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Exemption 36 Expired
Exemption 36 (“Mercury used as a cathode sputtering inhibitor in DC plasma displays with a content up to 30mg per display”) of the RoHS Directive expired on 1st July 2010.
Last updated August 2010
New guidance notes are published
In January 2010 new guidance notes were published to support the regulations. Please
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Last updated January 2010 The European court ruling has removed the exemption for deca BDE from the Annex to the RoHS directive from 1 July 2008. Please click here Last updated 16th June 2008 New regulations come into force On the 1st February 2008 the new RoHS regulations came into force.
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Last updated 1st February 2008
Response to recent press articles The RoHS enforcement agency has been contacted by a number of companies and other organisations to confirm the details in a number of press articles.
Click hereThe article is correct in the action we have taken and points out to all producers of EEE the importance of understanding the way in which product is produced. Construction factories often produce both RoHS compliant and Non-RoHS compliant products for different global markets. Understanding this process and ensuring that there are suitable controls in place to prevent contamination and substitution is a vital part of any producers systems.
Last updated November 2007 BERR publishes consultation on amending the RoHS regulations This amendment changes the approach that is used for implementing exemptions into UK regulations meaning that Commission decisions automatically enter into UK law when published in the OJ and adds additional investigation powers to continue to support the cooperative relationship between compliant industry and the enforcement body.
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Last updated September 2007
WEEE contract awarded to VCA (Vehicle Certification Agency)Click here for more details.
The RoHS Enforcers Guidance version 1.0 has now been published.
This Guidance document provides non-binding guidance to EU enforcement bodies on the basis for RoHS enforcement procedures and documentation assessment. The document is available from our links page.
Last updated May 2006 The UK convenes the first meeting of the RoHS Enforcement Network in London. Click here to read the full article.
Last updated January 2006.
SI 2005 No 2748Following the publication in August of Commission Decision 2005/618 establishing the RoHS Directive's maximum concentration values, the UK's RoHS Regulations (SI 2005 No 2748) were laid before Parliament on Friday 7th October 2005.
Last updated October 2005.
The commission has passed a decision exempting the use of Deca BDE and lead in lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes.
This has yet to be passed into UK law but can now be progressed. Further exemptions are due for a decision, therefore DTI presently intend to wait to progress as a batch.
Last updated October 2005.
The commission has passed a decision on the first batch of exemptionsClick here for the full document.
This has yet to be passed into UK law. DTI intend to now progress into regulation.
Last updated October 2005.