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RoHS

- Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances
- RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC) is the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment. Electrical and electronic equipment put in the market from 1 July 2006 should not contain the following chemicals
: Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Chromium(Ⅵ), PBB(s) and PBDE(s)

- Country: Proposed and regulated by EU member ststes, but both the US and China have similar regulations in their legislation development process
- Date: Implement from July, 2006
- Affected Industry : all electrical and electronic industry sectors, which sell finished and semifinished goods in EU member states.


Class	Item	Substances

Class Ⅰ	Pb	Lead and its compound

	Cd	Cadmium and its compound

	Hg	Mercury and its compound

	Cr⁶⁺	Hexavalent chromium and its compound

	PBB	Polybrominated biphenyls

	PBDE	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Class Ⅱ	Cl organic compounds	Short Chain-chloro Paraffine

		PCBs(Poly Chloro Biphenyls)

		PCTs(Poly Chloro Triphenyls)

		PCP(pentachlorophenol)

		PCN(Poly Chloro Naphtalenes)

	Ozone depleting substances	CFCs

		HCFCs

		CHCs

		HBFCs

		Halon

		Methyl Bromide

		1,1,1 Trichloroethane

		Carbon Tetrachloride

		Dichloromethane(C2H2Cl2)

		Trichloroethylene(C2HCl3)

		Perchloroethylene(C2Cl4)

	Organic tin compound	TBT(Tributyltin compound)

		TPT(Triphenyltin compound)

	Tin Oxide	TBTO(Tributyl tin Oxide)

	Azo compound	Azo colorants

	Asbestos and compound	Asbestos and its compound

	Formaldehyde	Formaldehydes

	Sb	Antimony and its compounds

	As	Arsenic and its compounds

	Ni	Nickel and its compounds

Class Ⅲ	Be	Beryllium and its compounds

	Se	Selelniuim and its compounds

	Mg	Magnesium

	Phthalates	Phthalates

	Other brominated flame retardants (except PBB&PBDE)	except TEPA(Tris(1-aziridinyl) phosphinoxide)

		DBBT(monomethyl dibromodiphenyl methane)

		TEPA(Tris(1-aziridinyl) phosphinoxide)

		Tris-(2,3-dibromo-propyl) phosphate

		PVC