summarize
RoHS is a mandatory standard formulated by the European Union legislation, its full name is the "Directive on the restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Ingredients in electronic and Electrical equipment". The standard has been officially implemented on July 1, 2006, mainly used to regulate the material and process standards of electronic and electrical products, so that it is more conducive to human health and environmental protection. The purpose of the standard is to eliminate lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in electronic and electrical products, adding 4 phthalates, a total of 10 substances.
Standard and regulatory requirements
EU Regulation/Directive 2011/65/EU
Scope of application:
1. Large household appliance | 7. Toys, leisure and sports equipment |
2. Small household appliance | 8. armarium |
3. IT and communication equipment | 9. Video control equipment, including industrial monitoring and control equipment |
4. Consumer equipment | 10. vending machine |
5. lighting equipment | 11. All other electrical and electronic equipment not covered by the above categories, but not applicable to the products or equipment listed in Article 2(4). |
6. Electronic and electrical tools | / |
The implementation of this Directive shall not be contrary to EU legislation on safety and health requirements and legislation on chemicals, in particular Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, as well as specific EU legislation on waste management.
2011/65/EU Hazardous substances and limit requirements: The maximum allowable concentration of hazardous substances in homogeneous materials is:
Restricted substance | maximum allowable concentration |
plumbum | 0.1 % |
mercury | 0.1 % |
cadmium | 0.01 % |
hexavalent chromium | 0.1 % |
PBB | 0.1 % |
poly brominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) | 0.1 % |
Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 0,1 % |
Tolyl butyl phthalate | 0.1 % |
Dibutyl phthalate | 0.1 % |
diisobutyl phthalate | 0.1 % |
RoHS2.0
RoHS 2.0 (2011/65/EU) came into force on July 21, 2011, and officially implemented on January 3, 2013 (2002/95/EC repealed on the same day), RoHS 2.0 on the basis of the original RoHS directive to expand the scope of products to eleven major categories, Member States are required to ensure compliance with the requirements of the new Directive with EEE as well as with components including its repair parts or re-use or cable or upgrade of its function/capacity. RoHS 2.0 gives a clear definition of homogeneous materials and specifies the respective responsibilities and obligations of manufacturers, authorized representatives, importers, sellers, etc. The manufacturer must draw up the necessary technical documents during the production process, carry out the internal production control procedures in accordance with the Model A specified in Appendix II of Decision 768/2008/EC, and also provide a declaration of conformity, before the CE mark can be affixed to the final product.
At the same time, manufacturers are required to keep relevant technical documents and declarations of conformity for 10 years after the product is placed on the market. The directive covers 41 exemptions and is constantly updated.
