The report “Assistance to the Commission on technological, socio-economic and cost-benefit assessment related to exemptions from the substance restrictions in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive) – Final Report” 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 11 exemption requests from the 2012-2013 RoHS Project 2, Pack 1.

Stakeholder consultation No. 4, concerning 3 RoHS exemption requests, is closed. The contributions received have been made available on the EU CIRCA website (Browse categories > European Commission > Environment > RoHS 2012 Exemptions Review, at top left, click on "Library").

General Contributions regarding all 3 requests for exemptions have been made by the Danish Ministry of the Environment as well as by JEITA, CIAJ, JEMA & JBMIA (joint contribution)

Specific Contributions were made concerning Request 18a by Continental AG and Agilent.

Additionally, the TMC has submitted further information concerning each of the requests: Request 17a; Request 18a; Request 20a.

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.

We would like to inform you that a contribution has been made concerning RoHS exemption request No. 18a of the RoHS Stakeholder Consultation No. 4 and has been posted on the EU CIRCA website:

https://circabc.europa.eu/ (Browse categories > European Commission > Environment > RoHS 2012 Exemptions Review, at top left, click on "Library"):

Continental AG has submitted a contribution concerning exemption Request 18 For:

The contribution is also available at the project website under the corresponding request section at http://rohs.exemptions.oeko.info/.

This online stakeholder consultation will end shortly, on 15 Febraury 2013. Consultation No. 4 covers 3 RoHS exemption requests that were part of a previous project. A further stakeholder consultation was necessary to allow review of changes to wording and new information, before revaluation of the requests. Please find all corresponding information in the Consultation section. If you would like to make a contribution please submit it by 15 January 2013 at the latest.

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.

Stakeholder consultation No. 3, concerning 4 RoHS exemption requests, is closed. The contributions received have been 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 12, 13 and 14.

Contributions were made concerning Request 15 by CCLA, NP Lifhting, ECL and EEB and GPI.

Furthermore, the JBCE has submitted some additional information concerning Request 13.

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.

RoHS Stakeholder Consultaion No. 4 shall continue to run until February 15th.

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.

We would like to inform you that a contribution has been made concerning RoHS exemption request No. 15 of the RoHS Stakeholder Consultation No. 3 and has been posted on the EU CIRCA website:

https://circabc.europa.eu/  (Browse categories > European Commission > Environment > RoHS 2012 Exemptions Review, at top left, click on "Library"):

The Cold Cathode Lighting Association (CCLA) submitted a contribution concerning exemption Request 15  For:

The contribution is also available at the project website under the corresponding request section at http://rohs.exemptions.oeko.info/.

This online stakeholder consultation will end shortly, on 2 Febraury 2013. Consultation No. 3 covers 4 RoHS exemption requests. Please find all corresponding information in the Consultation section. If you would like to make a contribution please submit it by 2 January 2013 at the latest.

RoHS Stakeholder Consultaion No. 4 shall continue to run until February 15th.

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.

The RoHS exemptions Stakeholder Consultation 3 shall close on the 2nd of February 2013.

It covers 4 RoHS exemption requests. Please find all corresponding information in the Consultation section.

If you would like to make a contribution please submit it by 2 February 2013 at the latest.

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").

In parallel, Stakeholder Consultation 4, concerning 3 exemption requests to be revaluated in light of changes to wording and new information shall continue until mid-February.

New RoHS stakeholder consultation online! An online stakeholder consultation starts today 21 December 2012 and will run 8 weeks until 15 February 2013. It covers 3 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").

A new RoHS project for the evaluation of applications for granting, renewing or revoking an exemption, to be included in or deleted from Annexes III and IV of the new RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2), has started.                

In the course of the project, 3 exemption requests will be revaluated in light of changes to wording and new information. The consultation will start towards the end of December 2012. Stakeholders that have registered will be informed about the launch of the consultation (c.f. Registration).

The report “Assistance to the Commission on technological, socio-economic and cost-benefit assessment related to exemptions from the substance restrictions in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive) – Final Report” 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 20 exemption requests from the 2011-2012 RoHS Project 1.

New RoHS stakeholder consultation online! An online stakeholder consultation starts today 09 November 2012 and will run 12 weeks until 01 February 2012. It covers 4 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").

A new RoHS project for the evaluation of applications for granting, renewing or revoking an exemption, to be included in or deleted from Annexes III and IV of the new RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2), has started.

In the course of the project, 4 new exemption requests will be evaluated. The consultation will start at the begining of November 2012. Stakeholders that have registered will be informed about the launch of the consultation (c.f. Registration).

The report “Assistance to the Commission on technological, socio-economic and cost-benefit assessment related to exemptions from the substance restrictions in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive) - Reccomendations Part 1” 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 11 exemption requests from the on-going RoHS Project 1. The evaluation of the other exemption requests handled in this project is still on-going and shall be published once finalised.

The stakeholder consultation on the 11RoHS 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 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 and 11.

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.

The RoHS exemptions stakeholder consultation shall close in two weeks.

It covers 11 RoHS exemption requests. Please find all corresponding information in the Consultation section.

If you would like to make a contribution please submit it by 4 September 2012 at the latest.

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 stakeholder consultation online! An online stakeholder consultation starts today 26 June 2012 and will run until 4 September 2012. It covers 11 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").

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.