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Affected Products
The RoHS Directive affects the following
products:
(Click any product type for more details.)
- Large household
appliances
- Large
cooling appliances
- Refrigerators
& Freezers
- Other large appliances
used for refrigeration, conservation and storage of
food
- Washing
machines
- Clothes
dryers
- Dish washing
machines
- Cooking
- Electric
stoves
- Electric hot
plates
- Microwaves
- Other
large appliances used for cooking and other processing of
food
- Electric heating appliances
& electric radiators
- Other large
appliances for heating rooms, beds, seating
furniture
- Electric fans & air
conditioner appliances
- Other fanning,
exhaust ventilation and conditioning
equipment
- Small household
appliances
- Vacuum
cleaners
- Carpet
sweepers
- Other appliances for
cleaning
- Appliances used for sewing,
knitting, weaving and other processing for
textiles
- Irons and other appliances
for ironing, mangling and other care of
clothing
- Toasters
- Fryers
- Grinders,
coffee machines and equipment for opening or sealing
containers or packages
- Electric
knives
- Appliances for hair-cutting,
hair drying, tooth brushing, shaving, massage and other
body care appliances
- Clocks, watches
and equipment for the purpose of measuring, indicating or
registering
time
- Scales
- IT and telecommunications
equipment
- Centralised
data processing: Mainframes, Minicomputers, Printer
units
- Personal computing: Personal
computers (CPU, mouse, screen and keyboard included),
Laptop computers (CPU, mouse, screen and keyboard
included), Notebook and Notepad
computers
- Printers
- Copying
equipment
- Electrical and electronic
typewriters
- Pocket and desk
calculators and other products and equipment for the
collection, storage, processing, presentation or
communication of information by electronic
means
- User terminals and
systems
- Facsimile
- Telex
- Telephones,
pay telephones, cordless telephones,
- cellular telephones, answering
systems and other products or equipment of transmitting
sound, images or other information by
telecommunications
- Electrical and electronic tools(with the
exception of large-scale stationary industrial
tools)
- Drills
- Saws
- Sewing
machines
- Equipment for turning,
milling, sanding, grinding, sawing, cutting, shearing,
drilling, making holes,
punching,
- folding, bending or similar
processing of wood, metal and other
materials
- Tools for riveting, nailing
or screwing or removing rivets, nails, screws or similar
uses
- Tools for welding, soldering or
similar use
- Equipment for spraying,
spreading, dispersing or other treatment of liquid or
gaseous substances by other
means
- Tools for mowing or other
gardening activities
- Lighting
equipment
- Luminaires
for fluorescent lamps
- Straight
fluorescent lamps
- Compact fluorescent
lamps
- High intensity discharge lamps,
including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide
lamps
- Low pressure sodium
lamps
- Other lighting or equipment for
the purpose of spreading or controlling light with the
exception of filament
bulbs
- Consumer
equipment
- Radio
sets
- Television
sets
- Videocameras
- Video
recorders
- Hi-fi
recorders
- Audio
amplifiers
- Musical
instruments
- And other products or
equipment for the purpose of recording or reproducing
sound or images, including signals
- or
other technologies for the distribution of sound and
image than by
telecommunications
- Toys, leisure and sports
equipment
- Electric
trains or car racing sets
- Hand-held
video game consoles
- Video
games
- Computers for biking, diving,
running, rowing, etc.
- Sports
equipment with electric or electronic
components
- Coin slot
machines
- Automatic
dispensers
- Automatic
dispensers for hot drinks
- Automatic
dispensers for hot or cold bottles or
cans
- Automatic dispensers for solid
products
- Automatic dispensers for
money
- All appliances which deliver
automatically all kind of
products
The RoHS Directive takes its scope from the
associated WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment) Directive. The WEEE
Directive affects all the product types above plus:
- Medical devices
(with the exception of implanted and infected
products)
- Monitoring & control
instruments
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