First we had the December 2008 proposals to amend the scope of the RoHS Directive, then in September 2009 the EU Presidents Sweden pushed further proposals through. Finally, earlier in November the European Commission published a first pass recast of...

Module A from 768/2008 is the self-declaration procedure required for CE directives. This regulation affects the format of all new CE directives and so RoHS will be the first but it is likely that all CE directives will eventually adopt...

A draft proposal for the recast of the RoHS Directive has been published by the European Parliament (EP).   Among the proposed changes is to include all electrical products. The approach would be to add an 11th product category to...

As the future scope of RoHS is a matter of debate following the December 2008 and September 2009 proposals it is worth looking at the main reasons for non compliance since the introduction of RoHS in July 2006. Hand soldering...

If you import batteries it is worth noting that many are failing compliance in the UK simply because the symbols (wheelie bin, hazardous substance etc) are not the required size as defined in the regulations. It is probably worth contacting your...