1、 Restricted substances
RoHS regulates the use of electrical and electronic products that may contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in all production processes and raw materials, including white household appliances, black household appliances, power tools, medical electrical equipment, etc.
Four phthalate esters (DEHP, BBP, DBP, DiBP) were added to rohs2.0.
2、 Control product range
Rohs2.0 expands the scope of controlled products to all electrical and electronic equipment except for special exemption:
1. Including category 8 medical equipment and category 9 monitoring equipment exempted by 2002 / 95 / EC;
2. Other new products under rohs2.0 control shall comply with rohs2.0 from July 22, 2019;
3. Medical equipment and monitoring equipment and their parts and components shall comply with rohs2.0 from July 22, 2014;
4. The in vitro diagnostic medical equipment and its components shall comply with rohs2.0 from July 22, 2016;
5. Industrial monitoring equipment and its parts shall comply with rohs2.0 from July 22, 2017;
6. Category 11 products: all other electronic and electrical equipment not covered by category 1-10 products, including cables and other parts;
3、 CE mark requires that RoHS compliance of electrical and electronic equipment should be included in CE mark requirements. The producer should ensure that the product conforms to RoHS and prepare corresponding declaration and technical documents when posting CE mark.
The manufacturer is required to formulate EC declaration of conformity and affix CE mark before the products are put on the market. After the electronic and electrical products are put on the market, the relevant technical documents and EC declaration of conformity must be kept for at least ten years. If the substances listed in Appendix III (such as hbcdd, DEHP, BBP and DBP, etc.) cause unbearable harm to human health or environment due to their use, they will be subject to articles 69 to 69 of reach regulation 72, and further list the substance as a restricted substance in Appendix IV.
Rohs2.0: hazards of four new controlled substances
Rohs2.0 added four kinds of phthalate esters (DEHP, BBP, DBP, DiBP) control substances limit detection.