and electronic contact. When the manufacturer is outside the EU, the details of an economic operator in the EU must also appear. Warnings and safety information must be in a language that consumers in the country of sale can easily understand, as set by that country.

We print the label information you provide on the product, packaging or insert. Haisen is not your EU Responsible Person or importer; your brand or importer remains responsible for compliance in each market.

FCC equipment authorization in the US applies to devices that generate radio-frequency energy, such as products with digital electronics. A passive cable with no electronics generally does not need FCC testing.

CE marking applies when an EU directive that requires it covers the product. RoHS covers cables, so ask your compliance advisor whether and how CE marking applies to your product. CE marking is a declaration made by the manufacturer or brand, not a certificate, so we never describe a passive cable as "CE certified".

• Your written specification, including conductor material and substance requirements, confirmed in writing at order.
• Test reports for your product, such as RoHS or REACH SVHC, arranged per project with a third-party laboratory and issued in your brand's name. Cost and timing are quoted per project.
• The pre-shipment inspection report for every bulk order, with photos.
• Label information printed to your instructions, such as GPSR details, Prop 65 warnings and origin marking.

We don't share reports made for other brands, and we don't publish certificates on this site.

• Your target markets, such as the EU, the UK or the US
• The standards your retailer or marketplace asks for
• Whether reports must name your company
• Which models, colors and lengths a report should cover, because a report applies to a specific product