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Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive
Also known as ROHS 1, 2011/65/EU, Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003
The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS 1), short for Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union.
Key facts
- EU legislation.type
- Directive
- EU legislation.number
- 2002/95/EC
- EU legislation.title
- Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
- EU legislation.madeby
- Council & Parliament
- EU legislation.madeunder
- Art. 95 EC
- EU legislation.OJrefurl
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32002L0095:EN:HTML eur-lex.europa.eu
- EU legislation.OJref
- L37, 13 February 2003, pp. 19–23
- EU legislation.made
- 27 January 2003
- EU legislation.commenced
- 13 February 2003
- EU legislation.implementation
- 13 August 2004
- EU legislation.CommProp
- C365E, 19 December 2000, p. 195,C240E, 28 August 2001, p. 303.
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Article
36 sectionsContents
- Details
- Examples of product components containing restricted substances
- Hazardous materials and the high-tech waste problem
- Changing disapproval on toxicity
- Life-cycle impact assessment of lead-free solder
- Life-cycle impact assessment of BFR-free plastics
- {{anchor|RoHS 2}}2011/65/EU (RoHS 2)
- 2015/863 (RoHS 2 amendment)
- Scope exclusions
- Detecting RoHS Compounds with XRF
- How XRF Works
- XRF for RoHS Testing
- Limits of XRF
- Labeling and documentation
- History
- Future possible additions
- Other regions
- Asia / Pacific
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Other standards
- Criticism
- Effect on reliability
- Economic effect
- Benefits
- Health benefits
- Reliability concerns unfounded
- Flow properties and assembly
- Some exempt products achieve compliance
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS 1), short for Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union.
The initiative was to limit the amount of hazardous chemicals in electronics.