Joint Industry Statement on RoHS

EU FlagIn December 2007 ENVIRON was commissioned to prepare a Joint Industry Statement on the Use of RoHS Substances in Medical Devices. The statement was issued to the European Commission by the leading trade association COCIR on 11 December 2007 on behalf of all the European medical device trade associations including Eucomed, EDMA and EUROM VI.

The statement explains why the medical device industry believes that the earliest date that medical devices could be included with the scope of the RoHS Directive is:

  • 2014 for Medical Devices (Directive 93/42/EEC).
  • 2016 for in-vitro Medical Devices (Directive 98/79/EC), due to the complex nature of the design process.
  • Active Implanted Medical Devices (Directive 90/385/EEC) should be excluded from the RoHS Directive. This exclusion could be reconsidered in the next review of the Directive.
Read the Joint Industry Statement on RoHS

For further information, please contact Dr Aidan Turnbull
Head of WEEE, RoHS & EcoDesign on +44 (0)1225 748420