EU ROHS certification - hazardous substances restriction directive



The European Union ROHS certification (Directive on the restriction of hazardous substances) has been put into effect on July 1, 2006. Since then, the content of hazardous substances in all electronic and electrical equipment sold in Europe must comply with the strict provisions of the directive.



According to the directive, six harmful substances in electronic and electrical products sold in Europe, such as lead, cadmium, cadmium, mercury and mercury, hexavalent chromium Cr6 +, polybrominated biphenyl PBBs and polybrominated diphenyl ethers PBDEs, will be restricted in the future.



ROHS certification covers the electronic and electrical products listed in the catalogue below AC1000V and DC1500V



1. Large household appliances: refrigerator, washing machine, microwave oven, air conditioner, etc



2. Small household appliances: vacuum cleaner, electric iron, hair dryer, oven, clock, etc



3. It and communication instruments: computer, fax machine, telephone, mobile phone, etc



4. Civil installation: Radio, TV, video recorder, musical instrument, etc



5. Lighting appliances: fluorescent lamps, lighting control devices, etc. in addition to household lighting



6, electric tools: electric drill, lathe, welding, sprayer, etc. (except for large industrial tools to be installed).



7. Toys / entertainment, sports equipment: electric vehicles, video game machines



8. Medical equipment: radiation therapy instrument, ECG tester, analysis instrument, etc



9. Monitoring / control device: smoke detector, incubator, factory monitoring and control machine, etc



Articles 8 and 9 are not applicable to RoHS directive.



ROHS certification (2002 / 95 / EC) maximum allowable content (threshold) of harmful substances: CD threshold is 100ppm; Pb, Hg, Cr6 +, PBB, PBDE threshold is 1000ppm; the test methods also need to be coordinated by various countries.



Detection of hazardous substances in electronic and electrical products (ROHS certification)



Introduction to ROHS certification Directive:



WEEE：WasteElectricalandElectronicEquipment



Waste electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (EU Directive 2002 / 96 / EC, WEEE)



The directive aims to reduce the waste of electronic and electrical appliances and increase the reuse, recycling and recycling rate of waste electrical appliances.



RoHS：RestrictionoftheuseofCertainHazardousSubstancesinElectricalandElectronicEquipment



Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (Directive 2002 / 95 / EC, ROHS directive for short)



The directive is formulated to limit the use of hazardous substances in equipment or to limit the content of hazardous substances.



Both directives require manufacturers to be responsible for electronic pollution, and stipulate that products entering the EU market must meet the requirements of RoHS directive, and enterprises that have entered the EU market must fulfill the recycling responsibility of WEEE Directive.



According to the product field, the electronic and electrical products specified in ROHS directive mainly cover 8 categories of 123 kinds of consumer and industrial electronic and electrical equipment. Since July 1, 2006, when the electronic and electrical products specified in ROHS directive enter the EU market, they cannot contain six harmful substances, namely lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers.



Key points of RoHS Directive:



RoHS Directive requires that lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers are prohibited in electronic and electrical equipment from July 1, 2006. At that time, the six kinds of harmful substances contained in the electronic and electrical products entering the EU market should not exceed the target requirements, that is, in homogeneous materials, the weight percentage of cadmium shall not exceed 0.01%, and the weight percentage of lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl and polybrominated diphenyl ether shall not exceed 0.1%. The products shall display the corresponding supporting documents or conformity declaration, and the products that do not meet the requirements will be refused to enter the EU market. Compared with WEEE Directive, ROHS directive has more direct and rapid impact on enterprises exporting to EU. Enterprises exporting products to EU should act as soon as possible, screen raw materials and products meeting ROHS requirements and select suppliers that meet the requirements.