Regulatory ESSENTIAL



Regulatory ESSENTIALS - modular information package with all the essential information for compliant products in your target market. Conveniently read online at Product-Compliance-Portal ROGER WILLCO.

Electrical and electronic equipment; Electrical equipment; Hazardous substances; Lead restriction; Restriction of Hazardous Substances; RoHS; Electrical Devices; Material compliance; electrical and electronic products
Scope: This ESSENTIAL describes the legal obligations for manufacturers and the regulatory requirements for the restriction of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment as specified in the regulation. The RoHS Regulations prohibit economic operators from placing or making available on the market EEE in which any homogenous material contains more than the permitted maximum concentration values (MCVs) of any of 10 substances/groups according to Schedule A1.

Stakeholders: Manufacturer, B2C products, B2B products
Legislation in force: SI No. 2012/3032 SI 2024 No. 696 SI 2020 No. 1647

Application national: England, Scotland, Wales, post-Brexit regulation, electrical equipment, hazardous substances

Countries: Image for GB United Kingdom,  
Status: Published 2021-04-23 by Inken Green and Anette Dunkel-Reinboth
Last change 2024-07-25 by Linda Kritzler: Hints, Dangerous substances (RoHS)
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Scope of this ESSENTIAL
This ESSENTIAL describes the legal obligations for manufacturers and the regulatory requirements for the restriction of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment as specified in the regulation.

The RoHS Regulations prohibit economic operators from placing or making available on the market EEE in which any homogenous material contains more than the permitted maximum concentration values (MCVs) of any of 10 substances/groups according to Schedule A1.'

Hints
Here you will get textual information

Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes

Abbreviations
Here you will get a table

Important abbreviations which are special for this legislation or theme.

Analysis of regulatory requirements

Legislation in force for this PCT
Here you will get a linked document in ROGER WILLCO
(only reachable with additional ROGER WILLCO license)

Are legal provisions regulates the product compliance topic? If yes, what is the reference (title, number)?

Scope of legislation
^#Gitterlinien:True ^#Ueberschrift:True No. Statutory Instrument (SI)Regulation TitleUKCA Mark on a label allowed until 31-DEC-2027Unlimited recognition of CE marking after 01-JAN-2025 11977/932Measuring Container Bottles (EEC Requirements) Regulationsxx 22001/1701The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulationsxx 32008/1597Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulationsxx 42009/ 2824Aerosol Dispensers Regulationsxx 52010/2617Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulationsxx 62011/1881Toys (Safety) Regulationsxx 72012/3032Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical andElectronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (‘The RoHS Regulations’)xx (with restrictions) 82014/1638Explosives Regulationsxx 92015/1553Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulationsxx 102016/425Personal Protective Equipment (EU Regulation)xx 112016/426Gas Appliances (EU Regulation)xx 122016/1101Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulationsxx 132016/1105Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulationsxx 142016/1107Equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres Regulationsxx 152016/1153Measuring Instruments Regulationsxx 162016/1152Non-automatic weighing instruments Regulationsxx 172016/1091Electromagnetic compatibility Regulationsxx 182016/1092Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulationsxx 192016/1093Lifts Regulationsxx 202017/1206Radio Equipment Regulationsxx 212017/737Recreational Craft Regulationsxx '

Scope of legislation
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Restricted substances
Here you will get textual information

Which substances are restricted?

Responsible actors
Here you will get textual information

Which actor(s) are responsible for compliance with the legal provisions: e. g. - economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor, fulfilment service provider), - user (commercial/industrial/professional), - user (private, consumer)?

Regulatory market access conditions for the actor(s)
Here you will get textual information

What are the main regulatory requirements (e. g. conformity assessment fulfilment of essential requirements of Annex I 2006/42/EC) prior placing on the market, importation and putting into service (brief description)

Penalty by this legislation
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What are the possible penalties (e. g. sales ban, fines) in the case of non-compliance?

Exemption clauses
Here you will get textual information

Exempted devices/products or industry sectors.

Hints
Here you will get a linked document in ROGER WILLCO
(only reachable with additional ROGER WILLCO license)

Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes

Sub-federal legislation of states/counties
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

E. g. by 2019 an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on governance of the Electrical Equipment Safety System (EESS) has been signed by Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.

FTA/MRA status with EU
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Has the country signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) or a Mutual recognition agreement (MRA) with EU?

Authority
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

Name of the authority for approval, registration, market surveillance and/or enforcement

Market surveillance authority
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

Name of the authority for market surveillance and/or enforcement

Link/Reference to other reference document(s)
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(only reachable with additional ROGER WILLCO license)

Comment on the comparability to EU legislation
Here you will get textual information

Hints
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Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes

Route to compliance

Formal and administrative requirements

Registration at related authority required?
Here you will get textual information

Product registration? Manufacturer registration? Importer / Representative registration? if required.

Local representative legally required?
Here you will get textual information

[Yes/No]

Equipment authorization (approval process)

Approval process (conformity assessment procedure)
Here you will get textual information

Means each legally required approval process prior placing on the market, importation or putting into service

Is the IECEE CB Scheme accepted by the authority/approval body?
Here you will get textual information

"[Yes/ No / no information available] [Text] Information (website)"

Conformance document(s) to show compliance to the authority
Here you will get textual information

e. g. SDoC, technical documentation (for 10 years), filled-in approval forms (e. g. ACMA in AUT)

Conformance document(s) to show compliance to the authority
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e. g. SDoC, technical documentation (for 10 years), filled-in approval forms (e. g. ACMA in AUT)

Conformance document validity and renewal
Here you will get textual information

Validity for Conformance document name mentioned. For mandatory certification validity is important.

Which documents are required by an approval body?
Here you will get textual information

e .g. formal application

Is a factory inspection legally required
Here you will get textual information

Hint to voluntary certification scheme
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

If a important voluntary certification schemes exists, one link will be given. Important voluntary schemes are for example: UL, CSA, VCCI (Japan)

Testing & Standards

Specific requirements for testing
Here you will get textual information

e. g. is an accredited test lab. mandatory, limits, test samples, product description

General information to the application of standards
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(only reachable with additional ROGER WILLCO license)

e. g. China: GB standards are mandatory, EU: harmonized standards shall be published in the OJEU with respect to "presumption of conformity"

Link to harmonised standards list
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

National Standardisation Organisation
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

Link to organisation

Are national standards based on IEC/ISO standards?
Here you will get textual information

Undetailed information

Is in-country testing legally required?
Here you will get textual information

Acceptance of foreign test reports
Here you will get textual information

Regulatory labelling, markings and user information

Regulatory label (mandatory)
Here you will get a image or chart

e. g. product label

Regulatory label (mandatory)
Here you will get textual information

e. g. product label

Regulatory e-labelling allowed?
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

e. g. put the regulatory information and labels in a software menu

Required information on the product and/or packaging
Here you will get textual information

e. g. address of the manufacturer/importer, serial number

User instructions language(s)
Here you will get textual information

Regulated by the legal provisions

User instruction requirements and specific compliance notes
Here you will get textual information

Form, sentence inside, simple text. E. g. FCC/ISED compliance information, SAR information, battery, environmental information like waste

Digital user documentation allowed?
Here you will get textual information

User instructions allowed by QR-Code/internet or digital medium or integrated in device with display? Safety instruction allowed by QR-Code or digital medium?

Warnings, symbols
Here you will get textual information

e. g. ANSI Z 535.4

Hints
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Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes

Hints
Here you will get a image or chart

Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes


Code, ContinentGBR, Europe
Economic Area
Official LanguageEnglish (plus 6 regional official languages) De facto official language of the United Kingdom is English. Welsh, an official language in Wales, and the only de jure official language in any part of the UK and Scots
Standard InstituteBSI - British Standards Institution | https://www.bsigroup.com/en-US/Standards/
HS CodememberYes, since 1952






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