RoHS Annex IV exemption 16: Mercury in very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and in high frequency RF switches...
Annex IV 16 covers: Mercury in very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and in high frequency RF switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments not exceeding 20 mg of mercury per switch or relay. The annex entry states no expiry date.
- Annex
- Annex IV: Applications exempted from the restriction in Article 4(1) specific to medical devices and monitoring and control instruments
- Entry
- 16
- Section of the annex
- Others
- Expiry in the annex
- No expiry date stated in the annex entry
- Version
- Consolidated version of 1 July 2026
- Official source
- Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS), consolidated text
Entry (official wording)
Mercury in very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and in high frequency RF switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments not exceeding 20 mg of mercury per switch or relay.
Date wording in the entry
The annex states no date for this entry.
Validity and renewal
Article 5(5) of the directive: "An application for renewal of an exemption shall be made no later than 18 months before the exemption expires. The existing exemption shall remain valid until a decision on the renewal application is taken by the Commission." This site does not show whether a renewal application for this entry is pending or decided.
Article 5 of the directive sets validity periods and the renewal procedure for exemptions in Annexes III and IV. Its wording is quoted on the Sources and method page. This page repeats only what the annex says about this entry.
Neighbouring entries in Annex IV
- Annex IV 13: Lead in counterweights.
- Annex IV 14: Lead in single crystal piezoelectric materials for ultrasonic transducers.
- Annex IV 15: Lead in solders for bonding to ultrasonic transducers.
- Annex IV 17: Lead in solders in portable emergency defibrillators.
- Annex IV 18: Lead in solders of high performance infrared imaging modules to detect in...
- Annex IV 19: Lead in Liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) displays.
Want the exemptions by expiry date?
If we publish the exemptions sorted by the expiry date the annex states, we write to you once. We use the email for nothing else.