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The RoHS 2 directive (2011/65/EU) contains allowance to add new materials and 4 materials are highlighted for this attention in the original version, the amendment 2015/863 adds four additional substances to Annex II of 2011/65/EU (3/4 of the new restrictions are recommended for investigation in the original directive, ref Para 10 of preamble).
If the amendment passes, China will have the same RoHS substances as the 2015 EU RoHS amendment. The expected publication date of the regulation is July 2022. The addition of phthalates to the RoHS regulation would advance China's green industrial development program, which is part of their 14th Five-Year Plan. [6]
REACH allows restricted substances of very high concern to continue being used, subject to authorisation. This authorisation requirement attempts to ensure that risks from the use of such substances are either adequately controlled or justified by socio-economic grounds, having taken into account the available information on alternative ...
In 2010, ChemSec secured support from some manufacturers for their proposals [9] to restrict the use of brominated flame retardants and PVC in electronic goods under the RoHS Directive. [10] Although the EU rejected immediate restriction of specific substances, new measures to restrict substances likely to produce hazardous pollutants were ...
The European Union has passed numerous directives and regulations to avoid the dissemination and restrict the usage of hazardous substances, important ones being the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) and the REACH regulation.
The Poisons Standard organises substances into 10 schedules (and unscheduled substances), [10] therapeutic goods are generally organised only into schedules 2, 3, 4 and 8: unscheduled substances: unscheduled substances are available for purchase at any retailer. schedule 1 (S1) - Blank: this schedule is left intentionally blank.
Noting the possible hazards on the environment, however, PBBs were listed as one of six controlled substances under the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS), which was enacted into European Law in February 2003. RoHS legislation lists PBBs as a "restricted substance" group.
The following are excluded from the operation of regulations 6 to 13 concerning the general process for management and control of hazardous substances (reg.5): Circumstances covered by the: Coal Mines (Respirable Dust) Regulations 1975; [10] Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002; [11] Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012; [12]