India RoHS
India RoHS became law in May, 2014, and restricts the same 6 substances under RoHS 2 (2011/65/EU). Unlike the EU that has separate directives for RoHS and WEEE, India combines the requirements into a single legislation. India RoHS has differences in product categories and products that are in scope and that are exempted:
In-Scope Categories
- EU Category 1: Refrigerators, washing machines, air-conditioning units (except centralized A/C units) only
- EU Category 3: all except for calculators, printer cartridges, equipment for collecting, storing, processing, or transmitting information electronically
- EU Category 4: Television sets only
Exempted Categories
- Products for military and national defense
- Products where electricity is not the primary power source
- Products where the primary function does not require electricity (e.g. talking dolls)
- Sub-assembly or component of exempted product category
- Products that serve small manufacturing and service businesses as defined under the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Act of 2006
- Batteries
- Radioactive waste
India has a number of specific-use lead exemptions similar to that for EU RoHS Annex III Exemptions, as well as for cadmium and mercury.
Compliance enforcement protocols and penalties for non-compliance are not specified.