On July 11, 2023, the EU made the latest revisions to the RoHS Directive and made it public, adding exemptions for mercury under the category of electronic and electrical equipment for monitoring and control instruments (including industrial monitoring and control instruments).
ROHS
The RoHs directive restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment that can be replaced by safer alternatives. The RoHS directive currently restricts the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, Hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in electrical and electronic equipment sold in the EU. It also limits four Phthalate: Phthalic acid diester (2-ethylhexyl), butyl Phthalic acid, Dibutyl phthalate and Diisobutyl phthalate, of which the restrictions apply to medical devices, monitoring and control instruments. These requirements "do not apply to the applications listed in Annex III and IV" (Article 4).
The 2011/65/EU directive was issued by the European Union in 2011 and is known as RoHS forecast or RoHS 2. The latest revision was announced on July 11, 2023, and Annex IV was revised to exempt the application of restrictions on medical devices and monitoring and control instruments in Article 4 (1). The exemption of mercury was added under Category 9 (monitoring and control instruments) "Mercury in melt pressure sensors for capillary Rheometer with temperature exceeding 300 ° C and pressure exceeding 1000 bar".
The validity period of this exemption is limited to the end of 2025. The industry can apply for exemption or renewal of exemption. An important first step in the evaluation process is technical and scientific evaluation research, which is carried out by ko Institut, contracted by the European Commission. The exemption procedure can last up to 2 years.
effective date
The revised directive 2023/1437 will take effect on July 31, 2023.
Post time: Aug-01-2023