RoHS Compliance Directives and Terminology

Directive 2000/53/EC (ELV) Compliant

The European Council at its meeting in Nice on 7.8 and 9 December 2000 endorsed the Council Resolution of 4 December 2000 on the precautionary principle.
The Commission Communication of 30 July 1996 on the review of the Community strategy for waste management stresses the need to reduce the content of hazardous su bstances in waste and points out the potential benefits of Community-wide rules limiting the presence of such substances in products and in production processes.
The council resolution of 25 Jan. 1988 on a Community action program to combat environmental pollution by cadmium(') invites the Commission to pursue without delay the development of specific measures for such a program.
'electrical and electronic' or 'EEE' means equipment which is dependent on electric currents or electro-magnetic fields in order to work properly and equipment for the generation, transfer and measurement of such currents and fields falling under the categories set out in Annex IA to Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE) and designed for use with a voltage rating not exceeding 1 000 volts for alternating current and 1 500 volts for direct current;

RoHS/ELV Compliant

The recycling of all plastic from end of life vehicles should be continuously improved. The requirement for dismantling reuse and recycling of end of life vehicles and their components should be integrated in the desing and production of new vehicles. The Directive should cover vehicles and end-of life vehicles, incluing their components and materials, as well as spare and replacement parts, without prejudice to safety standards, air emissions and noise control.

Commission Decision 2005_618_EC

Having regard to Directive 2002/95/EC of European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Jan. 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment(1), and in particular Article 5(1)(a).

For the puroses of Article 5(1) (a), a maximum concentration value of 0.1 % by weight in homogeneous materials ofr lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybro-minated biphenyls (PBB) and polubrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and of 0.01% by weight in homogeneous materials for cadmium shall be tolerated'.

WEEE Direcxtive 2002_96_EC

The Directive should cover all electrical and electronic equipment used by consumers and electrical and electronic equipment intended for professional use. This Directive should apply without prejudice to Community legislation on safety and health requirements protecting all actors in contact with WEEE as well as specific all actors in contact with WEEE as well as specific Community management legislation in particular Council Directive 91/157/EecC of 18 March 1991 on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances(1).

Specific treatment for WEEE is indispensable in order to avoid the dispersion of pollutants into the recycled material or the waste stream. Such treatment is the most effective means of ensuring compliance with the chased level of protection of the environment of the Community.

The purpose of this Directive is, as a first priority, the prevention of waste, electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), and in addition, the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of such wasters so as to reduce the disposal of waste, It also seeks to improve the environmental performance of all operators involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment, e.g. producers, distributors and consumers and in particular those operators directly involved in the treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

2003_108_EC_Amendment to WEEE

Member states shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative be provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 13 August 2004.

For historical waste being replaced by new equivalent products or by new products fulfilling the same function, the financing of the costs shall be provided for by producers of those products when supplying them. Member states may, as an alternative, provide that users other than private households also be make, partly or totally, responsible for this financing.

RoHS Directive 2002_95_EC.pdf
Commission Decision 2005_618_EC.pdf
WEEE Directive 2002_96_EC.pdf
2003_108_EC Amendment To WEEE.pdf
ELV Directive 2000_53_EC.pdf