European Union (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive.

The EU RoHS Directive regulates the material composition of equipment that depends on electrical current or electromagnetic fields in the following product categories: 1. Large household appliances; 2. Small household appliances; 3. IT/Telecommunications; 4. Consumer equipment; 5. Lighting equipment, including light bulbs; 6. Electrical and electronic tools; 7. Toys, leisure, and sports; 8. Medical devices; 9. Monitoring and control instruments; 10. Automatic dispensers; 11. Semiconductor devices. The six hazardous substances included in the EU RoHS Directive include lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE). A new iteration of the RoHS Directive will be published in 2012 and will come into force on January 3, 2013.