In a previous post, we discussed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) proposed RoHS regulation that they had notified to the WTO. The UAE RoHS proposal restricts the same 10 substance groups and at the same threshold level that are currently restricted in EU RoHS Directive. However, a transition period for the 4 phthalate substances is not provided for most EEE product categories, with the exception of medical devices and monitoring and control instruments which have until July 22, 2021 (same date as in the EU RoHS Directive).

The EU has submitted a response to the UAE WTO notification requesting clarification on this lack of a transition period for the phthalate substances in most product categories. The EU response also highlighted that the Annex III and Annex IV list of exemptions are not perfectly up to date with the EU RoHS Directive exemptions and raised some of the conformity assessment anomalies that we discussed in our September article.

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