RoHS Exemptions Exemptions RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU ANNEX III Exemption Items 1, Mercury in single capped (compact) fluorescent lamps not exceeding (per burner): 1(a), For general lighting purposes < 30 W:2.5 mg 1(b), For general lighting purposes≥ 30 W and < 50W:3.5mg 1(c), For general lighting purposes ≥ 50 W and < 150 W: 5 mg 1(d), For general lighting purposes ≥ 150 W: 15 mg 1(e), For general lighting purposes with circular or square structural shape and tube diameter ≤ 17 mm: 7 mg 1(f), For special purposes: 5 mg 1(g), For general lighting purposes < 30 W with a lifetime equal or above 20 000 h: 3,5 mg 2(a), Mercury in double-capped linear fluorescent lamps for general lighting purposes not exceeding (per lamp): 2(a)(1), Tri-band phosphor with normal lifetime and a tube diameter <9 mm (e.g. T2): 4 mg 2(a)(2), Tri-band phosphor with normal lifetime and a tube diameter ≥ 9 mm and ≤ 17 mm (e.g. T5): 3 mg 2(a)(3), Tri-band phosphor with normal lifetime and a tube diameter >17 mm and ≤ 28 mm (e.g. T8):3.5mg 2(a)(4), Tri-band phosphor with normal lifetime and a tube diameter >28 mm (e.g. T12): 3.5 mg 2(a)(5), Tri-band phosphor with long lifetime (≥ 25 000 h): 5 mg 2(b), Mercury in other fluorescent lamps not exceeding (per lamp): 2(b)(2), Non-linear halophosphate lamps (all diameters): 15 mg 2(b)(3), Non-linear tri-band phosphor lamps with tube diameter >17 mm (e.g. T9):15mg 2(b)(4), Lamps for other general lighting and special purposes (e.g. induction lamps):15mg 3, Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for special purposes not exceeding (per lamp): 3(a), Short length (≤500 mm):3.5mg 3(b), Medium length (>500 mm and ≤ 1 500 mm):5mg 3(c), Long length (> 1 500 mm):13mg 4(a), Mercury in other low pressure discharge lamps (per lamp):15mg 4(b), Mercury in High Pressure Sodium (vapour) lamps for general lighting purposes not exceeding (per burner) in lamps with improved colour rendering index Ra > 60: 4(b) -I, P ≤155 W:30mg 4(b) -II, 155 W < P ≤ 405 W:40mg 4(b) -III, P > 405 W:40mg 4(c), Mercury in other High Pressure Sodium (vapour) lamps for general lighting purposes not exceeding (per burner): 4(c)-I, P ≤ 155 W:25mg 4(c)-II, 155 W < P ≤ 405 W:30mg 4(c)-III, P > 405 W:40mg Expires Date Expires on 31 December 2017 Expires on 13 April 2016 Exemptions RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU ANNEX III Exemption Items 4(e), Mercury in metal halide lamps (MH) 4(f), Mercury in other discharge lamps for special purposes not specifically mentioned in this Annex 4(g), Mercury in hand crafted luminous discharge tubes used for signs, decorative or architectural and specialist lighting and light-artwork, where the mercury content shall be limited as follows: (a) 20 mg per electrode pair+0,3mg per tube length in cm, but not more than 80 mg, for outdoor applications and indoor applications exposed to temperatures below 20 ℃; (b) 15 mg per electrode pair+0,24mg per tube length in cm, but not more than 80 mg, for all other indoor applications 5(a), Lead in glass of cathode ray tubes 5(b), Lead in glass of fluorescent tubes not exceeding 0,2 % by weight 6(a), Lead as an alloying element in steel for machining purposes and in galvanized steel containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight 6(b), Lead as an alloying element in aluminium containing up to 0,4 % lead by weight 6(c), Copper alloy containing up to 4 % lead by weight 7(a), Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead- based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead) 7(b), Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission, and network management for telecommunications 7(c)-I, Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a glass or ceramic other than dielectric ceramic in capacitors, e.g. piezoelectronic devices, or in a glass or ceramic matrix compound 7(c)-II, Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors for a rated voltage of 125 V AC or 250 V DC or higher 7(c)-III, Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors for a rated voltage of less than 125 V AC or 250 V DC Expires Date Expires on 31 December 2018’ Expires on 1 January 2013 and after that date may be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 1 January 2013 Expires on 21 July 2016 Expires on 1 January 2012 and after that date may be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 1 January 2012 May be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 24 September 2010 7(c)-Ⅳ, Lead in PZT based dielectric ceramic materials for capacitors being part of integrated circuits or discrete semiconductors 8(a), Cadmium and its compounds in one shot pellet type thermal cut-offs 8(b), Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts 9, Hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators up to 0,75 % by weight in the cooling solution 9(b), Lead in bearing shells and bushes for refrigerant-containing compressors for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) applications 11(a), Lead used in C-press compliant pin connector systems Exemptions RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU ANNEX III Exemption Items 11(b), Lead used in other than C-press compliant pin connector systems Expires Date Expires on 1 January 2013 and after that date may be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 1 January 2013 May be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 24 September 2010 Expires on 1 January 2011 and after that date may be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 1 January 2011 12, Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module C-ring 13(a), Lead in white glasses used for optical applications 13(b), Cadmium and lead in filter glasses and glasses used for reflectance standards 14, Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between the pins and the package of micropro-cessors with a lead content of more than 80 % and less than 85 % by weight 15, Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages 17, Lead halide as radiant agent in high intensity discharge (HID) lamps used for professional reprography applications 18(b), Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1 % lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5 :Pb) 21, Lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on glasses, such as borosilicate and soda lime glasses 23, Lead in finishes of fine pitch components other than connectors with a pitch of 0,65 mm and less 24, Lead in solders for the soldering to machined through hole discoidal and planar array ceramic multilayer capacitors 25, Lead oxide in surface conduction electron emitter displays (SED) used in structural elements, notably in the seal frit and frit ring 29, Lead bound in crystal glass as defined in Annex I (Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4) of 1Council Directive 69/493/EEC () 30, Cadmium alloys as electrical/mechanical solder joints to elec-trical conductors located directly on the voice coil in transducers used in high-powered loudspeakers with sound pressure levels of 100 dB (A) and more 31, Lead in soldering materials in mercury free flat fluorescent lamps (which e.g. are used for liquid crystal displays, design or industrial lighting) 32, Lead oxide in seal frit used for making window assemblies for Argon and Krypton laser tubes 33, Lead in solders for the soldering of thin copper wires of 100 μm diameter and less in power transformers 34, Lead in cermet-based trimmer potentiometer elements 37, Lead in the plating layer of high voltage diodes on the basis of a zinc borate glass body 38, Cadmium and cadmium oxide in thick film pastes used on aluminium bonded beryllium oxide May be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 24 September 2010 Exemptions RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU ANNEX III Exemption Items 41, Lead in solders and termination finishes of electrical and electronic components and finishes of printed circuit boards used in ignition modules and other electrical and electronic engine control systems, which for technical reasons must be mounted directly on or in the crankcase or cylinder of hand-held combustion engines (classes SH:1, SH:2, SH:3 of Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) Note: () OJ L 326, 29.12.1969, p.36. 1Expires Date Expires on 31 December 2018 Exemptions RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU ANNEX IV Equipment 4onizing4 or detecting 4onizing radiation Exemption Items 1. Lead, cadmium and mercury in detectors for 4onizing radiation. 2. Lead bearings in X-ray tubes. 3. Lead in electromagnetic radiation amplification devices: micro-channel plate and capillary plate. 4. Lead in glass frit of X-ray tubes and image intensifiers and lead in glass frit binder for assembly of gas lasers and for vacuum tubes that convert electromagnetic radiation into electrons. 5. Lead in shielding for 4onizing radiation. 6. Lead in X-ray test objects. 7. Lead stearate X-ray diffraction crystals. 8. Radioactive cadmium isotope source for portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometers. Sensors, detectors and electrodes 8.1a. Lead and cadmium in ion selective electrodes including glass of pH electrodes. 8.1b. Lead anodes in electrochemical oxygen sensors. 8.1c. Lead, cadmium and mercury in infra-red light detectors. 8.1d. Mercury in reference electrodes: low chloride mercury chloride, mercury sulphate and mercury oxide. 9. Cadmium in helium-cadmium lasers. 10. Lead and cadmium in atomic absorption spectroscopy lamps. 11. Lead in alloys as a superconductor and thermal conductor in MRI. 12. Lead and cadmium in metallic bonds creating superconducting magnetic circuits in MRI, SQUID, NMR (NuclearMagnetic Resonance) or FTMS (Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer) detectors. 13. Lead in counterweights. 14. Lead in single crystal piezoelectric materials for ultrasonic transducers. 15. Lead in solders for bonding to ultrasonic transducers. 16. Mercury in very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and in high frequency RF switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments not exceeding 20 mg of mercury per switch or relay. Expires Date Expires on 30 June 2021 Exemptions RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU ANNEX IV Equipment 4onizing4 or detecting 4onizing radiation Exemption Items 17. Lead in solders in portable emergency defibrillators. 18. Lead in solders of high performance infrared imaging modules to detect in the range 8-14 μm. 19. Lead in Liquid crystal on silicon (LcoS) displays. 20. Cadmium in X-ray measurement filters. 21. Cadmium in phosphor coatings in image intensifiers for X-ray images until 31 December 2019 and in spareparts for X-ray systems placed on the EU market before 1 January 2020. 22. Lead acetate marker for use in stereotactic head frames for use with CT and MRI and in positioning systems forgamma beam and particle therapy equipment. 23. Lead as an alloying element for bearings and wear surfaces in medical equipment exposed to ionising radiation. 24. Lead enabling vacuum tight connections between aluminium and steel in X-ray image intensifiers. 25. Lead in the surface coatings of pin connector systems requiring nonmagnetic connectors which are useddurably at a temperature below – 20 °C under normal operating and storage conditions. 26. Lead in — solders on printed circuit boards, — termination coatings of electrical and electronic components and coatings of printed circuit boards, — solders for connecting wires and cables, — solders connecting transducers and sensors, that are used durably at a temperature below – 20 °C under normal operating and storage conditions. 27. Lead in — solders, — termination coatings of electrical and electronic components and printed circuit boards, — connections of electrical wires, shields and enclosed connectors,which are used in magnetic fields within the sphere of 1 m radius around the isocentre of the magnet in medical magnetic resonance imaging equipment, including patient monitors designed to be used within this sphere, or magnetic fields within 1 m distance from the external surfaces of cyclotron magnets, magnets for beam transport and beam direction control applied for particle therapy. 28. Lead in solders for mounting cadmium telluride and cadmium zinc telluride digital array detectors to printedcircuit boards. 29. Lead in alloys, as a superconductor or thermal conductor, used in cryo-cooler cold heads and/or in cryo-cooledcold probes and/or in cryo-cooled equipotential bonding systems, in medical devices (category 8) and/or inindustrial monitoring and control instruments. 30. Hexavalent chromium in alkali dispensers used to create photocathodes in X-ray image intensifiers until31 December 2019 and in spare parts for X-ray systems placed on the EU market before 1 January 2020. Expires Date Expires on 30 June 2021. Expires on 30 June 2021 Expires on31 December 2019 Expires on 30 June 2021 Expires on 30 June 2021 Expires on 30 June 2020 Expires on 31 December 2017 Expires on 30 June 2021 Exemptions RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU ANNEX IV Equipment 4onizing4 or detecting 4onizing radiation Exemption Items 31. Lead, cadmium and hexavalent chromium in reused spare parts, recovered from medical devices placed on themarket before 22 July 2014 and used in category 8 equipment placed on the market before 22 July 2021, provided that reuse takes place in auditable closed-loop business-to-business return systems, and that the reuse of parts is notified to the consumer. 32. Lead in solders on printed circuit boards of detectors and data acquisition units for Positron EmissionTomographs which are integrated into Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment. 33. Lead in solders on populated printed circuit boards used in Directive 93/42/EEC class IIa and IIb mobilemedical devices other than portable emergency defibrillators. 34. Lead as an activator in the fluorescent powder of discharge lamps when used for extracorporeal photopheresislamps containing BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb) phosphors. 35. Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps for back-lighting liquid crystal displays, not exceeding 5 mg per lamp, used in industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22 July 2017 36. Lead used in other than C-press compliant pin connector systems for industrial monitoring and control instruments. Expires Date Expires on 21 July 2021 Expires on 31 December 2019 Expires on 30 June 2016 for class IIa and on31 December 2020 for class IIb. Expires on 22 July 2021 Expires on 21 July 2024 37. Lead in platinized platinum electrodes used for conductivity measurementswhere at least one of the following conditions applies: (a) wide-range measurements with a conductivity range covering more than 1 order of magnitude (e.g. range between 0,1 mS/m and 5 mS/m) in laboratory applications for unknown concentrations; (b) measurements of solutions where an accuracy of +/– 1 % of the sample range and where high corrosion resistance of the electrode are required for any of the following: (i) solutions with an acidity < pH 1; (ii) solutions with an alkalinity > pH 13; (iii) corrosive solutions containing halogen gas; (c) measurements of conductivities above 100 mS/m that must be performed with portable instruments. 38.Lead in solder in one interface of large area stacked die elements with Expires on 31 December 2019. May be more than 500 interconnects per interface which are used in X-ray used after that date in spare parts for CT detectors of computed tomography and X-ray systems and X-ray systems placed on the market before 1 January 2020. Expires on 31 December 2020. May be used after that date in spare parts for industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 1 January 2021.’ Expires on 31 December 2018 Exemptions RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU ANNEX IV Equipment 4onizing4 or detecting 4onizing radiation Exemption Items 39. Lead in micro-channel plates (MCPs) used in equipment where at least one of the following properties is present: (a)a compact size of the detector for electrons or ions, where the space for the detector is limited to a maximum of 3 mm/MCP (detector thickness+space for installation of the MCP), a maximum of 6 mm in total, and an alternative design yielding more space for the detector is scientifically and technically impracticable; (b)a two-dimensional spatial resolution for detecting electrons or ions, where at least one of the following applies: (i)a response time shorter than 25 ns; 2(ii)a sample detection area larger than 149 mm; 3(iii)a multiplication factor larger than 1,3 × 10. (c)a response time shorter than 5 ns for detecting electrons or ions; 2(d)a sample detection area larger than 314 mm for detecting electrons or ions; 7(e)a multiplication factor larger than 4,0 × 10. 40. Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors for a rated voltage of less than 125 V AC or 250 V DC for industrial monitoring and control instruments Expires Date (a) 21 July 2021 for medical devices and monitoring and control instruments; (b) 21 July 2023 for in-vitro diagnostic medical devices; (c) 21 July 2024 for industrial monitoring and control instruments 41. Lead as a thermal stabiliser in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) used as base material in amperometric, potentiometric and conductometric electrochemical sensors which are used in in-vitro diagnostic medical devices for the analysis of blood and other body fluids and body gases. 42. Mercury in electric rotating connectors used in intravascular ultrasound imaging systems capable of high operating frequency (> 50 MHz) modes of operation. Expires on 31 December 2020. May be used after that date in spare parts for industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 1 January 2021 Expires on 31 December 2018 Expires on 30 June 2019