RoHS Around

the World
PART 2

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Today’s Moderator

Madison Adams
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 INTRODUCTION

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 Feature Presentation
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RoHS Around the World
Concern for the health of citizens and the environment lead
to implementation of directives and regulations in countries
around the world.

Some Examples:
⬥ EU RoHS
⬥ Taiwan RoHS
⬥ Vietnam RoHS
⬥ Eurasian RoHS
⬥ Serbia RoHS
⬥ Ukraine RoHS
⬥ United Arab Emirates RoHS

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EU RoHS 2
Regulation: 2011/65/EU RoHS 2
Substances and Thresholds:
⬥ Cadmium(Cd) and its compounds: 0.01%
⬥ Mercury and its compounds: 0.1%
⬥ Lead(Pb) and its compounds: 0.1%
⬥ Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) and its compounds: 0.1%
⬥ Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB): 0.1%
⬥ Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE): 0.1%

Included after July 22, 2019 per Directive (EU) 2015/863 (RoHS 3.0):
⬥ Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP): max 0.1%
⬥ Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP): max 0.1%
⬥ Dibutyl phthalate (DBP): max 0.1%
⬥ Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP): max 0.1%

Effective date: January 2, 2013

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EU RoHS 2
Included Products:

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EU RoHS 2
Excluded Products:
⬥ Industrial Category 9 products (until 2017)
⬥ Category 11 products (until 2019 RoHS 2.1)
⬥ Military/security equipment
⬥ Equipment designed to be sent into space
⬥ Equipment designed to be part of non-scope equipment
⬥ Large-scale stationary industrial tools (LSSIT)
⬥ Large-scale fixed installations (LSFI)
⬥ Transportation vehicles
⬥ Non-road mobile machinery (NRMM)
⬥ Active implantable medical devices
⬥ Photovoltaic panels
⬥ R&D equipment

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EU RoHS 2

Exemptions:
EU RoHS exemptions from Annex III and IV applicable
to included products.
COMPLIANCE

How to show compliance:

Declaration of Conformance (not a specific form), CE
marking can be placed on products that are compliant
and meet the other appropriate regulations or
directives required for CE marking.

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Taiwan RoHS

Regulation: Guidance for the reduction of restricted chemical

substances in electrical and electronic equipments (CNS15663)

Substances and Thresholds:

◆ Cadmium(Cd) and alloyed substances: 0.01%
◆ Mercury and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Lead(Pb) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) and alloyed substances: 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB): 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE): 0.1%

Effective date: December 1, 2016

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Taiwan RoHS
Included Products:
◆ September 1st – IT equipment, including computers,
televisions and monitors
◆ December 1st – drinking fountains
◆ May 1st, 2017 – image equipment, such as printers and copy
machines
◆ July 1st, 2017 – projectors and lighting equipment, such as
fluorescent tubes
◆ January 1st, 2018 – word processors, such as typewriters and
cashiers (43 items in total) and wireless items such as
keyboards, mice and scanners (48 items in total)

Excluded Products:
1. Electric and electronic equipment related to national security
or military use, non-electrically driven equipment, fixed
installation equipment and batteries

Exemptions: None at this time

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Taiwan RoHS
How to show compliance:

◆ Testing by the BSMI or BSMI-recognized testing laboratories before applying for registration
◆ Labeling with “Marking of presence” and declaration using custom table in Taiwanese included
in the product documentation
◆ The identification number of the Commodity Inspection Mark consists of “The Letter (R or T)”,
“Designated Code (5 digits)” and “the presence conditions of the restricted substance” (e.g.,
RoHS or RoHS (XX, XX)). XX = Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr+6 , PBB, PBDE

◆ Those who utilize their website as a means to announce “the presence conditions of the
restricted substance” of the commodities shall also clearly mark the website address on the
body, packages, stickers, or the instruction books of the commodities.

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Taiwan RoHS
How to show compliance: Partial example of Taiwan RoHS Table (Note: must be in Taiwanese)

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Vietnam RoHS
Regulation: Temporary stipulations for permissible toxic
chemical content limits in electrical products (Circular No.:
30/2011/TT-BCT and CW 25 August 2011)

Substances and Threshold:

◆ Lead: 0.1%
◆ Cadmium: 0.01%
◆ Mercury: 0.1%
◆ Hexavalent Chromium: 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated Biphenyls: 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated Diphenylether: 0.1%

Effective Date: December 1, 2012

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Vietnam RoHS
Included Products:
1. Large domestic appliances
2. Small domestic appliances
3. Information technology and communications equipment
4. Consumption devices
5. Lighting equipment
6. Electrical, electronic tools (except for the big, fixed tools for industrial use)
7. Toys, entertainment equipment, and sports
8. Automatic measuring instruments

Excluded Products:
◆ The electrical, electronic components of batteries
◆ Spare parts for repair, reuse, or upgrading of electrical, electronic products
◆ The electrical, electronic products which are gifts, souvenirs, goods for exhibitions and
product introduction, baggage, movable assets of organizations, individuals and goods
temporarily imported for re-export, goods in transit
◆ The electrical, electronic products circulated on the Vietnamese market prior to the
effective date of this circular

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Vietnam RoHS

Exemptions:

None at this time

Exemptions
How to show compliance:

Product manufacturers and importers in Vietnam must maintain

records of the management of toxic chemical content in equipment
covered by the provisions. They must disclose information on
hazardous substances in products by electronic means or by the
marking and labelling of packaging with compliance information.

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Eurasian Customs Union RoHS
Eurasian Customs Union Countries (EAEU): The Russian Federation, and Republics
of Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan

Regulation: Technical Regulations “On Restriction of Hazardous Substances in

Electrical and electronics products”

Substances and Threshold:

◆ Cadmium (Cd) and its compounds: 0.01%
◆ Mercury (Hg) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Lead (Pb) and its compounds : 0.1%
◆ Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB): 0.1 %
◆ Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE): 0.1 %

Effective Date: 2017/2018 (to be announced November 2016)

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Eurasian Customs Union RoHS
Included Products (but not limited to):

Domestic Appliances Information Telecommunications Lighting Equipment

Technology Equipment Equipment

Electrical Tools Leisure & Support Equipment Vending Machines

Excluded Products: Not specified

Exemptions: None
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Eurasian Customs Union RoHS

How to show compliance:

◆ By their own declaration that the product complies with the provisions of the
technical regulation (i.e. that the testing required to ensure conformity was
conducted), or
◆ By referring to certification from an accredited laboratory proving the products
comply with the provisions of the regulation
◆ All products will still be required to be labelled with the correct CU conformity
mark as below

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Serbia RoHS
Regulation: Management of Waste from and Hazardous Substances in Electrical
and Electronic Equipment, Regulation, December 2010

Substances and Threshold:

◆ Cadmium (Cd) and its compounds: 0.01%
◆ Mercury (Hg) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Lead (Pb) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB): 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE): 0.1%

Effective Date: July 1, 2011

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Serbia RoHS
Included Products:
1. Audio visual equipment (abbrv: A/V) 8. Lighting equipment / luminaires
2. Automatic dispensers 9. Medical devices
3. Electrical and electronic equipment 10. Monitoring and control
(abbrv: EEE) instruments - electrical
4. Electrical and electronic tools 11. Packaging
5. Gas discharge lamps 12. Small household appliances -
6. Information and communications electrical
technology (ICT) equipment 13. Sports equipment - electrical
7. Large household appliances - electrical 14. Toys - electrical

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Serbia RoHS

Excluded Products:
◆ Military equipment
◆ Printer toner cartridges

Exemptions:
Exemptions exist, but are not same as EU

How to show compliance:

Declaration of Conformity

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Ukraine RoHS
Regulation: Technical regulation on restrictions as to the use
of some dangerous substances in electric and electronic
devices approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine of 3 December 2008 No. 1057

Substances and Threshold:

◆ Cadmium(Cd) and its compounds: 0.01%
◆ Mercury and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Lead(Pb) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB): 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE): 0.1 %

Effective Date: December 19, 2008

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Ukraine RoHS
Included Products:

Large Domestic Appliances Small Domestic Appliances Telecommunication Equipment Consumer Equipment

Lighting Equipment Electric & Electronic Tools Toys & Appliances Automatic Devices

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Ukraine RoHS

Excluded Products:
◆ Anything not listed
◆ Categories 8 and 9, medical devices and monitoring and control instruments

Exemptions: Yes, similar to EU RoHS exemptions

How to show compliance:

◆ Declaration of Conformity
◆ Test results confirming declaration

Note: In March 2016, Ukraine presented an updated draft of the regulation to

harmonize with EU RoHS 2. Implementation is expected to occur six months after the
official publication, currently in draft status.

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United Arab Emirates (UAE) RoHS
Regulation: UAE Resolution on the System to Restrict the Rates of Hazardous Materials in
Electronic Devices

Substances and Threshold:

◆ Cadmium (Cd) and its compounds: 0.01%
◆ Mercury and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Lead (Pb) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) and its compounds: 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB): 0.1%
◆ Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE): 0.1%
◆ Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP): max 0.1%
◆ Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP): max 0.1%
◆ Dibutyl phthalate (DBP): max 0.1%
◆ Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP): max 0.1%

Effective Date: Scheduled for January 1, 2018

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United Arab Emirates (UAE) RoHS
Effective Date: January 1, 2020
◆ Medical devices
◆ In vitro diagnostic medical devices
◆ Monitoring and control instruments
◆ Industrial monitoring and control instruments

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United Arab Emirates (UAE) RoHS
Included Products:
1. Large household appliances
2. Small household appliances
3. IT and telecommunication equipment
4. Consumer equipment
5. Lighting equipment
6. Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools)
7. Toys, leisure and sport equipment
8. Automatic dispensers
9. Other EEE not covered by any of the categories above
10. All products, including cables and spare parts for their repair, their reuse, updating of
their functionalities or upgrading of their capacity

After January 1, 2020:

11. Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products)
12. Monitoring and control instruments including industrial monitoring and control instrument

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United Arab Emirates (UAE) RoHS
Excluded Products:
◆ Products for security of the country, including arms, munitions and war material intended for
specifically military purposes
◆ Products designed to be sent into space
◆ Equipment designed to be part of non-scope equipment
◆ Large-scale stationary industrial tools
◆ Large-scale fixed installations
◆ Means of transport for persons or goods, excluding electric two-wheel vehicles which are not
type-approved
◆ Non-road mobile machinery made available exclusively for professional use
◆ Active implantable medical devices
◆ 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
◆ R&D equipment and only made available on a business-to-business basis

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United Arab Emirates (UAE) RoHS

Exemptions: Yes, similar to EU RoHS

How to show compliance:

◆ A written Declaration of Conformity for each electrical equipment model including the substances’
maximum concentration values
◆ Submit at least the following technical documents:
◇ A general description of electrical equipment
◇ A detailed description with conceptual design and manufacturing drawings, including a list of
components, materials, sub-assemblies and circuits used in the electrical equipment
◇ A list of the UAE standards applied to meet the requirements of the technical regulations
◇ Test reports

It is prohibited to display or sell any products in the UAE unless they are registered under ECAS or have a
certificate or mark accepted by ESMA.

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 Summary
Eurasian
Vietnam Serbia Ukraine United Arab
EU RoHS2 Taiwan RoHS Customs
RoHS RoHS RoHS Emirates RoHS
Union RoHS

Substances Std 6, Std 6 Std 6 Std 6 plus Std 6 Std 6 Future 10

10 in 2019

Included EEE 5 specific 8 specific 7 specific 14 specific 8 specific 10 (2 later

Products categories categories categories categories categories implementation)

Exemptions Yes None Similar to None Yes Similar to EU Similar to EU

EU

Special Form No Yes No No No No No

Special Label Yes for Yes for Yes Yes No No No

compliant non-compliant

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 EU REACH
Feature Presentation
GUIDANCE
PRESENTER, UPDATE
TITLE & COMPANY

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REACH Guidance Update Timeline

2015 September 2015:

ECJ Ruling on “Once An Article,
SEP
Always An Article” (O5A or OA5)

2015
December 2015:
ECHA Guidance updated DEC

2016
July 2016:
JUL ECHA Guidance Draft released

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REACH Guidance Update

PEG Meetings Agreement:

◆ Guidance will be updated to simplify the examples

◇ Some detail that currently exists in the guide will be moved to other documents
◆ Assembly level documentation of substances contained in articles
◆ Safe use needs to be simple so actual naming of article may not necessarily be required
◆ Safe use info is complementary to product safety info
◆ A specific committee including ECHA and industry may be set up to support further
coordination discussions

Participants: Industry Experts, ECHA, EU Commission, Legal reps

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REACH Guidance Next Steps

◆ ECHA finalizes draft guidance in line with comments and discussion

during PEG meeting
◆ Post-PEG meeting implementation check
◆ Forum consultation Nov/Dec 2016 (enforcement authorities)
◆ CARACAL consultations Jan 2017 (competent authorities)
◆ Publish final version 4.0 Feb/Mar 2017

Timelines subject to change

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