ROHS DIRECTIVE
RoHS Directive restricts the use of Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+), Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) in certain electrical and electronic equipment sold in the European Union, since 1st of July 2006.
The Recast RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU or RoHS II on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment was adopted on 27th May 2011 and entered into force on 21st july2011. Member States will have to transpose the recast RoHS Directive into national law by 2nd January 2013.
The new RoHS Directive, also known as RoHS II, introduces new CE marking and declaration of conformity requirements.
The new RoHS Directive scope has been extended to medical devices (category 8), industrial monitoring and control instruments (category 9) and all electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) (category 11).
The timeline for the applied extension EEE:
Medical devices and monitoring and control instruments
In vitro diagnostic medical devices covered
Industrial monitoring and control equipment
Electrical and electronic equipment
Our RoHS compliance services include:
- Identify your RoHS obligations and requirements
- Manage RoHS compliance strategy and risks
- Ensure RoHS requirements are correctly applied and met for your products
- Reduce business impacts such as loss of sales