The European Commission welcomes today’s vote by the European Parliament to revise legislation on the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. The draft legislation, proposed by the Commission in 2008, will strengthen the existing law by streamlining procedures for future substance restrictions and by making it coherent with other chemicals legislation1. Today’s vote confirms the first reading agreement with the Council on the revised legislation.
RoHS
Consultation On RoHS Reform
On March 10, 2022, a public consultation on updating the European Union’s Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (“RoHS”) began. It will end on June 2, 2022.
LEVA-EU Disputes Dutch bill for LEV’s
LEVA-EU disputes Dutch bill for LEV’s. It believes the proposal violates EU law and requests Dutch government to abandon the LEV approval framework.