Market | The European Union (EU), and other markets (the UK, Turkey, China, etc.) | Same (mainly the EU on articles and other jursidictions on chemicals) |
Scope | Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) parts manufactured, distributed, and imported within the EU. | All parts and products manufactured, sold, and imported within the EU. |
Who Enforces the Regulation? | The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union | European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) |
Type | Restrictive Directive | Both declarative and restrictive Regulation |
Controlled Substances | - Lead (Pb) and lead compounds
- Cadmium (Cd) and cadmium compounds
- Mercury (Hg) and mercury compounds
- Hexavalent chromium (Cr 6+) and hexavalent chromium compounds
- Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
- Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)
- Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP)
- Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
- Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)
| Declarable chemicals found in the Candidate List of substances of very high concern list (SVHC List). It is updated every six months Restrictions found in Annex XVII |
Threshold | At the Homogenous Material Level: - < 0.01% or 100 ppm for cadmium
- < 0.1% or 1000 ppm for remaining substances
| 0.1% of any of the SVHCs at the Article Level (component) |
Penalties | EU Member States set the rules on penalties. There may be an inspection at the borders or by surveillance agencies. These can include: - Withdrawal of the product from the EU market.
- May have to issue a recall notice.
- Administrative penalties.
- Criminal penalties.
- Some member states may also choose not to enforce a penalty.
| Same. All EU Member States indicate a penalty for an infringement. Penalties depend on the country. |
Notes | RoHS does permit certain exemptions under specific applications when disclosed. | The SCIP database, an open-source database, is used to declare any SVHC above the threshold. |