RoHS Directive *1
Description for RoHS Directive
(1) RoHS Directive
According with "Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment", the Member States will ensure that, from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).
*1 RoHS: Restriction of the use Of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment
(2) Scope *2
RoHS Directive shall apply to electrical and electronic equipment falling under the categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 set out in ANNEX I to Directive No 2002/96/EC (WEEE) and to electric light bulbs, and luminaires in households.
*2 Pro-face Products are out of RoHS Directive, because Pro-face products fall under the categories 9 "Monitoring and control instruments". In the case that you sell your products with Pro-face embedded, your product will be judged, not the embedded Pro-face product, whether it falles within the scope of RoHS. If your product is not"electrical and electronic equipment" or falls under categories 8 or 9, so the embedded Pro-face products will not be required to apply RoHS Directive.
RoHS Directive-compliant Products
| 1 | Large household appliances | 6 | Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Small household appliances | 7 | Toys, leisure and sports equipment |
| 3 | IT and telecommunications equipment | 8 | Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products) |
| 4 | Consumer equipment | 9 | Monitoring and control instruments |
| 5 | Lighting equipment | 10 | Automatic dispensers |
(3) Exception
- High Voltage Equipments - A voltage rating exceeding 1000 volts for alternating current and 1500 volts for direct current.
- Electrical and electronic equipment to offer in a special use such as Arms, Munitions and War material.
- Spare parts for the repair, or to the reuse, of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market before 1 July 2006.
- Electrical and electronic equipment to offer as a part of a product out of RoHS Directive.
- Electrical and electronic equipment to be defined by Community legislation on safety and health requirements and specific Community waste management legislation, in particular Council Directive 91/157/EEC of 18 March 1991 on batteries and accumulators.
- Hazardous substances less than a maximum concentration values ANNEX II, by weight in homogeneous materials.
- Electrical and electronic equipment where substitution is not possible from the scientific and technical point of view, and the Commission allowed under ANNEX III
Annex 1
| Material | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Cadmium | 100ppm by weight in Homogeneous material (0.01%) |
| Lead | 1,000ppm by weight in Homogeneous material (0.1%) |
| Mercury | |
| Hexavalent chromium | |
| Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) | |
| Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) |
Annex 2
- Mercury in compact fluorescent lamps not exceeding 5 mg per lamp.
- Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for general purposes not exceeding:
・halophosphate 10mg
・triphosphate with normal lifetime 5mg
・triphosphate with long lifetime 8m - Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes.
- Mercury in other lamps not specifically mentioned in this Annex.
- Lead in glass of cathode ray tubes, electronic components and fluorescent tubes.
- Lead as an alloying element in steel containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight, aluminium containing up to 0,4 % lead by weight and as a copper alloy containing up to 4 % lead by weight.
- ・Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead),
・lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications,
・Lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezoelectronic devices). - Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts and cadmium plating except for applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC [1] amending Directive 76/769/EEC [2] relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.
- Hexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators.
a. DecaBDE in polymeric applications.
b. Lead in lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes. - Within the procedure referred to in Article 7(2) in RoHS Directive, the Commission shall evaluate the applications for:
・Deca BDE,
・mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes,
・lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications (with a view to setting a specific time limit for this exemption), and
・light bulbs,
as a matter of priority in order to establish as soon as possible whether these items are to be amended accordingly. - Lead used in compliant pin connector systems.
- Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module c-ring.
- Lead and cadmium in optical and filter glass.
- Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between
the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80 % and less than 85 % by weight. - Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor
die and carrier within integrated circuit Flip Chip packages. - Lead in linear incandescent lamps with silicate coated tubes.
- Lead halide as radiant agent in High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps used for professional reprography applications.
- Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1 % lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb) as well as when used as speciality lamps for diazo-printing reprography, lithography, insect traps, photochemical and curing processes containing phosphors such as SMS ((Sr,Ba)2MgSi2O7:Pb).
- Lead with PbBiSn-Hg and PbInSn-Hg in specific compositions as main amalgam and with PbSn-Hg as auxiliary amalgam in very compact Energy Saving Lamps (ESL).
- Lead oxide in glass used for bonding front and rear substrates of flat fluorescent lamps used for Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD).