Green Regulations - MAP & TABLE

What green regulations apply to my products being exported? This is the question many manufacturers, importers, distributors, or traders wonder. Whether you want to export your products worldwide or you target some specific markets, some environmental requirements are likely to apply. Here is a non-exhaustive table listing important product environmental requirements in major markets, followed by a map on RoHS regulations, with the main focus on regulations for electrical and electronic equipment:

Map of RoHS Regulations Worldwide and Electronic Products Trade

Table of the Main Green Regulations Applicable to the Electronics

Market	Requirement	Scope	Exclusions	Controlled Substances
China	RoHS	Most electrical and electronic equipment: B2C and B2B	Aerospace, military, automotive equipment, batteries, packaging, and others	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
European Union Countries and the UK		Automotive vehicles	Motor tricycles and others	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb
	ELV

	ErP	Electronic displays, external power supplies, electric motors, light sources, welding equipment, power transformers, refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines	The majority of other electronic products	Mainly energy efficiency and recycling targets
	Persistent Organic Pollutants POP	Most products: B2C and B2B	Some excluded applications	Dozens of halogenated compounds: brominated or chlorinated
	REACH SVHC (article 33) and Annex XVII lists	Most products: B2C and B2B, including substances, mixtures, and articles	Drugs, food, petroleum, nuclear, and other products	Hundreds of SVHCs. Additional Substances of very high concern (SVHC) every 6 months
	RoHS (including UK RoHS) and WEEE	Most electrical and electronic equipment: B2C and B2B	Aerospace, military, automotive equipment, batteries, packaging, and others	BBP, Cd, Cr6+, DBP, DIBP, DEHP, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
United States	Conflict Minerals	Public US companies under the ‘Securities and Exchange Commission’ reporting obligations	No de minimis	Tin, Tantalum Tungsten and Gold (3TGs)
	TSCA BPT	Most articles. Some exemptions apply.	Depending on the regulated PBT	PIP (3:1), DecaBDE, PCTP, 2,4,6-TTBP, and HCBD
	Proposition 65	Most products: B2C and B2B, including substances, mixtures, and articles, introduced into the Californian market	Very few	Hundreds
	RoHS	Electrical and electronic equipment: B2C and B2B, mainly in California and New Jersey	Various B2C products	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
Eurasian Economic Union: Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan	RoHS	Electrical and electronic equipment: most B2C products (appliances for the household) and some B2B products (servers, vending machines, etc.)	Toys, automotive, measurement instruments, medical devices, and others.	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
Japan	J-MOSS	Air Conditioning units, dryers, microwave ovens, PCs, refrigerators, televisions, washing machines	Most other B2C and B2B electrical and electronic equipment	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
India	RoHS and WEEE	IT and telecommunications, with exclusions, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, televisions	Small-sized companies exempted Military and others	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
Korea	RoHS, End of Live Vehicle ELV and WEEE	Most B2C electrical, electronic, and automotive equipment	Most B2B products and other exclusions	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
Taiwan	RoHS	Most electrical and electronic equipment: B2C and B2B	Aerospace, military, automotive equipment, batteries, packaging, and others	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
Turkey	RoHS	Most electrical and electronic equipment: B2C and B2B	Military equipment	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
Ukraine	RoHS	Most electrical and electronic equipment: B2C and B2B	Aerospace, military, automotive equipment, batteries, packaging, and others	BBP, Cd, Cr6+, DBP, DIBP, DEHP, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
United Arab Emirates	RoHS	Most electrical and electronic equipment: B2C and B2B	Aerospace, military, automotive equipment, batteries, packaging, and others	BBP, Cd, Cr6+, DBP, DIBP, DEHP, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
Singapore	RoHS	Personal computers, televisions (flat screens), cellular phones, air conditioning units, washing machines, refrigerators	Most other electrical and electronic equipment	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
Vietnam	RoHS	Audio video, automatic dispensers, tools, information and communications technology, small and large household appliances, lighting, sport equipment, toys	Most other electrical and electronic equipment	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs
Thailand	RoHS (standard)	Most electrical and electronic equipment: B2C and B2B	Voluntary approach, not binding	Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBBs, PBDEs

These map and table are simplified summaries of the current applicable requirements. They are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. Additional obligations, such as REACH requirements for chemicals and mixtures, may be relevant to your products. Other Enviropass’ limitations apply.

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