RoHS is a mandatory standard formulated by EU legislation. Its full name is the Restriction of Hazardous Substances. This standard has been officially implemented since July 1, 2006. It is mainly used to regulate the material and process standards of electronic and electrical products, making them more conducive to human health and environmental protection. The standard aims to eliminate lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (note: the correct Chinese name of PBDE refers to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers is a wrong statement) in electrical and electronic products, a total of 6 substances, and focuses on stipulating that the content of cadmium should not exceed 0.01%.


New European Directive

(ROHS Directive) 2011/65/EU

The European RoHS 2011/65/EU requires 6 items to be tested, and the directive takes effect as the RoHS directive.

RoHS test items include lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), hexavalent chromium (Cr6+), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).

As for DIBP, BBP, DBP, DEHP and other projects, the directive only mentions whether they are included in the management and control in the subsequent priority evaluation, and does not require the manufacturer to carry out testing.



instructions

The European Parliament and the European Commission issued the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive for short) and the Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (RoHS Directive for short) in their Official Gazette on February 13, 2003

According to RoHS Directive and WEEE Directive, there are 10 categories of 102 products that are included in hazardous substance restriction management and scrap recovery management. The first seven categories of products are China's main export electrical products. Including large household appliances, small household appliances, information and communication equipment, consumer products, lighting equipment, electrical and electronic tools, toys, leisure and sports equipment, medical equipment (excluding implanted or infected products), monitoring and control instruments, and vending machines.


On December 3, 2008, the European Union issued a proposal to amend the WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC) and the RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC). The purpose of this proposal is to create a better regulatory environment, namely simple, understandable, effective and enforceable regulations.

The main contents of the revision of the RoHS Directive include:

1. Changed the legal terms and clarified the scope and definition of the Directive;

2. CE mark and EC declaration of conformity of introduced products;

3. Incorporate medical devices, control and monitoring instruments into the scope of RoHS directive in stages;

The six restricted hazardous substances have not changed, but four substances - Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP), 2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), butylbenzyl phthalate (BBP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) - require priority evaluation to see if they will be included in the scope of restricted substances in the future.


RoHS scope:

Only for new products launched on the market since July 1, 2006.

Includes household incandescent lamps and light sources.

It shall not violate special instructions or regulations on safety and health requirements - Vehicle ELV, Automobile Directive; Battery Directive, 91/157/EEC, 93/86/EEC&98/101/EC

Excluding: medical equipment or monitoring equipment (Category 8 and 9 of WEEE Directive); Maintenance spare parts put on the market before July 1, 2006; Reuse products originally put on the market before July 1, 2006.