All of the products carrying the SANYO logo, purchased as new are now RoHS compliant without claiming the exemption in Article 8 of the Directive .

The RoHS legislation (EU Directive 2002/95/EU), concerning the Restriction of Hazardous Substances and the reducing of the amount of pollution in the Environment, came into effect on the 1st July 2006 . With this legislation, the European Union and many other countries are banning toxic substances, in electrical equipment, such as Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Chromium 6+, PBB and PBDE, because these do serious harm to the environment.

Complying to this legislation has been a significant challenge to the SANYO design, production and quality teams  since all RoHS compliant equipment and components had to meet SANYO's strict quality and performance standards. However, SANYO is committed to being an indispensable element in the lives of people world-wide and so welcomes such legislation that provides a clean environment for the people of the earth.