Compliance with the EU RoHS Directive

OPTEX FA places maximum priority on contributing to the protection and improvement of the global environment, and is working to eliminate, from its products, substances restricted by the RoHS Directive and any other substances that place a burden on the environment.

OPTEX FA’s products are categorized as Category 9 (“Monitoring and control instruments including industrial monitoring and control instruments”) according to the RoHS Directive “2011/65/EU”, and when the products are placed on the market in Europe after the application start date specified in the Directive, the products are required to comply with the Directive.
All of OPTEX FA’s products that are subject to CE marking have been confirmed to comply with the RoHS Directive “2011/65/EU”.
In June 2015, the European Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/863 was noticed, and four types of phthalate compounds (DEHP, BBP, DBP and DIBP) were newly added to the restricted substances. As a result, the RoHS Directive “2011/65/EU” specified ten restricted substances: lead, hexavalent chromium, mercury, cadmium, PBB, PBDE, DEHP, BBP, DBP and DIBP.
In response to the European Commission Delegated Directive (EU)2015/863, OPTEX FA is continuously implementing appropriate measures, so please contact us with any questions you might have regarding a specific product’s compliance with the Directive.

RoHS Directive “2011/65/EU”

1) Categories of products covered by the Directive (from ANNEX I)
(OPTEX FA’s products fall under Category 9, “Monitoring and control instruments including industrial monitoring and control instruments.”)

Categories
1Large household appliances
2Small household appliances
3IT and telecommunications equipment
4Consumer equipment
5Lighting equipment
6Electrical and electronic tools
7 Toys leisure and sports equipment
8 Medical devices
9 Monitoring and control instruments including industrial monitoring and control instruments
10 Automatic dispensers
11 Other electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) not covered by any of the categories above

2) Restricted substances that are specified in the Directive

Substance name Maximum concentration values tolerated
1. Lead1000 ppm
2. Mercury1000 ppm
3. Cadmium100 ppm
4. Hexavalent chromium1000 ppm
5. Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)1000 ppm
6. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)1000 ppm

Addition of restricted substances specified in the Directive

Per the European Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/863 (promulgated in June 2015), the following four types have been added to the list of restricted substances regulated under the RoHS Directive.

Substance name Maximum concentration
values tolerated
Date of application start
Categories 1–7, 10, 11 Categories 8–9
1. Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)1000 ppm July 22, 2019 July 22, 2021
2. Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)1000 ppm
3. Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) 1000 ppm
4. Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)1000 ppm