The European ROHS environmental certification for shoes is a requirement to ensure that shoe products comply with European environmental standards. ROHS certification mainly restricts the use of certain harmful substances in electronic and electrical equipment to protect human health and the environment. Although shoes do not belong to electronic and electrical equipment, certification may also be required if the shoe material contains ROHS restricted substances.

The European ROHS environmental certification for shoes is mainly aimed at ensuring that shoes do not contain harmful substances such as heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, as well as certain brominated flame retardants and phthalates. These substances may pose hazards to human health and the environment.

To obtain European ROHS environmental certification for shoes, companies need to submit product samples to relevant certification agencies for testing. The certification agency will conduct tests on the product to determine whether it meets the requirements of the ROHS directive. If the product passes the testing, the certification agency will issue a ROHS certification certificate to prove that the product meets European environmental standards.


The ROHS testing process for shoes in Europe is as follows:

1. The applicant shall fill out the application form and provide a list of product components.

2. Split the product according to its material and conduct harmful substance testing using different materials. Specifically, the shoe samples will be sent to a professional testing agency for testing, which will conduct quantitative analysis of harmful substances in the product according to the requirements of the ROHS directive.

3. The testing agency issues a testing report, which will list the content of each harmful substance in the product.