What is RoHS?
RoHS stands for the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment. The UK RoHS Regulations came into force on 1 July 2006.
Working in partnership with the policy lead at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the National Measurement Office (NMO) is the UK market surveillance authority responsible for enforcing the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Regulations 2008.
These Regulations implement the RoHS Directive which bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.
Manufacturers need to understand the requirements of the RoHS Directive to ensure that their products, and their components, comply.
More information can be found throughout the website or by downloading our RoHS enforcement leaflet (PDF, 318 Kb) and RoHS Producer Support Booklet (PDF, 1.2 Mb) to learn more about the Regulations and how to comply.
Please note, the RoHS Directive has been recast and will transposed into UK law by 2 January 2013. New guidance will be published on this website when available.
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