Stakeholder consultation on five exemption and one revocation request from the substance restrictions in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive)
The stakeholder consultation shall run for eigth weeks from 06.06.2025 to 01.08.2025 and covers five request for exemptions and one request for revocation of an exemption (see table below). Further necessary information (e.g. original request application, questionnaire, results of former evaluations) can be found below on the page.
| Relevant Exemption | Type of request | Applicant(s) | |
| Annex III n. 2(b)(4)-I | Lamps for other general lighting and special purposes (e.g. induction lamps): 15 mg [Hg] | Renewal | Lighting Europe, NARVA |
| Annex III n. 4(f)-I | Mercury in other discharge lamps for special purposes not specifically mentioned in this Annex | Renewal | Lighting Europe |
| Annex III n. 45 | Lead diazide, lead styphnate, lead dipicramate, orange lead (lead tetroxide), lead dioxide in electric and electronic initiators of explosives for civil (professional) use and barium chromate in long time pyrotechnic delay charges of electric initiators of explosives for civil (professional) use | Renewal | Austin Powder, Dyno Nobel, Nitroerg, Etienne-Lacroix |
| Annex IV n. 14 | Lead in single crystal piezoelectric materials for ultrasonic transducers | Revocation | Butterfly |
| Annex IV n. 42 | Mercury in electric rotating connectors used in intravascular ultrasound imaging systems capable of high operating frequency (> 50 MHz) modes of operation | Renewal | ACIST Medical Systems |
| Annex IV n. 49 | Mercury in melt pressure transducers for capillary rheometers at temperatures over 300 °C and pressures over 1000 bar | Renewal | Netzsch |
Guidance document
The guidance document contains information on
- the objective of the consultation,
- how to submit your contribution,
- contact details
> Download guidance document on the stakeholder consultation (PDF)
Results of the consultation and next steps
Unconfidential information submitted during the consultation will be posted on the EU CIRCA website (Browse categories > European Commission > Environment > RoHS Evaluations, at top left, click on "Library").
Further exchange with stakeholders will be held after the consultation has ended for those issues where further need for information and / or need for (technical) discussion has been identified.
Target groups
The consultation is targeted at the following groups:
- EEE industry
- EEE industry federations
- Consultancies
- Research institutions & universities
- NGOs
- Public administrations
The following representatives from these groups have currently registered on the list. This list will be updated regularly depending on new registrations of interested stakeholders.
> Download list of interested stakeholders (PDF)
Please take note of the specific privacy statement and of personal data protection.
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