✔ RoHS Guide

RoHS Impacted and Exempted Categories

The RoHS Directive currently applies to products in Categories 1 thru 11 (as per Schedule 1 of the WEEE Directive).

The following product categories are impacted under the RoHS Directive:

Cat 1. Large household appliances: refrigerators, washers, stoves, air conditioners

Cat 2. Small household appliances: vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, coffee makers, irons

Cat 3. Computing & communications equipment: computers, printers, copiers, phones

Cat 4. Consumer electronics: TVs, DVD players, stereos, video cameras

Cat 5. Lighting: lamps, lighting fixtures, light bulbs

Cat 6. Power tools: drills, saws, nail guns, sprayers, lathes, trimmers, blowers

Cat 7. Toys and sports equipment: videogames, electric trains, treadmills

Category 8. Medical devices and equipment *

Category 9. Control and monitoring equipment *

Cat 10. Automatic dispensers: vending machines, ATM machines

Cat 11. Catch-all: all other electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) not covered under the other categories **

* Compliance deadline for Category 8,9 products for RoHS 3 phthalate restriction is July 22, 2021
** Compliance deadline for Category 11 products for RoHS 3 phthalate restriction is July 23, 2019

The following products are currently exempted from RoHS 2 compliance:

Military & national security equipment

Space equipment

Non-road mobile machinery (NRMM)

Large-scale stationary industrial tools (LSST)

Large-scale fixed installations (LSFI)

R&D equipment

Transportation vehicles

Sub-equipment for out-of-scope equipment

Active implantable medical devices

Photovoltaic panels (PV)

Batteries (just the cells, not the externals)

Flourescent light bulbs/lamps

Spare parts for equipment in the market before RoHS took effect