The duration of the project has been extended for 6 months until end of May 2011.

Mid September another consultation will be launched covering the existing RoHS exemptions 30, 31 and 32. Details will be published on this website and registered stakeholders will be informed by e-mail.

The second online stakeholder consultation is closed. Next steps in the context of the evaluation of RoHS exemptions will be to finalise the recommendation for exemption request 1. Furthermore, contributions received to the consultation on request 2 will now be evaluated in order to draft a recommendation.

The next online stakeholder consultations are likely to be held in September then covering several exemptions at once. Further details will be published in this News section as soon as possible.

New stakeholder consultation online!

A second online stakeholder consultation starts 23 April 2010 and will run until 18 June 2010. It covers a new RoHS exemption request. All unconfidential information provided by stakeholders will be uploaded on the EU CIRCA website.

New stakeholder consultation online!

A first online stakeholder consultation starts today 22 January 2010 and will run until 29 March 2010. It covers one new RoHS exemption request. All unconfidential information provided by stakeholders will be uploaded on the EU CIRCA website.

Clarification of project scope

As there seems to be rumours as to what exactly is covered by this current evaluation project, we would like to clarify the following:

• In total 8-10 new exemption requests or existing exemptions will be reviewed.
• The EU Commission will identify which requests or existing exemptions this includes in the course of the project. The contractor will then be mandated with the evaluation on a case-by-case basis.
• Currently the contractor has been mandated only with the evaluation of one new exemption request (cf. first online stakeholder consultation).
• Stakeholders that have registered will be informed on time about new evaluation mandates.

New RoHS evaluation project online! This project website gives an overview on activities related to the adaptation of the RoHS Directive’s Annex. In the Background section you will find information on related legislation, previous assessments and reports as well as a comprehensive project description.

The first stakeholder consultation covering 1 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.