RoHS is a mandatory standard established by EU legislation. Its full name is "Restriction of Hazardous Substances" (Restriction of Hazardous Substances). The standard has been officially implemented on July 1, 2006, and is mainly used to standardize the material and process standards of electrical and electronic products, making it more conducive to human health and environmental protection. The purpose of this standard is to eliminate lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in electrical and electronic products (note: the correct Chinese name of PBDE refers to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, which is a false statement ) There are 6 substances in total, and it is stipulated that the lead content should not exceed 0.1%.
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The European Parliament and the European Commission issued the "Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive" (referred to as the "WEEE Directive") and the "Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive" in their "Official Gazette" on February 13, 2003. (Referred to as "RoHS Directive")
The "RoHS Directive" and the "WEEE Directive" stipulate that there are 102 kinds of products in ten categories that are included in the management of hazardous substances restriction and scrap recycling. The first seven categories of products are my country'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 (except implanted or infected products), monitoring and control equipment ,vending machine.
On December 3, 2008, the European Union issued the WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC) and RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC) revision proposals. The purpose of this proposal is to create a better regulatory environment, that is, simple, understandable, effective and enforceable regulations. The main contents of the RoHS Directive revision are:
1. The legal terms have been changed, and the scope and definition of the directive have been clarified;
2. Introduce the CE mark of the product and the EC declaration of conformity;
3. Include medical devices, control and monitoring instruments into the scope of the RoHS directive in stages;
The restricted six hazardous substances have not changed, but four substances-hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD), phthalic acid (2-ethylhexyl ester) (DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) ) And dibutyl phthalate (DBP)-Priority evaluation is required to determine whether it will be included in the scope of restricted substances in the future
RoHS scope:
Only for new products launched on the market on July 1, 2006.
Including household incandescent lamps and light sources.
Should not violate special directives or regulations concerning safety and health requirements-Vehicle ELV, Automotive Directive; Battery Directive, 91/157/EEC, 93/86/EEC&98/101/EC
Excludes: medical equipment or monitoring equipment (WEEE Directives 8, 9); repair spare parts that were put on the market before July 1, 2006; and reusable products that were originally put on the market before July 1, 2006.
