RoHS keeps a defined set of hazardous substances out of the electrical and electronic equipment you place on the EU market, and it is a precondition for CE marking.

It applies to manufacturers, importers and distributors of any electrical or electronic equipment up to 1000 volts AC or 1500 volts DC, across eleven categories from appliances and IT to lighting, tools, toys and medical devices.

Ten substances are restricted: lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, two brominated flame retardants and four phthalates at 0.1 percent, cadmium at 0.01 percent, each per homogeneous material rather than per product.

You map the bill of materials, collect supplier declarations, screen with XRF and confirm in an accredited lab, check the Annex III and IV exemptions and their expiry, keep the technical documentation for ten years, and draw up an EU declaration of conformity with CE marking.

Conphora matches your products against the restrictions, exemptions and documentation requirements down to the bill of materials, generates the declarations, and alerts you when an exemption expires or the directive changes.

The full guide is at conphora.com.