EU - New RoHS Exemption for Mercury

​On April 26, 2021, the EU Commission received an application for the exemption of mercury in melt pressure transducers for capillary rheometers at temperatures over 300 °C and pressures over 1000 bar in Annex IV to RoHS Directive. The evaluation concluded that substitution of mercury in melt pressure transducers for capillary rheometers at temperatures over 300 °C and pressures over 1 000 bar are currently scientifically and technically impracticable. Therefore, it is appropriate to grant the exemption in Annex IV to the Directive with respect to electrical and electronic equipment of category 9 (Monitoring and Control Equipment) and the following entry is newly added to the corresponding Annex:

'49 Mercury in melt pressure transducers for capillary rheometers at temperatures over 300 °C and pressures over 1000 bar - Applies to category 9 and expires on December 31, 2025.

The new exemptions shall be applied from February 1, 2024.