RoHS Directive Ban – are you prepared?

With revisions to the RoHS Directive (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) coming into force this year, Mike Collins, Director of Operations at Ovia, looks at the implications of the ban on fluorescent lamps for contractors and wholesalers.
The EU published its review of RoHS exemptions on mercury containing lamps on 24th February 2022 in the Official Journal of the European Union. In accordance with the amended RoHS directive, compact fluorescent lamps with plug-in bases and all T5/T8 fluoresce