Estonia has been the first off the mark in implementation of the new requirements of the RoHS directive 2011/65/EU into national legislation. As the RoHS (II) directive was published on July 1, 2011, member states have an 18- months time period until January 2, 2013 for the transition.
Estonia has implemented the labeling requirements for electronic [...]

Several exemptions of the restriction of hazardous substances directive (RoHS) expire at the end of 2011.
In most cases, it concerns the concentration limits of mercury in illuminants are concerned. Up to now, those products had permission for the use of mercury as an exemption of the RoHS directive without limits. From January 1, 2012, many [...]

The new RoHS directive 2011/65 requires the CE mark and the EU declaration of conformity as a proof of compliance with the legislation. In order to being able to issue those evidences, a technical documentation (according to the EU decision 768/2008) is required.
As the new RoHS is based on a presumption of conformity if a [...]

After coming into force, the revised RoHS directive 2011/65 grants transition periods for the products of category 8 and 9 (medical devices and monitoring & control instruments) with respect to the requirements of article 4 (ban of substances). Although it is only one month ago that the RoHS recast came into force, companies should not [...]

Today, the RoHS Recast has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union as directive 2011/65/EU. Beginning from now, the law will come into force in 20 days. The member states have to transpose the directive into national legislation within the next 18 months.
The new directive implicates various new obligations for manufacturers, importers [...]

The RoHS Recast is expected to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union in June.
Besides the new product categories and new obligations for documentation and labeling, also elementary definitions will change. There will be changes with an impact on the decision whether or not a product will be in the scope of [...]

The RoHS Recast is just about to be finally approved. During the legislative process, industry had favored the alternative to include this substance-related directive within the REACH regulation. The Europeean legislation did not move into this direction.
The draft directive now rather looks like a Mini-REACH. Why?
Looking at the new rules of the RoHS recast and [...]

After being adopted by the European Parliament in November 2010, the RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) recast is currently undergoing a thorough revision process by legal linguists. The formal council adaptation is expected in the course of March and, finally, the publication in the Official Journal should take place in April 2011.
The RoHS recast involves [...]

November 24, 2010, the European Parliament voted on the RoHS recast. RoHS II is going to come into force in the beginning of 2011 and needs to be transposed into national law by the member states of the European Union within 18 month after publication.
RoHS II affects further branches and products and will lead to [...]