As you know, EU RoHS is supposed to be a single market directive, in other words the interpretation is the same across all Member States (Article 95). However, one or two differences are already ...

It has been more than a decade since the EU released the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive that constrains the use of a handful of substances in electronic equipment, with lead ...

Directive 2002/95/EC, well known as the EU-RoHS directive, came into force on 1st July 2006. The world didn’t change fundamentally on this day of course, and most consumers are unaware that it exists, ...

Negotiations over the future of the EU’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive – which will impact the handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) – are due to take ...

The European Commission has published an inception impact assessment signalling its intention to amend the scope of the directive on the restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and ...

I. Background and Objectives of the "Two Directives" In order to protect human and animal health and the environment, after ten years of discussion and consultation, Directive 2002/96/EC of the ...