Legislation
The recast RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 1 July 2011 and will enter into force on 21 July 2011.
RoHS Recast
The recast RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU has repealled Directive 2002/95/EC. The recast Directive now draws its scope from the categories laid out in Annex 1 of the Directive as opposed to Annex 1a of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive.
Originally transposed into UK law under statutory instrument 2008 No. 37 and amended by statutory instrument 2009 No. 581 the recast directive will be transposed into UK law with a new statutory instrument which will be published October/November 2012 and enter into force on 2 January 2013.
Publication of the Directive in the Official Journal of the European Union follows adoption of the text by the European Council on 27 May 2011.
Read the European Council press statement (27 May 2011) regarding the revised RoHS Directive.
Read the RoHS Recast text as outlined in the European Council press statement (27 May 2011).
Read the RoHS Recast corrigendum as outlined in the European Council press statement (27 May 2011).
Read the RoHS Recast addendum as outlined in the European Council press statement (27 May 2011).
Article 7 of the recast RoHS Directive also references Commission Decision 768/2008/EC with regard to technical documentation.
The RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC was amended via Commission Decisions, which are available, in chronological order, to download below. Please note that these decisions are also repealled by the recast RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.
Read Commission Decision 2005/618/EC
Read Commission Decision 2005/717/EC
Read Commission Decision 2005/747/EC
Read Commission Decision 2006/310/EC
Read Commission Decision 2006/690/EC
Read Commission Decision 2006/691/EC
Read Commission Decision 2006/692/EC
Read Commission Decision 2008/385/EC
Read Commission Decision 2009/428/EC
Read Commission Decision 2009/443/EC
Read Commission Decision 2010/122/EU
Read Commission Decision 2010/571/EU
Read Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2010/571/EU
Read Commission Decision 2011/534/EU
Government guidance and enforcement guidance (PDF, 68 Kb) as well as Commission FAQs have been produced to help explain the requirements of the legislation. New government guidance and Commission FAQs relating to the recast RoHS Directive are expected to be published in 2012.
The European Commission website has a wealth of information on RoHS and WEEE and has also produced the Blue Guide which is intended to contribute to better understanding of Directives based on the New Approach and the Global Approach, and to their more uniform and coherent application across different sectors and throughout the Single Market.
More information on CE Marking can also be downloaded from the BIS website.
