In the European Union, the amended RoHS Directive (Directive 2011/65/EU of June 8, 2011 on limiting the use of specific hazardous chemicals in electric and electronic devices has been in effect since July 22, 2019. The Directive lists various chemicals that may not be used in electric and electronic devices. Since the effective date, two important…
At the beginning of June, the EU Commission updated Directive (EU) 2015/863 on limiting the use of specific dangerous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (Implementing Directive RoHS), supplementing it with the following four phthalates: Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP): max 0.1%; Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP): max 0.1%; Dibutyl phthalate (DBP): max…