Exempt Products
RoHS does not apply to spare parts for the repair of
Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) placed on the
market before 1 July 2006.
Neither
does it apply to replacement components that expand the
capacity of and/or upgrade EEE placed on the market
before 1 July 2006.
The following
exemptions to RoHS are listed in the Directive and the EU
is considering further requests. Lack of a technically
viable alternative is the main justification for
exemption.
Main exemptions include:
Mercury - the
supplier of this product has stated that it contains one
or more of the restricted
substances in
concentrations above that permitted by the RoHS
Directive - in compact fluorescent
lamps not exceeding 5 mg per lamp
- in straight fluorescent lamps for general
purposes not exceeding:
- halophosphate 10mg
- triphosphate with normal lifetime 5mg
- triphosphate with long lifetime 8mg
- in straight fluorescent
lamps for special purposes
- in other
lamps not specifically mentioned in the Annex to the RoHS
Directive
Lead - in glass
of CRTs, electronic components and fluorescent tubes
- as an alloying element in steel
containing up to 0.35% lead by weight,
aluminium
containing up to 0.4% lead
- as a copper alloy containing up to 4% lead by
weight
- in high melting temperature
type solders (eg tin-lead solder alloys containing more
than 85% lead)
- in solders for
servers, storage and storage array systems (exemption
granted until 2010)
- in solders for
network infrastructure equipment for switching,
signalling, transmission as well as network management
for telecommunication
- in electronic
ceramic parts (e.g. piezo-electronic devices)
Cadmium plating except
for applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC (1)
amending Directive 76/769/EEC (2) relating to
restrictions on the marketing and use of certain
dangerous substances and preparations.
Hexavalent
chromium as an anti-corrosion of the
carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators.