RoHS Directive - European Commission - Environment
Dec 7, 2023 · The RoHS Directive currently restricts the use of ten substances: lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP).
Implementation of the RoHS Directive - European Commission
Jan 18, 2024 · The RoHS Directive allows for exemptions from its restrictions, under certain conditions defined in article 5(1), adapting the Annexes to scientific and technical progress. Exemptions are limited in time and reassessed on a regular basis, taking into account. the availability, practicability and reliability of substitutes
New Legislative Framework (CE marking and Declaration of Conformity); and Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). Q1.3 When. do the new provisions of RoHS 2 apply? RoHS 2 entered into force on 21. st. July 2011 and must be transposed into national laws by 2. nd
Report on the review of the Directive on the restriction of the use …
Dec 7, 2023 · Report from the Commission on the results of the review of the RoHS Directive summarising the main evaluation findings and the action proposed Report on the review of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment - European Commission
Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Aug 3, 2019 · Study on RoHS/WEEE simplification; Study on the producer responsibility principle of the WEEE Directive; 2008 review of the WEEE Directive and annexes; WEEE Directive implementation in the EU25; Impact assessment on the proposed Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment; Summary of the impact assessment on WEEE
The RoHS Directive was amended notably in 2017 13( ), as the result of the scope review carried out to give effect to Article 24(1). Since 2019, the RoHS Directive covers all EEE (‘open scope’), ranging from household appliances to medical devices. Scope exclusions include military equipment, space equipment, large-scale
Environment - European Commission
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REACH Regulation - European Commission - Environment
Dec 19, 2024 · The Regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) is the main EU law to protect human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals.
The directive3 includes a few criteria according to which RoHS 2 exemptions can be justified. This means that under specific circumstances, temporary permission, for placing EEE, which contains the RoHS 2 banned substances, on the EU market, may be granted. Such exemptions are then listed under Annexes III and IV of the directive.
Revised industrial emissions directive comes into effect
Aug 2, 2024 · The updated Directive on industrial and livestock rearing emissions enter into force on Sunday (4 August), revising the former Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).