{"id":14086,"date":"2024-05-19T04:35:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T03:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roglacup.com\/klaus62\/?p=14086"},"modified":"2024-05-19T04:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T03:55:00","slug":"restriction-of-hazardous-substances-in-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-rohs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roglacup.com\/klaus62\/2024\/05\/19\/restriction-of-hazardous-substances-in-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-rohs\/","title":{"rendered":"Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The RoHS Directive currently restricts the use of ten substances: lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All products with an electrical and electronic component, unless specifically excluded, have to comply with these restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, the Commission adopted a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?qid=1485526057244&amp;uri=CELEX:52017PC0038\">legislative proposal<\/a>\u00a0adjusting the scope of the RoHS Directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"timeline\">Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Key dates related to the RoHS Directive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7 December 2023 Review finalised and proposed targeted amendment of the RoHS Directive<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/13137-Review-Restriction-of-the-use-of-hazardous-substances-in-electronics_en\">Find out more<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 March &#8211; 2 June 2022 Commission launches public consultation of the review of the RoHS Directive<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/news\/european-green-deal-commission-seeks-views-reviewing-rules-hazardous-substances-electrical-and-2022-03-10_en\">Find out more and contribute to the consultation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24 February 2022 Commission publishes delegated acts ending use of mercury in lamps<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/news\/commission-publishes-delegated-acts-ending-use-mercury-lamps-2022-02-24_en\">Find out more<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>December 2021 Commission adopts 12 Delegated Directives concerning exemptions for the use of mercury in lamps<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/news\/clean-and-circular-electronics-commission-ends-use-mercury-lamps-mercury-free-alternatives-prevail-2021-12-16_en\">Find out more<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 November 2017 RoHS Directive amended<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02 January 2013D eadline for EU countries to transpose provisions of new RoHS Directive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21 July 2011New RoHS Directive enters into force<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>27 January 2003First RoHS Directive enters into force<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Posted from:<a href=\"https:\/\/environment.ec.europa.eu\/topics\/waste-and-recycling\/rohs-directive_en\">https:\/\/environment.ec.europa.eu\/topics\/waste-and-recycling\/rohs-directive_en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intro: <a href=\"https:\/\/images.app.goo.gl\/qx26kQEs4UbrwbEbA\">https:\/\/images.app.goo.gl\/qx26kQEs4UbrwbEbA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RoHS Directive currently restricts the use of ten substances: lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP). All products with an electrical and electronic component, unless specifically excluded, have to comply with these restrictions. 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