China RoHS 2 vs EU RoHS 2

18 May 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published its final draft version of the Administrative Measures for the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products for public consultations. The consultation ends on 17 June 2015.

This new China RoHS regulation is known as China RoHS 2. As China is close to adopting its upgraded China RoHS regulation (China RoHS 2), we feel it necessary to look into this new regulation and compare it with EU RoHS 2.

What is New?

On 4 June 2015, the EU commission has published a new Directive (EU) 2015/863 to amend Annex II to EU RoHS 2 (Directive 2011/65/EU) to add the following 4 phthalates onto the list of restricted substances.

• Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP): max 0.1%;
• Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP): max 0.1%;
• Dibutyl phthalate (DBP): max 0.1%;
• Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP): max 0.1%.