{"id":4348,"date":"2011-09-01T21:06:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T13:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/li-on.biz\/?p=4348"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T07:01:18","slug":"%e6%ad%90%e7%9b%9f%e5%90%91wto%e6%8f%90%e5%87%barohs%e6%8c%87%e4%bb%a4%e7%9a%84%e4%bf%ae%e8%a8%82%e9%80%9a%e5%a0%b1-no-07-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/li-on.biz\/en\/%e6%ad%90%e7%9b%9f%e5%90%91wto%e6%8f%90%e5%87%barohs%e6%8c%87%e4%bb%a4%e7%9a%84%e4%bf%ae%e8%a8%82%e9%80%9a%e5%a0%b1-no-07-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU submitted a revised notification No. 07\/2011 to the RoHS Directive to the WTO."},"content":{"rendered":"

The EU has submitted a notification to the WTO regarding amendments to the RoHS Directive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 07\/ 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO\/TBT) Committee published document G\/TBT\/N\/EEC\/247\/Add.1 on 21 March 2011. This notification is the EU informing the members of the TBT Committee that the European Parliament has approved the first reading position of the European Parliament and the Council on the proposed Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Amendment) dated 24 November 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal retains key elements of the existing directive, such as restrictions on the use of hazardous substances (without adding or removing any substances), and the possibility of exemptions for certain applications of these hazardous substances. The main changes are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n