Environment and health: electrical and electronic equipments WEEE, restriction of hazardous substances RoHS

The Conciliation Committee reached an agreement on the RoHS directive to the effect that, from 1 July 2006, the use of substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium in electrical equipment will be banned. However, a series of exemptions from this general ban on substances is laid down in an annex to the directive. �