The EU will implement RoHS on July 1, 2006. At that time, electrical and electronic products that use or contain heavy metals, PBDE, PBB and other flame retardants will not be allowed to enter the EU market if the limit value exceeds the standard. According to the requirements of EU WEEE&RoHS Directive, qualified third-party testing institutions in China split the products according to their materials and tested hazardous substances with different materials. In general:


·Four harmful metal elements such as Cd Cd/Pb Pb/Hg Hg/Cr6+hexavalent chromium shall be tested for metal materials

·In addition to the four harmful heavy metal elements, the plastic materials also need to be tested for brominated flame retardants (PBB/PBDE)

·At the same time, heavy metals in packaging materials of different materials also need to be tested (94/62/EEC)

The following are the upper limit concentrations of six harmful substances specified in RoHS:

Cadmium: less than 100ppm

Lead: less than 1000ppm

Less than 3500ppm in steel alloy

Less than 4000ppm in aluminum alloy

Less than 40000 ppm in copper alloy

Mercury: less than 1000ppm

Hexavalent chromium: less than 1000ppm

EU RoHS applicable products and regions

The 27 member states of the EU: the United Kingdom (quitting the EU in 2020), France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Cyprus, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania.


The RoHS directive covers the electronic and electrical products listed in the catalog below AC1000V and DC1500V:

1. Large household appliances: refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, air conditioners, etc

2. Small household appliances: vacuum cleaner, electric iron, hair dryer, oven, clock, etc

3. IT and communication instruments: computer, fax machine, telephone, mobile phone, etc

4. Civil installations: radio, television, video recorder, musical instrument, etc

5. Lighting fixtures: fluorescent lamps other than household lighting, lighting control devices

6. Electric tools: electric drill, lathe, welding, spray, etc

7. Toys/entertainment, sports equipment: electric cars, video game machines, automatic gambling machines, etc

8. Medical instruments: radiotherapy instrument, ECG tester, analyzer, etc

9. Monitoring/control device: smoke detector, thermostat, factory monitoring controller, etc

10. Vending machine

11. Semiconductor device

It includes not only the complete machine products, but also the parts, raw materials and packaging used in the production of the complete machine, which is related to the entire production chain.