Time limits:  Any time limits (example: year 2010) have been removed from all Exemptions)
Note: Amendments of importance to Electronic CONNECTOR Manufacturing and Use are highlighted.    
 ANNEX - Amendments 1-10  
1. Mercury in compact fluorescent lamps not exceeding 5mg per lamp 
2. Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for general purposes not exceeding: 
 Halophosphate - 10mg,Triphosphate with normal lifetime - 5mg, Triphosphate with long lifetime - 8mg 
3. Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes 
4. Mercury in other lamps not specifically mentioned in this list 
5. Lead in the glass of cathode ray tubes, electronic components and fluorescent tubes 
6. Lead as an alloying element in: 1) steel containing up to 0.35% lead by weight,     
       2) aluminium containing up to 0.4% lead by weight  
       3) and as a copper alloy containing up to 4.00% lead by weight. 
                   e.g   Brass or Phosphor Bronze      
7. Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. tin-lead solder alloys containing more than 85% lead).    
  Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment. 
  for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications.
  NOTE:
See FAQ 13 comments on this exemption commonly referred to as RoHS 5.  
  Lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezoelectronic devices).      Oct 21/2005 Revision
8. Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts and cadmium plating except for applications banned    
  under Directive 91/338/EEC amending Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions    
  on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.  Oct 21/2005 Revision
9. Hexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators. 
10. Within the procedure referred to in Article 7(2), the Commission shall evaluate the applications for the following 
 as a matter of priority in order to establish as soon as possible whether these items are to be amended accordingly:
   Deca BDE, mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes, lead in solders for servers, storage, storage array 
   systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signaling, transmission as well as network management 
   for telecommunications (with a view to setting a specific time limit for this exemption), and light bulbs.  
 Amendment to Annex 15/Oct/2005 Exempting DecaBDE from PBDE Value >>>   (2005/717/EC)
Amendment 21/Oct/2005 Application of Lead & Cadmium    >>>
(2005/747/EC)
11. Lead used in COMPLIANT PIN CONNECTOR systems. (Press-fit Connectors)      
12. Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module c-ring. 
13. Lead and cadmium in optical and filter glass. 
14. Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between the pins and the package of 
microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80% and less than 85% by weight. 
15. Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within
 integrated circuit Flip Chip packages. 
Amendment 21/April/2006 Hexavalent Chromium in Category 3 Equipment >>>
(2006/310/EC)
 16. Lead in linear incandescent lamps with silicate coated tubes.
 17. Lead halide as radiant agent in High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps used for reprography applications.
 18. Lead as activator in fluroescent powder of discharge lamps for specialty lamps.
 19. Lead in amalgams used in very compact Energy Saving Lamps (ESL).
 20. Lead oxide in glass used in flat fluorescent lamps used for LCDs.
Amendment 12/0ct/2006 Application of Lead & Cadmium >>>
(2006/691/EC)
 21. Lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on borosilicate glass.
 22. Lead as impurity in rare earth iron garnet (RIG) Faraday rotators used in fibre optic communication systems.
 23. Lead in finished of fine pitch components other than connectors with a pitch of 0.65mm or less.
 24. Lead in solders used for through hole discoidal and planar array ceramic multilayer capacitors.
 25. Lead oxide in plasma display panels (PDP) and surface conduction electron emitter displays (SED).
 26. Lead oxide in the glass envelope of Black Light Blue (BLB) lamps.
 27. Lead alloys as solder for transducers used in high-powered loudspeakers.
Amendment 12/0ct/2006 Hexavalent Chromium in Category 3 equipment. >>>
(2006/692/EC)
 28. Hexavalent Chromium in corrosion preventive coatings used in Category 3 Equipment.
Amendment 12/0ct/2006 Lead in Crystal Glass >>> (2006/690/EC)
 29. Lead bound in crystal glass as defined in Annex 1 of Council Directive 69/493/EEC.