RoHS 10

RoHS Compliant

Updated 10 restricted substances / 22-JUL-2019

RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, and impacts the entire electronics

industry and many electrical products as well. The original RoHS, also known as Directive

2002/95/EC, originated in the European Union in 2002 and restricts the use of six hazardous

materials found in electrical and electronic products. All applicable products in the EU market

since July 1, 2006 must pass RoHS compliance.

Directive 2011/65/EU was published in 2011 by the EU, which is known as RoHS-Recast

or RoHS 2. RoHS 2 includes a CE-marking directive, with RoHS compliance now being

required for CE marking of products. RoHS 2 also added Categories 8 and 9, and has additional

compliance recordkeeping requirements.

Directive 2015/863 is known as RoHS 3. RoHS 3 adds four additional restricted substances

(phthalates) to the list of six.

Any business that sells applicable electrical or electronic products, equipment,

sub-assemblies, cables, components, or spare parts directly to RoHS-directed countries, or

sells to resellers, distributors or integrators that in turn sell products to these countries, is

impacted if they utilize any of the restricted 10 substances.

With the rapid spread of digitization, the world's production of electrical and electronic

devices is exploding. Besides mobile devices, think about the coming wave of IoT, smart home

assistants, robots, drones, 3D printers, and home medical devices to all corners of the planet...

they are all regulated under RoHS.

EU RoHS specifies maximum levels for the following 10 restricted substances. The first

six applied to the original RoHS while the last four were added under RoHS 3, which took

effect July 22, 2019.