Decision Tree
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The following pages lead you through the RoHS Decision Tree, which is intended to help ‘Producers’ and others to determine whether or not EEE they put on the market in the UK falls within the scope of the RoHS Regulations.
Do the RoHS Regulations apply to your product?
If your business puts electrical and electronic equipment on the EU market in the UK, you may need to comply with the RoHs Regulations, which in part implement the RoHS Directive1.
What is Electrical and Electronic Equipment?
The RoHS Regulations apply to EEE which:
i. is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work properly, including equipment for the generation, transfer and measurement of such currents and fields;
ii. is designed for use with a voltage rating not exceeding 1,000V for alternating current and 1,500V for direct current; and
iii. falls into one of the ten Categories in Schedule 1 to the RoHS Regulations.
Click here to see the Categories
Certain items for particular uses are exempt from the Regulations. See the exemptions pages for more information on this Click here to see the exemptions
Use these pages to work out if your product falls within the scope of the RoHS Regulations, and needs to be reported as EEE put on the market in the UK. Visit these pages regularly to ensure you refer to up to date guidance Main Power Source
Professional Use
The RoHS Directive covers both household and professional EEE, so products for professional, ie commercial and industrial use, are covered by the RoHS Regulations. Therefore, professional versions of products that fall under Categories 1,2 and 4 – household use - should also be considered to be within the scope of the RoHS Regulations.
Your Responsibilities
We have tried to give you as much information as possible based on our present knowledge. In preparing this document we have taken account of the European Commission document Frequently Asked Questions1, and followed it where appropriate.
Ultimately only the courts can provide a definitive answer on the meaning of the Regulations, but this guidance sets out our view and is based on the best and most up to date information available to us at the time. However, this document is likely to change as we receive feedback and/or clarification.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you refer to the most up to date guidance.
The advice contained within this Decision Tree is based on the best and most up to date information available to us at the time. It follows the same decision tree that will be used for enforcement decisions that are now in effect. We have tried to expand it to give you as much information as possible based on our present knowledge. However, it is a live document and will continue to change as we receive feedback and/or clarification from the regulators and it is not a definitive opinion, as only the courts can interpret legislation with any authority.
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1 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee_index.htm