BaRS Mandate
ΎΕ²© Circuit, Inc., including its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (“ΎΕ²©”) is committed to environmental compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations A number of countries (including the European Union and China) are preparing or have enacted regulations related to certain substances, including the taking back and recycling of certain products after their useful life. Fundamental to achieving compliance is the timely and accurate exchange of necessary information with our supply chain concerning the products we manufacture on behalf of our customers.
We work closely with our customers and suppliers to reduce the amounts of environmentally relevant substances in the products we design and manufacture. Compliance with such regulations and the provision of all relevant environmental data, including applicable recycling data, related to materials, parts, components, and products is required. Supplier cooperation is crucial, and we require this data to be timely and accurately provided by our Suppliers, as we need to know if and to what extent environmentally relevant substances are present in the materials, parts, components and/or products we are provided. This mandate and the ΎΕ²© BaRS Requirements apply to all materials, parts, components, and products supplied for ΎΕ²©. Our Suppliers are responsible for compliance with the ΎΕ²© BaRS Requirements.
Additionally, it is our Supplier’s responsibility to comply with all applicable legal requirements and any terms or conditions otherwise agreed to by and between ΎΕ²© and our Suppliers. In the event of conflict between the ΎΕ²© BaRS Requirements and any other ΎΕ²© or ΎΕ²© customer requirement, Supplier will immediately notify their ΎΕ²© purchasing representative of any such conflicts, and except where agreed to in writing by the ΎΕ²© authorized purchasing representative and ΎΕ²© Corporate Commodity Management, the terms, and conditions of the ΎΕ²© BaRS Requirements shall prevail. Any deviation from the ΎΕ²© BaRS Requirements must be approved in writing by ΎΕ²©’s purchasing representative after concurrence by ΎΕ²© Environmental and Development staff is documented.