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Legislation Translation >> RoHS Compliance Solutions

Bureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services RoHS Compliance experts Increased environmental concern in Europe has driven efforts to promote Green Manufacturing. Green Manufacturing principles aim to reduce the negative environmental impact of product and services by lowering energy consumption, minimizing toxicity, extending product service life, and setting reuse, recycling, and recovery targets.

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IECQ Hazardous Substance Process Management

What is it?

The Restrictions on the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive restricts the use of certain hazardous substances within electrical and electronic equipment.

Published by European Community, the purpose of this Directive is to:

protect human health and the environment
complement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive (2002/96/EC)

Key elements

Having come into force 1 July 2006, the RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC) restricts the use of six hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market in the EU.

Hazardous Substance	Maximum Concentration Value (in each homogenous material)	Common Applications
Lead (Pb)	0.1%	Solders, termination coatings, paints, pigment, PVC stabiliser, batteries
Mercury (Hg)	0.1%	Fluorescent lamps, batteries, sensors, relays
Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))	0.1%	Coatings to prevent corrosion (on zinc or aluminium or in paints)
Cadmium (Cd)	0.01%	Coatings, solders, semiconductors, contacts, PVC stabiliser, pigments
Polybrominated biphenyl flame retardants (PBB)	0.1%	Flame retardant in certain plastics (no longer produced)
Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants (PBDE)	0.1%	Flame retardant in certain plastics (actually several different products)

Who must comply

Manufactures, importers, distributors and retailers need to ensure that their products and product components comply with the requirements of the Directive. The following details typical products within the scope of the Directive.

1. Large household appliances> - (Such as large cooling appliances; refrigerators; freezers; other large appliances used for refrigeration, conservation and storage of food; washing machines; clothes dryers; dish washing machines; cooking; electric stoves; electric hot plates; microwaves; other large appliances used for cooking and other processing of food; electric heating appliances; electric radiators; other large appliances for heating rooms, beds, seating furniture; electric fans; air conditioner appliances; other fanning, exhaust ventilation and conditioning equipment)
2. Small household appliances - (Such as vacuum cleaners; carpet sweepers; other appliances for cleaning; appliances used for sewing, knitting, weaving and other processing for textiles; irons and other appliances for ironing, mangling and other care of clothing; toasters; fryers; grinders, coffee machines and equipment for opening or sealing of containers or packages; electric knives; appliances for hair-cutting, hair drying, tooth brushing, shaving, massage and other body care appliances; clocks, watches and equipment for the purpose of measuring, indicating or registering time; scales)
3. IT and telecommunications equipment - (Such as centralised data processing; mainframes; minicomputers; printer units; personal computing; personal computers, including the CPU, mouse and keyboard; laptop computers, including the CPU, mouse and keyboard; notebook computers; notepad computers; printers; copying equipment; electrical and electronic typewriters; pocket and desk calculators; other products and equipment for the collection, storage, processing, presentation or communication of information by electronic means; user terminals and systems; facsimile; telex; telephones; pay telephones; cordless telephones; cellular telephones; answering systems; other products or equipment of transmitting sound, images or other information by telecommunications)
4. Consumer equipment - (Such as radio sets; television sets; video cameras; video recorders; hi-fi recorders; audio amplifiers; musical instruments; other products or equipment for the purpose of recording or reproducing sound or images, including signals or other technologies for the distribution of sound and image than by telecommunications)
5. Lighting equipment (including electric light bulbs and household luminaires) - (Such as luminaires for fluorescent lamps; straight fluorescent lamps; compact fluorescent lamps; high intensity discharge lamps, including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps; low pressure sodium lamps; other lighting equipment for the purpose of spreading or controlling light)
6. Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools) - (Such as drills; saws; sewing machines; equipment for turning, milling, sanding, grinding, sawing; cutting; shearing; drilling; making holes; punching; folding; bending or similar processing of wood, metal and other materials; tools for riveting, nailing or screwing or removing rivets, nails, screws or similar uses; tools for welding, soldering or similar use; equipment for spraying, spreading, dispersing or other treatment of liquid or gaseous substances by other means; tools for mowing or other gardening activities)
7. Toys, leisure and sports equipment - (Such as electric trains or car racing sets; hand-held video game consoles; video games; computers for biking, diving, running, rowing, etc.; sports equipment with electric or electronic components; coin slot machines)
8. Automatic dispensers - (Such as automatic dispensers for hot drinks; automatic dispensers for hot or cold bottles or cans; automatic dispensers for solid products; automatic dispensers for money; all appliances which deliver automatically all kind of products)