Electric and electronic equipment - RoHS
The RoHS Directive aims to reduce the risks to human health and the environment by replacing and restricting hazardous chemical substances in electric and electronic equipment. The Directive also aims to improve the prospects of cost-effective and sustainable recycling of material waste from electronic and electronic equipment.
RoHS = Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
Consolidated Directive 2011/65 - (RoHS 2)
(last consolidated on 1 October 2022)
Amendments
Basic directive, all versions and amendments are available in EUR-Lex
External link.
Consolidated directive 2002/95 - (RoHS 1)
(last consolidated 10 September 2011)
Amendments
Basic Directive, all versions and amendments are available in EUR-Lex External link.
Consolidated Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE)
Amendments
Basic Directive, all versions and amendments are available in EUR-Lex External link.
Clarification of the different directives
Directive 2011/65/EU, RoHS (Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances) has replaced the original Directive (2002/95/EG) dating from 2002, and contains several amendments and extensions to products groups, exemptions and CE marks. The previous Directive still applies to products released on the market before the new Directive came into force.
The previous Directive had the same area of application as the WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC), which concerns waste in the form of or containing electric or electronic equipment. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency External link. is the competent authority for implementing this Directive.