The European Union Executive Commission published two additional amendment directives 2012/50EU and 2012/51/EU in the official gazette on December 18, 2012, which will take effect on the 20th. Annex III of the current RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU) has made major revisions to the application exemptions for lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. As of now, the RoHS2 exemption list has increased to 40 items. source:
