RoHS Annex IV exemption 1d: Mercury in reference electrodes: low chloride mercury chloride, mercury sulphate and mercury oxide
Annex IV 1d covers: Mercury in reference electrodes: low chloride mercury chloride, mercury sulphate and mercury oxide. 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
- 1d
- Section of the annex
- Sensors, detectors and electrodes
- 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 reference electrodes: low chloride mercury chloride, mercury sulphate and mercury oxide.
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 1a: Lead and cadmium in ion selective electrodes including glass of pH electrodes.
- Annex IV 1b: Lead anodes in electrochemical oxygen sensors.
- Annex IV 1c: Lead, cadmium and mercury in infra-red light detectors.
- Annex IV 9: Cadmium in helium-cadmium lasers.
- Annex IV 10: Lead and cadmium in atomic absorption spectroscopy lamps.
- Annex IV 11: Lead in alloys as a superconductor and thermal conductor in MRI.
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