"Does the above mean that all CE labeled equipment put on market after
July 2006 has been constructed with Lead free solder ?

What we can say is that all equipment put on the market in the EU since
July 2006 *should* contain no lead or any of the other banned substances
(eg hexavalent chromium used for metal passivation).

The CE label attests that the product meets all relevant standards, but I
don't know absolutely for certain if that now includes RoHS compliance.
(We might imagine it would be, or should be - but that can often be a
trap. The only thing that counts is what the regulations actually DO SAY.)


Also for example equipment from outside the EU , like American made TenTec
equipment (now CE approved), because it would be a requirement for CE
labeling , or has this type of labeling nothing to do with actual
construction methods ?

As I said, I'm not sure. You'd have to ask the manufacturer.

(Officially there is no such category as "CE approved" - it's another one
of those imagined things.)


Our club certainly had to wait for the delivery of a Kantronics tnc whist
they re-worked it to meet RoHS, before they could CE mark it and get it into
the EU.

73
Jeff