What is the difference between REACH and RoHS?

The differences between RoHS and REACH are: different definitions and scope of application, and different control objects.

1. The definition and scope of application are different.

ROHS is a directive, REACH is a regulation, the directive itself has no legal effect, and EU member states need to further convert the laws of their own countries to have legal effect. Regulations have the force of law. REACH is the basket frame, and RoHS is the specific directive.

2. The control objects are different.

REACH starts from the substance, and RoHS starts from the article. RoHS is mainly aimed at the management of finished products, and its main purpose is to require that the materials used are safe and their environmental impact can be controlled; REACH is mainly aimed at the management of chemicals, and its main purpose is to require that the chemical substances used are safe and controllable.

The control goal of RoHS is to reduce the accumulation of hazardous substances contained in electrical and electronic products in the environment after they are discarded, so it is required to prohibit the use of hazardous substances in the homogeneous materials that make up electrical and electronic products. REACH targets chemical substances (including chemicals in articles), mainly to reduce the risk to humans and the environment throughout the life cycle of chemical substances. Substances controlled by RoHS must be within the scope of REACH.

3. The scope of involvement is different.

Both RoHS and REACH SVHC are mandatory, and the amount of hazardous substances restricted by the two is different. The RoHS Directive is an industry-specific directive that restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment; The requirements for the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals set out in the REACH regulation affect almost all products, including electrical and electronic products.

In addition, the two do not affect each other. In the event of overlapping requirements, the stricter requirements should apply. In its periodic review of the RoHS Directive, the European Environment Commission also analyses its compliance with the REACH Regulation to ensure consistency between the RoHS Directive and REACH.

Introduction: RoHS is only a directive to restrict the use of toxic and harmful substances in electronic and electrical products, and general customers need to go to the testing agency to do a RoHS test, and get the test report, which is also very cheap.

REACH is a systematic chemical management regulation issued by the European Union, which may involve REACH pre-registration or REACH regulation formal registration depending on the type of product, as well as the authorization of toxic and hazardous substances.

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The full name of REACH is the English abbreviation of Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals.

The REACH standard is the most stringent management system for chemicals developed by the European Union based on years of management experience to protect human health and environmental safety.

The system will bring about 30,000 kinds of chemical products on the EU market and their downstream textile, light industry, pharmaceutical and many other industries into the EU unified regulatory system, implement safety management of the entire life cycle of chemicals, and transfer the responsibility of collecting, sorting and publishing the safe use of chemicals to the enterprise.

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1；RoHS regulations are mainly aimed at electronic and electrical products (and then the products can be tested, according to customer needs), metal and ceramic materials to detect 4 hazardous substances, non-metal to detect 6 hazardous substances! It is a mandatory regulation of the European Union, that is, products sold in the EU market must pass RoHS testing!

2；REACH covers almost all products (except food and drugs), 25 hazardous substances are tested for metals and ceramics, and 53 hazardous substances are tested for non-metals! It is a voluntary environmental protection regulation of the European Union, and the general high-end customers will not only require the products of the first business to meet the requirements of RoHS regulations, but also require them to meet the REACH regulations!

In other words, RoHS and REACH are two different environmental protection regulations of the European Union, but their testing items, contents and testing methods are not the same! Moreover, the former is mandatory, the latter is voluntary!

1. Conceptual differences:

The full name of ROHS is the "Directive on Restricting the Use of Certain Harmful Ingredients in Electrical and Electronic Equipment", which is mainly used to standardize the material and process standards of electronic and electrical products, so as to make them more conducive to human health and environmental protection.

REACH is the abbreviation of the EU regulation "Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals", which is a chemical regulatory system established by the European Union and implemented on June 1, 2007.

2. Product differences:

RoHS regulations mainly focus on electronic and electrical products, metal and ceramic materials to detect 4 hazardous substances, and non-metal to detect 6 hazardous substances; REACH covers almost all products (except food and pharmaceuticals).

3. Differences in issuance:

RoHS has been included in the EU compulsory certification CE, and generally only the test report is required. But if the customer needs a certificate, a CE certificate can also be issued. REACH only has a test report, no certificate.