ROHS

RoHS is short for “The Directive on the Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment”. The first version of RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC) was passed by the European Parliament on 27 January 2003; the European Union published the new harmonised version of RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU) on 1 July 2011 and the new directive became effective on 21 July 2011 to repeal the previous version.
Scope
RoHS Directive of the European Union covers an extensive scope of products, including almost all of electronic and electrical equipment, medical devices, telecommunications equipment, toys and security information products. It not only includes finished products, but also spare parts, raw materials and packaging intended for the production of the finished products, thus closely associated with the entire production chain.
This Directive does not apply to:
(a) equipment which is necessary for the protection of the essential interests of the security of Member States, including arms, munitions and war material intended for specifically military purposes;
(b) equipment designed to be sent into space;
(c) equipment which is specifically designed, and is to be installed, as part of another type of equipment that is excluded or does not fall within the scope of this Directive, which can fulfil its function only if it is part of that equipment, and which can be replaced only by the same specifically designed equipment;
(d) large-scale stationary industrial tools;
(e) large-scale fixed installations;
(f) means of transport for persons or goods, excluding electric two-wheel vehicles which are not type-approved;
(g) non-road mobile machinery made available exclusively for professional use;
(h) active implantable medical devices;
(i) photovoltaic panels intended to be used in a system that is designed, assembled and installed by professionals for permanent use at a defined location to produce energy from solar light for public, commercial, industrial and residential applications;
(j) equipment specifically designed solely for the purposes of research and development only made available on a business-to-business basis.
 
Contents
Annex I: Categories of EEE covered by this Directive
AnnexII: Restricted substances referred to in Article 4(1) and maximum concentration values tolerated by weight in homogeneous materials
AnnexIII:Applications exempted from the restriction in Article 4(1)
AnnexIV: Applications exempted from the restriction in Article 4(1) specific to medical devices and monitoring and control instruments
AnnexV: Applications for granting, renewing and revoking exemptions as referred to in Article 5
AnnexVI:EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY