The report “Adaptation to Scientific and Technical Progress under Directive 2011/65/EU - Transferability of previously reviewed exemptions to Annex III of Directive 2011/65/EU” is published on the EU CIRCA website (Browse categories > European Commission > Environment > RoHS 2012 Exemptions Review, at top left, click on "Library" > Reports) and can also be downloaded here.

The report summarizes the assessment of the former evaluation results (carried out under the RoHS I regime – Directive 2002/95/EC) of four exemptions in the light of the new provisions under RoHS II (Directive 2011/65/EU) and is one task of the current project besides the evaluation of exemption requests.

The stakeholder consultation on the 18 RoHS exemption requests is closed. The contributions received are made available on the EU CIRCA website (Browse categories > European Commission > Environment > RoHS 2012 Exemptions Review, at top left, click on "Library").

No contributions have been submitted on exemption request 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

As a next step, Öko-Institut and Fraunhofer IZM will evaluate the results of the consultation and contact individual stakeholders if necessary.

Final recommendations and the final report will be published in this News section and registered stakeholders will be informed by e-mail. If you wish to be informed, please register under Registration.

New RoHS stakeholder consultation online! An online stakeholder consultation starts today 24 January 2012 and will run until 20 March 2012. It covers 18 RoHS exemption requests. Please find all corresponding information in the Consultation section.

We kindly invite you to participate actively in this exercise in order to allow us to carry out an evaluation on the basis of as much fact-based evidence as possible. Non-confidential information submitted during the consultation will be posted on the EU CIRCA website (Browse categories > European Commission > Environment > RoHS 2012 Exemptions Review, at top left, click on "Library").

New RoHS evaluation project online! This project website gives an overview on activities related to the adaptation of the RoHS Directive’s Annexes III and IV (2011/65/EU).

In the Background section you will find information on related legislation, previous assessments and reports as well as a comprehensive project description.

A stakeholder consultation covering 18 exemption request to the RoHS Directive will be launched end of January 2010 and will run for 8 weeks.

Stakeholders can register under Registration in order to regularly receive information on project progress and in order to be involved in the evaluation.