(August 22, 2006) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Integrated Service Technology (IST), a test and analysis lab in Taiwan, estimates four or five of Taiwan’s electronics companies have been disqualified for business with the European Union (E.U.) by the E.U.’s RoHS Directive. The company also stated that the disqualified businesses were fined for failed products shipped to the E.U. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs stated that it received no information regarding RoHS disqualification cases.