RoHS : Affected Products
The RoHS Directive affects the following products:
(Click any product type for more details.)
- Large household appliances
- Large cooling appliances
- Refrigerators & Freezers
- Other large appliances used for refrigeration, conservation and storage of food
- Washing machines
- Clothes dryers
- Dish washing machines
- Cooking
- Electric stoves
- Electric hot plates
- Microwaves
- Other large appliances used for cooking and other processing of food
- Electric heating appliances & electric radiators
- Other large appliances for heating rooms, beds, seating furniture
- Electric fans & air conditioner appliances
- Other fanning, exhaust ventilation and conditioning equipment
- Small household appliances
- Vacuum cleaners
- Carpet sweepers
- Other appliances for cleaning
- Appliances used for sewing, knitting, weaving and other processing for textiles
- Irons and other appliances for ironing, mangling and other care of clothing
- Toasters
- Fryers
- Grinders, coffee machines and equipment for opening or sealing containers or packages
- Electric knives
- Appliances for hair-cutting, hair drying, tooth brushing, shaving, massage and other body care appliances
- Clocks, watches and equipment for the purpose of measuring, indicating or registering time
- Scales
- IT and telecommunications equipment
- Centralised data processing: Mainframes, Minicomputers, Printer units
- Personal computing: Personal computers (CPU, mouse, screen and keyboard included), Laptop computers (CPU, mouse, screen and keyboard included), Notebook and Notepad computers
- Printers
- Copying equipment
- Electrical and electronic typewriters
- Pocket and desk calculators and other products and equipment for the collection, storage, processing, presentation or communication of information by electronic means
- User terminals and systems
- Facsimile
- Telex
- Telephones, pay telephones, cordless telephones,
- cellular telephones, answering systems and other products or equipment of transmitting sound, images or other information by telecommunications
- Electrical and electronic tools
- Drills
- Saws
- Sewing machines
- Equipment for turning, milling, sanding, grinding, sawing, cutting, shearing, drilling, making holes, punching, folding, bending or similar processing of wood, metal and other materials
- Tools for riveting, nailing or screwing or removing rivets, nails, screws or similar uses
- Tools for welding, soldering or similar use
- Equipment for spraying, spreading, dispersing or other treatment of liquid or gaseous substances by other means
- Tools for mowing or other gardening activities
- Lighting equipment
- Luminaires for fluorescent lamps
- Straight fluorescent lamps
- Compact fluorescent lamps
- High intensity discharge lamps, including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps
- Low pressure sodium lamps
- Other lighting or equipment for the purpose of spreading or controlling light with the exception of filament bulbs
- Consumer equipment
- Radio sets
- Television sets
- Videocamera
- Video recorders
- Hi-fi recorders
- Audio amplifiers
- Musical instruments
- And other products or equipment for the purpose of recording or reproducing sound or images, including signals or other technologies for the distribution of sound and image than by telecommunications
- Toys, leisure and sports equipment
- Electric trains or car racing sets
- Hand-held video game consoles
- Video games
- Computers for biking, diving, running, rowing, etc.
- Sports equipment with electric or electronic components
- Coin slot machines
- Automatic dispensers
- Automatic dispensers for hot drinks
- Automatic dispensers for hot or cold bottles or cans
- Automatic dispensers for solid products
- Automatic dispensers for money
- All appliances which deliver automatically all kind of products
(with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools)
The RoHS Directive takes its scope from the associated WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive.
The WEEE Directive affects all the product types above plus:
- Medical devices (with the exception of implanted and infected products)
- Monitoring & control instruments