RoHS legislation
This page provides links to the full text of key pieces of environmental legislation relating to the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS). The websites hosting the legislation may list amendments separately.
If you are setting up an environmental management system (EMS) for your business, you can use this list to start compiling your legal register. Your legal adviser or environmental consultant will be able to tell you if other environmental legislation applies to your specific business.
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and environmental reports
Changes to RoHS Legislation (Scotland only)
These Regulations amend Schedule A2 to the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012. Specifically, renewing or revoking exemptions 1 – 9 in Table 1 of Schedule A2, which relate to the use of mercury in various types of lighting.
These Regulations amend Schedules A1 and A2 to the RoHS Regulations 2012.
The amendments to Schedule A1 add four phthalates to the list of restricted substances. Amendments to Schedule A2 include a new exemption relating to the use of lead and hexavalent chromium in the use of electronic and electric initiators in civil explosives used in mining and quarrying and for the renewal of the exemption for mercury to be used in electrical rotating connectors used in ultrasound imaging systems.
These regulations maintain the restrictions and maximum concentration values set out in the EU Directive. Regulation 2 corrects a previous error in the maximum concentration value specified for cadmium (0.01% replaces 0.1%).
UK-wide RoHS Legislation
Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 SI 3032 Replaces 2008/37; sets out the restrictions on the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment; sets out the prohibitions and obligations that apply to manufacturers, their representatives, importers and distributors.
ROHS Directive 2011/65/EU and amendments, in National Measurements Office’s RoHS Legislation page
The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019
These regulations make amendments to existing legislation by removing references to European Directives and EU terms to ensure that waste legislation continues to operate after EU exit.
Further information
NetRegs environmental legislation