RoHS Exemptions

Mercury in compact fluorescent lamps not exceeding 5mg per lamp

Lead used in compliant pin connector systems

Lead in tin whisker resistant coatings for fine pitch applications

Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for general purposes not exceeding: Halophosphate - 10mg, Triphosphate with normal lifetime - 5mg, Triphosphate with long lifetime - 8mg

Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module C-ring

Lead bound in glass, crystal glass, lead crystal or full lead crystal in general

Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes

Lead and cadmium in optical and filter glass

Chromium (also in oxidation state (VI)) and Cadmium as colouring batch addition each form up to a content of 2 % in glass, crystal glass, lead crystal or full lead crystal used as decorative and / or functional part of electric or electronic equipment

Mercury in other lamps not specifically mentioned in this list

Lead in solders consisting of more than 2 elements for the connection between the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80% and less than 85% by weight

Solders containing lead and/or cadmium for specific applications

Lead in the glass of cathode ray tubes, electronic components and fluorescent tubes

Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages

Hexavalent chromium (CRVI) passivation coatings

Lead as an alloying element in steel containing up to 0.35% lead by weight, aluminium containing up to 0.4% lead by weight and as a copper alloy containing up to 4% lead by weight

Lead in lead oxide glass plasma display panels

Lead based alloys containing 85% by weight or more lead

Lead in connectors, flexible printed circuits, flexible flat cables

Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage, storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling transmission as well as network management for telecommunications

Lead oxide in lead glass, bonding materials of magnetic heads and magnetic heads

Lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezo electronic devices)

Cadmium as doping material in avalanche photodiodes (APDs) for the optical fibre communication systems

Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts and cadmium plating except for applications banned under directive 91/338/EEC amending directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations

Lead in optical isolators

Hexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators

Lead in sheath heater of Microwaves

Large-Scale stationary industrial tools

Cadmium pigments except for applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC amending Directive 76/769/EEC relating to the restriction on the marketing and use of certain substances

High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps for professional U.V. applications, containing lead halide as radiant agent

Discharge lamps for special purposes containing lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less)

Discharge lamps containing lead in the form of an amalgam

Mercury free flat panel lamp

Special purposes Black Light Blue (BLB) lamps, containing lead in the glass envelope

Low melting point alloys containing lead

Galvanised steel containing up to 0.35% lead by weight and aluminium with an unintended lead content up to 0.4% lead by weight in electrical and electronic equipment

Lead in solder and hexavalent chromium in surface treatment, in parts recovered from production printers and copying equipment, sold, rented or leased or otherwise returned from professional users other than private households, originally put on the market

Cadmium sulphide photocells

Applications of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBBs and PBDEs in electrical and electronic equipment in the aeronautic and aerospace sectors that requires high safety standards

Lead in lead-bronze bearing shells & bushes

Lead crystal in glass of chandeliers

Current Exemptions	New Exemptions	Proposed Exemptions
Mercury in compact fluorescent lamps not exceeding 5mg per lamp	Lead used in compliant pin connector systems	Lead in tin whisker resistant coatings for fine pitch applications
Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for general purposes not exceeding: Halophosphate - 10mg, Triphosphate with normal lifetime - 5mg, Triphosphate with long lifetime - 8mg	Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module C-ring	Lead bound in glass, crystal glass, lead crystal or full lead crystal in general
Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes	Lead and cadmium in optical and filter glass	Chromium (also in oxidation state (VI)) and Cadmium as colouring batch addition each form up to a content of 2 % in glass, crystal glass, lead crystal or full lead crystal used as decorative and / or functional part of electric or electronic equipment
Mercury in other lamps not specifically mentioned in this list	Lead in solders consisting of more than 2 elements for the connection between the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80% and less than 85% by weight	Solders containing lead and/or cadmium for specific applications
Lead in the glass of cathode ray tubes, electronic components and fluorescent tubes	Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages	Hexavalent chromium (CRVI) passivation coatings
Lead as an alloying element in steel containing up to 0.35% lead by weight, aluminium containing up to 0.4% lead by weight and as a copper alloy containing up to 4% lead by weight		Lead in lead oxide glass plasma display panels
Lead based alloys containing 85% by weight or more lead		Lead in connectors, flexible printed circuits, flexible flat cables
Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage, storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling transmission as well as network management for telecommunications		Lead oxide in lead glass, bonding materials of magnetic heads and magnetic heads
Lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezo electronic devices)		Cadmium as doping material in avalanche photodiodes (APDs) for the optical fibre communication systems
Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts and cadmium plating except for applications banned under directive 91/338/EEC amending directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations		Lead in optical isolators
Hexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators		Lead in sheath heater of Microwaves
Large-Scale stationary industrial tools		Cadmium pigments except for applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC amending Directive 76/769/EEC relating to the restriction on the marketing and use of certain substances
		High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps for professional U.V. applications, containing lead halide as radiant agent
		Discharge lamps for special purposes containing lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less)
		Discharge lamps containing lead in the form of an amalgam
		Mercury free flat panel lamp
		Special purposes Black Light Blue (BLB) lamps, containing lead in the glass envelope
		Low melting point alloys containing lead
		Galvanised steel containing up to 0.35% lead by weight and aluminium with an unintended lead content up to 0.4% lead by weight in electrical and electronic equipment
		Lead in solder and hexavalent chromium in surface treatment, in parts recovered from production printers and copying equipment, sold, rented or leased or otherwise returned from professional users other than private households, originally put on the market
		Cadmium sulphide photocells
		Applications of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBBs and PBDEs in electrical and electronic equipment in the aeronautic and aerospace sectors that requires high safety standards
		Lead in lead-bronze bearing shells & bushes
		Lead crystal in glass of chandeliers