The EU's Second RoHS Stakeholder Consultation Report Last spring, the European Commission set a review topic for the RoHS directive and began a consultation process to encourage relevant stakeholders to provide their opinions. The results of the consultation meeting will serve as the basis for amending the RoHS directive. The second advisory committee started in December 2007 and ended at the end of February 2008. This consultation meeting received a total of 62 replies, including 14 from private companies, 26 from industry organizations in the electronic and electrical industry (mainly from the United States, Japan, and third world countries), and 26 from material manufacturing. 8 letters came from businesses and associations, 2 letters came from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and 6 letters came from EU member states and other countries. This review mainly discusses whether to include medical equipment and monitoring and control instruments into the scope of the RoHS Directive, and whether it is necessary to expand the restricted/banned substances in the RoHS Directive. The consultation results show that almost all relevant stakeholders agree to include medical equipment and monitoring and control equipment under the control of the RoHS Directive. Most industry stakeholders do not believe that there is a need to increase restrictions on the use of substances in other electronic and electrical equipment, because the EU's new chemicals regulation REACH will control substances that are harmful to the environment in electronic and electrical equipment. In contrast, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) expressed support for the expansion of substances restricted by the RoHS Directive and proposed some substances that should be prioritized for inclusion in the list of controls.
