Restriction of hazardous substances in EEE (RoHS)

RoHS Restriction of hazardous substances in EEE 2011/65/EU · Consolidated version of 1 Jul 2026 · Official text on EUR-Lex

Contents of the act

• Article 1 – Subject matter
• Article 2 – Scope
• Article 3 – Definitions
• Article 4 – Prevention
• Article 5 – Adaptation of the Annexes to scientific and technical progress
• Article 6 – Review and amendment of list of restricted substances in Annex II
• Article 7 – Obligations of manufacturers
• Article 8 – Obligations of authorised representatives
• Article 9 – Obligations of importers
• Article 10 – Obligations of distributors
• Article 11 – Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
• Article 12 – Identification of economic operators
• Article 13 – EU declaration of conformity
• Article 14 – General principles of the CE marking
• Article 15 – Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking
• Article 16 – Presumption of conformity
• Article 17 – Formal objection to a harmonised standard
• Article 18 – Market surveillance and controls of EEE entering the Union market
• Article 19 – Committee procedure
• Article 20 – Exercise of the delegation
• Article 21 – Revocation of the delegation
• Article 22 – Objections to delegated acts
• Article 23 – Penalties
• Article 24 – Review
• Article 25 – Transposition
• Article 26 – Repeal
• Article 27 – Entry into force
• Article 28 – Addressees

Annexes

• ANNEX I – Categories of EEE covered by this Directive
• ANNEX II – Restricted substances referred to in Article 4(1) and maximum concentration values tolerated by weight in homogeneous materials
• ANNEX III – Applications exempted from the restriction in Article 4(1)
• ANNEX IV – Applications exempted from the restriction in Article 4(1) specific to medical devices and monitoring and control instruments
• ANNEX V – Applications for granting, renewing and revoking exemptions as referred to in Article 5
• ANNEX VI – EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
• ANNEX VII – PART A