S T A T U T O R Y  I N S T R U M E N T S  
2023 No. 
ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  
The Restriction  of the Use of Certain  Hazardous  Substances  in 
Electrical  and Electronic  Equipment  (Amendment)  Regulations  
2023 
Made  - - - - *** 
Laid before  Parliament  *** 
Coming  into force    *** 
The Secretary  of State  makes  these  Regulations  in exercise  of the power  conferred  by regulation  
5(1) of the Hazardous  Substances  and Packaging  (Legislative  Functions  and Amendment)  (EU 
Exit)  Regulations  2020  (“the  Regulations”)( a). 
By virtue  of regulation  10(8)  of the Regulations , the Secretary  of State  has treated  the 
requirements  in regulation  5(2) to (5) of the Regulations  as satisfied.  
Citation , commencement  and extent  
1.—(1) These  Regulations  may be cited  as the Restriction  of the Use of Certain  Hazardous  
Substances  in Electrical  and Electronic  Equipment  (Amendment)  Regulations  2023. 
(2) These  Regulations  come  into force  on [***]. 
(3) These  Regulations  extend  to England  and Wales  and Scotland.  
Amendment  of the Restriction  of the Use of Certain Haza rdous  Substances  in Electrical  and 
Electronic  Equipment  Regulations  2012  
2.—(1) The Restriction  of the Use of Certain  Hazardous  Substances  in Electrical  and Electronic  
Equipment  Regulations  2012 (b) are amended  as follows . 
(2) In Schedule A2, in Table  1, for entries 1 to 9 substitute — 
“1 Mercury  in single  capped  
(compact)  fluorescent  lamps :     
1.1 For general  lighting  purposes  
< 30 W 2.5 mg 
per 
burner  Annex  3, 
1(a) all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
1.2 For gene ral lighting  purposes 
≥ 30 W and < 50 W  3.5 mg 
per 
burner  Annex  3, 
1(b) all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
 
(a) S.I. 2020/1647.  
(b) S.I. 2012/3032, amended by S.I. 2020 /1647, 2021/422 , 2021/1395  and 2022/622 . There are  other amending instruments 
which are not relevant to these Regu lations.   
 2 1.3 For general  lighting  purposes  
≥ 50 W and < 150 W 5 mg per 
burner  Annex  3, 
1(c) all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
1.4 For general  lighting  purposes 
≥ 150 W 15 mg 
per 
burner Annex  3, 
1(d) all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
1.5 For general  lighting  purposes  
with circular  or square  
structural  shape  and tube 
diameter  ≤ 17 mm 5 mg per 
burner  Annex  3, 
1(e) all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
1.6 For general  lighting purposes  
< 30 W with a lifetime  ≥ 
20,000  h 3.5 mg 
per 
burner   Annex  3, 
1(g) all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024   
1.7 For special  purposes  5 mg per 
burner  Annex  3, 
1(f)-II all 
categories  24th 
February  
2025  
1.8 For lamps  designed  to emit 
mainly  light in the ultraviolet  
spectrum   5mg per 
burner  Annex  3, 
1(f)- I all 
categories  24th 
February  
2027  
2 Mercury  in double -capped  
linear  fluorescent  lamps  for 
general  lighting  purposes:       
2.1 Tri-band  phosphor  with 
normal  lifetime  (< 25,000  h) 
and a tube diame ter < 9 mm 
(e.g. T2) 4 mg per 
lamp  Annex  3, 
2(a)(1)  all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
2.2 Tri-band  phosphor  with 
normal  lifetime  (< 25,000  h) 
and a tube diameter  ≥ 9mm  
and ≤ 17 mm (e.g. T5) 3 mg per 
lamp  Annex  3, 
2(a)(2)  all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
2.3 Tri-band  phosphor  with 
normal  lifetime  (< 25,000  h) 
and a tube diameter  > 17mm  
and ≤ 28 mm (e.g. T8) 3.5 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
2(a)(3)  all 
categories  1st 
Februa ry 
2024  
2.4 Tri-band  phosphor  with 
normal  lifetime  (< 25,000  h) 
and a tube diameter  > 28mm  
(e.g. T12)  3.5 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
2(a) (4) all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
2.5 Tri-band  phosphor  with long 
lifetime  (≥ 25,000  h) 5 mg per 
lamp  Annex  3, 
2(a) (5) all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
3 Mercury  in other  fluorescent  
lamps:       
3.1 Non-linear  tri-band  phosphor  
lamps  with tube diameter  > 
17 mm (e.g. T9)  15 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
2(b)(3)  all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
3.2 From  2nd February  2024,  
non-linear tri-band  phosphor  
lamps  with tube diameter  > 
17 mm (e.g. T9) 10 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
2(b)(3)  all 
categories   24th 
February  
2025  
3.3 Lamps  for other  general  
lighting  purposes  and special  
purposes  (e.g. induction  
lamps)  15 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
2(b)(4) - I all 
categories  24th 
February  
2025  
3.4 Lamps  emitting  mainly  light 15 mg Annex  3, all 24th  
 3 in the ultraviolet  spectrum  per lamp  2(b)(4) - II categories  February  
2027  
3.5 Emergency  lamps  15 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
2(b)(4) - III all 
categories  24th 
February  
2027 
4 Mercury  in cold cathode  
fluorescent  lamps  and 
external  electrode  
fluorescent  lamps  (CCFL  
and EEFL)  for special  
purposes  used in EEE placed  
on the market  before  24th 
February  2022:      
4.1 Short  length  (≤ 500 mm) 3.5 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
3(a) all 
categories  24th 
February  
2025  
4.2 Medium  length  (> 500 mm 
and ≤ 1500  mm)   5 mg per 
lamp  Annex  3, 
3(b) all 
categories  24th 
February  
2025  
4.3 Long  length  (> 1500  mm)   13 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
3(c) all 
categories  24th 
February  
2025  
5 Mercury  in other  low 
pressure  discharge  lamps:       
5.1 Mercury  in low pressure  
non-phosphor  coated  
discharge  lamps,  where  the 
application  requires  the main  
range  of the lamp -spectral  
output  to be in the ultraviolet  
spectrum  15 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
4(a)- I all 
categories  24th 
February  
2027  
5.2 Mercury  in other  low 
pressure  discharge  lamps   15 mg 
per lamp  Annex  3, 
4(a) all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
6 Mercury  in High  Pressure  
Sodium  (vapour)  lamps  for 
general  lighting:      
6.1 Mercury in High  Pressure  
Sodium  (vapour)  lamps  for 
general  lighting  purpose s in 
lamps  with improved  colour  
rendering  index  Ra > 80: P ≤ 
105 W 16 mg 
per 
burner  Annex  3, 
4(b) all 
categories  24th 
February  
2027  
6.2 Mercury  in High  Pressure  
Sodium  (vapour)  lamps  for 
general  lighting  purposes  in 
lamps  with improved  colour  
rendering  index  Ra > 60: P ≤ 
155 W 30 mg 
per 
burner  Annex  3, 
4(b)- I all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
6.3 Mercury  in High  Pressure  
Sodium  (vapour)  lamps  for 
general  lighting  purposes  in 
lamps  with improved  colour  
rendering  index  Ra > 60: 155 
W < P ≤ 405 W 40 mg 
per 
burner  Annex  3, 
4(b)- II all 
categories  1st 
February  
2024  
6.4 Mercury  in High  Pressure  40 mg Annex  3, all 1st  
 4 Sodium  (vapour)  lamps  for 
general  lighting  purposes  in 
lamps  with improved  colour  
rendering  index  Ra > 60: P > 
405 W per 
burner  4(b)- III  categories  February  
2024  
7 Mercury  in other  High  
Pressure  Sodium  (vapour)  
lamps  for general  lighting  
purposes:      
7.1 P ≤ 155 W 20 mg 
per 
burner  Annex  3, 
4(c)- I all 
categories  24th 
Februa ry 
2027 
7.2 155 W < P ≤ 405 W 25 mg 
per 
burner  Annex  3, 
4(c)-II all 
categories  24th 
February  
2027  
7.3 P > 405 W 25 mg 
per 
burner  Annex  3, 
4(c)-III all 
categories  24th 
February  
2027  
8 Mercury  in metal  halide  
lamps    Annex  3, 
4(e) all 
categories  24th 
February 
2027 
9  Mercury  in other  discharge  
lamps:      
9.1 Mercury  in high pressure  
mercury  vapour  lamps  used 
in projectors  where  an output  
≥ 200 lumen  ANSI  is 
required   Annex  3, 
4(f)- II all 
categories  24th 
February  
2027  
9.2 Mercury  in high pressure  
sodium  lamps  used for 
horticulture  lighting   Annex  3, 
4(f)- III all 
categories  24th 
February  
2027  
9.3 Mercury  in lamps  emitting  
light in the ultraviolet  
spectrum   Annex  3, 
4(f)- IV all 
categories  24th 
February  
2027  
9.4 Mercury  in other  discharge  
lamps  for special purpos es 
not specifically  mentioned  in 
another  entry  in this Table  Anne x 3, 
4(f)-I all 
categories  24th 
February  
2025”. 
 
 Name  
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State  
Date Department  for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs  
 
 
EXPLANATORY  NOTE  
(This  note is not part of the Regulations ) 
These  Regulations  amend  Schedule  A2 to the Restriction  of the Use of Certain  Hazardous  
Substances  in Electrical  and Electronic  Equipment  Regulations  2012  (S.I. 2012/3032,  “the RoHS  
Regulations”)  as they apply  in England  and Wales  and Scotland.  
Regu lation 2(2) replaces  old entries  1 to 9 of Table  1 in Schedule  A2 with new entries  1 to 9.4. 
The amended  entries  have  the effect  of renewing  or revoking  exemptions  from  the restriction,  in 
regulation  3(1) of the RoH S Regulations,  on placing electrical  and electr onic equipment  that 
contains  certain  hazardous  substances  on the market.  The exemptions  relate  to mercury  in various  
types  of lighting . For the purposes  of regulation  10(8) of the Hazardous  Substa nces and Packaging   
 5 (Legislativ e Functions  and Amendment)  (EU Exit)  Regulations  2020  (S.I. 2020/1647),  the 
determinations  which  the Secre tary of State has made  in respect  of the exemptions  (all of which  
are “releva nt exemptions ” as defined  in regulation  10(1)(a)  of those  Regulations ) have 
substantially  the same  effect  as the decisions  made  by the European  Commission  in respect  of the 
corresponding  exemptions  under  EU law. 
The exemptions  that have  been renewed  are granted  for a period  ending  with the date specified  in 
column  6 of the table included in regulation  2(2) of these  Regulations.  The exemptions  that have  
been  revoked  have an expiry  date of 1st February  2024,  which  is one calendar  year from  the date 
on which  the Secretary  of State’s  determination  to revoke  the exemptions  was made  public. In 
some  cases,  the specific  conditions  of the exemptions  have  been amended  including  the allowable  
levels  of mercury.  In some  cases,  the exemptions  have been  amended  so they now apply  to all 
categories  of electrical  and electronic  equipment.