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Article (1) 
Definitions 
For the purpose of this document, the following term s and definitions apply: 
Country:  United Arab Emirates. 
ESMA:  Emirates Authority for Standardi zation & Metrology, the national 
authority responsible for im plementing this scheme.  
Board:  Board of Directors of the Authority. 
Director General:  Director General of the Authority. 
Competent Authorities : Federal and local governme ntal authorities of the 
country who have been authorized to impl ement the requirements of this scheme.  
Approved Standard : A standard that is adopted  by ESMA as a UAE standard. 
Mandatory UAE Standard  (Technical Scheme): Approved UAE standard 
which will be mandatorily applied as per the resoluti on issued by the Cabinet. 
Conformity Certificate: A certificate issued by ESMA to the given product 
ensuring that the product complies with  the requirements of this scheme. 
Conformity Assessment Form A:  It’s a form of conformity describing the 
procedure which the manufac turer or his authorized representative use to confirm and acknowledge th at the concerned products meet the requirements of 
this technical regulation. 
 
Emirates Quality Mark:  A quality mark granted by ESMA indicating that the 
given product complies with the requirements stated in the accredited standard. 
Electrical and electron ic equipment or EEE :  means equipment which is 
dependent on electrical currents or elect ro-magnetic fields in order to work 
properly, and designed for use with a vol tage rating not exce eding 1000 volts for 
alternating current and 1500 volts for direct current. 
Product (s): means new electrical and electroni c equipment (EEE) and its spare 
parts. 
Supplier : Manufacturer, carrier, packer, installer, processor, agent, warehouse 
operator, main or secondary distributor whose activities affect the features of the 
product; or any legal or commercial agent in charge  of importing products 
governed by the provisions  of these Regulations. 
Consumer:  Any person obtaining a commodity or  service, paid or unpaid, to 
satisfy his/her own needs or  another person’s needs. 
Supply Chain : All stages that the product goes through after its production down 
to the consumer including import, st orage operations, wholesale and retail, 
installment, delivery, and any other relevant processes. 
ECAS : The system that verifies the fulfillm ent of the approved standards, either 
directly or indirectly like inspection, tes ting, examination, calibration or granting 
the products conformity cer tificates, and which is applied by the authority 
according to the general scheme of Emirates Conformity Assessment Scheme 
(ECAS) that has been granted by Board Directors of the Authority by decision 
No. (8) For the year 2009. 
Technical Specification:  A document that describes technical requirements of 
the product, process & service. 
Market Surveillance:  Activities carried out and measures taken by public 
authorities to ensure that EEE complies with the requirements set out in this 
Directive and do not cause health and safety implications, or othe r issues of public 
health protection. 
Recall:  means any measure aimed at achie ving the return of a product 
that has already been made  available to the end user  Withdrawal:  means any measure aimed at preventing a product in the 
supply chain from being ma de available on the market  
 
Article (2) 
Scope 
2.1   This scheme shall apply to the products falling under the categories as 
mentioned in annex 1.This  scheme aims to restri ct the use of hazardous 
substances in electrical and electr onic equipment and contributes to the 
protection of human health  and the environment. 
2.2 This scheme does not apply to: 
2.2.1 Products which are necessar y for the protection of the 
essential interests of the security  of the country, including arms, 
munitions and war material intended  for specifically military purposes.  
2.2.2 Products designed to be sent into space. 
2.2.3 Products which are specifica lly designed, and are to be 
installed, as part of a nother type of equipment that is excluded or does 
not fall within the scope of this st andard, which can fu lfill its function 
only if it is part of that equipmen t, and which can be replaced only by 
the same specifically designed equipment. 
2.2.4 Large-scale stationary industrial tools.  
2.2.5 Large-scale fixed installations. 
2.2.6 Means of transport for persons or goods, excluding electric 
two-wheel vehicles which are not type-approved. 
2.2.7 Non-road mobile machinery ma de available exclusively for 
professional use. 
2.2.8 Active implantable medical devices.  
2.2.9 Photovoltaic panels in tended to be used in a system that is 
designed, assembled and inst alled by professionals for 
permanent use at a defined lo cation to produce energy from 
solar light for public, commercia l, industrial and residential 
applications.  
2.2.10  Products specifically designed solely for the purposes of 
research and developm ent only made available on a business-to-
business basis. 
 
 
 Article (3) 
Responsibilities of  the Supplier 
 
The supplier shall ensure the following at any stag e of the supply chain: 
3.1 Comply with the requirements of this scheme. 
3.2  Shall extend full cooperation to the staff of ESMA and the competent 
authorities and shall keep and provide  the technical documents including 
the test reports, when required to de monstrate the conformity of this 
scheme. 
 
  Article (4) 
Technical Requirements 
 
4.1 All products, including cables and spare parts for their repair, their reuse, 
updating of their functionalities or up grading of their capacity, shall not 
exceed the specified concentrations fo r the hazardous substances listed in 
Annex (2). 
 
4.2 For the purposes of this scheme, no mo re than the maximum concentration 
value by weight in homogeneous material  as specified in Annex (2) shall be 
tolerated.  
 
Article (5) 
Conformity Assessment 
5.1 Product(s) shall comply with M odel A of conformi ty assessment. 
5.2 All products covered by this scheme shall comply with the technical 
requirements mentioned in clause s 4.1 and 4.2 of this scheme.   
5.3 The Manufacturer shall draw up a writt en Declaration of Conformity for 
each electrical equipm ent Model .The Manufacturer Declaration of 
Conformity shall identify the substanc es maximum concentration values in 
annex 2  5.4 The Manufacturer shall submit at  least the following technical 
documents: 
-   A general descripti on of electrical equipment; 
   -   A detailed description with conceptual design and manufacturing 
drawings, including a list of component s, materials, sub-assemblies and 
circuits used in th e electrical equipment; 
-   A list of the UAE Sta ndards applied to meet th e requirements of   the 
Technical Regulations    
-   Test reports 
 
  
 
Article (6) 
Surveillance and Ma rket Monitoring 6.1 ESMA and the competent authorities have the right to withdraw the 
product sample(s) from the market in or der to check their compliance to the 
requirements of this scheme. 
6.2 It is prohibited to display or sell any product(s) unless it is registered 
under ECAS or has quality mark. 
6.3 In case of non-conformities, if the source of non-conformity cannot be 
traced then the owner of the shop, from which the sample(s) is collected, will 
be responsible for the non-conformity unl ess it is proved otherwise within the 
stipulated time. 
6.4 In the case of non-conformity, ESMA ha s the right to take appropriate 
measures against the non-complying product(s). Such measures include 
withdrawal or recall of the product or ca ncellation of conformity certificate. 
(supplier will be responsible of the non-complying products). 
 
 
  Article (7) 
Penalties and Violations 
7.1 In case of any violation(s) to a ny of the requirements of this scheme, 
ESMA or the competent aut hority shall take appropria te action(s), to resolve 
the issue and remove its traces  from market, which include: 
7.1.1 Instructing the responsible supplie r to withdraw the product from   
          market  and re-export them to the country of origin. 
7.1.2 Implement all the required actions to withdraw and/or recall the   
product(s) or any other ne cessary corrective actions.  
Article (8) 
Final Provisions 
8.1 ESMA shall take appropriate measur es to implement this scheme, and 
grant authorization to the compet ent authorities to implement the 
requirements of this scheme. 
 
8.2  ESMA is responsible for receiving, registering and studying the 
application from the suppliers. ESMA has also right to grant authorization to 
competent authorities for receiving, re gistering and studying the application 
from the suppliers. 
 
8.3  The competent authority of indivi dual emirate is responsible for the 
implementation of this scheme. This  includes inspection, testing and 
controlling to comply with th e requirement of this scheme. 
 
8.4  The Board of Directors has the right to adopt a ny other standard(s) which 
are required to implement this scheme. 
 
8.5  The annexes attached to this document sh all be considered as a part of this 
scheme, and the Board of Directors has the right to  amend any Annex, when 
required. 
 
8.6  This scheme does not prevent the staff of the competent authorities to 
conduct tests stated in other laws or schemes. 
 
8.7  All the stakeholders, re lated to this scheme, sh all extend full cooperation 
and provide the required informa tion to implement this scheme. 
 8.8  Any issue that cannot be resolved by this scheme, shal l be referred to 
ESMA Director General for the appropriate  decision in the best interest of the 
public. 
 
Article (9)  
Provisions for the Tr ansition Period 
Article (9)  
Provisions for the Tr ansition Period 
9.1 The supplier shall register the product( s) with ECAS with in one year from 
the date of publication of this scheme in The Official Gazette. 
9.2 The products available in the market be fore the date of the publication are 
allowed to sell until 1st of January 2018.  
9.3 The requirement stated in 4.1 shall not apply to the following products 
placed on the market befo re 01 January 2020:   
9.3.1 Medical devices. 
9.3.2 In vitro diagnostic medical devices.  
9.3.3 Monitoring and control instruments.  
9.3.4 Industrial monitoring and control instruments. 
9.4 Paragraph 9.1 shall not a pply to products listed in  Annex 3, and Annex 4. 
Article (10) 
Cancellation 
The requirements stated in any other sch eme or law will be cancelled if such 
requirement(s) contradict with th e requirements of this scheme. 
 
Article (11) 
Publication and Implementation 
This scheme is published in the Official  Gazette and all th e concerned parties 
shall implement it. 
  Annex 1 
Categories of Electrical and Electronic Equipment: 
No. Categories Types 
1 Large household appliances o Large cooling appliances 
o Refrigerators 
o Freezers 
o Other large appliances used for 
refrigeration, conservation and storage of 
food 
o Washing machines 
o Clothes dryers 
o Dish washing machines 
o Cooking 
o Electric stoves 
o Electric hot plates 
o Microwaves 
o Other large appliances used for cooking 
and other processing of food 
o Electric heating appliances 
o Electric radiators 
o Other large appliances for heating 
rooms, beds, seating furniture 
o Electric fans 
o Air conditioner appliances 
o Other fanning, exhaust ventilation and 
conditioning equipment 
2 Small household appliances o Vacuum cleaners 
o Carpet sweepers 
o Other appliances for cleaning 
o Appliances used for sewing, knitting, 
weaving and other processing for textiles
Irons and other appliances for ironing, 
mangling and other care of clothing 
o Toasters 
o Fryers 
o Grinders, coffee machines and 
equipment for opening or sealing 
containers or packages 
o Electric knives o Appliances for hair-cutting, hair drying, 
tooth brushing, shaving, massage and 
other body care appliances 
o Clocks, watches and equipment for the 
purpose of measuring, indicating or 
registering time 
o Scales 
3 IT and telecommunication 
equipment.  o Centralized data  processing: 
o Mainframes 
o Minicomputers 
o Printer units 
o Personal computing: 
o Personal computers (CPU, mouse, screen 
and keyboard included) 
o Laptop computers (CPU, mouse, screen 
and keyboard included) 
o Notebook computers 
o Notepad computers 
o Printers 
o Copying equipment 
o Electrical and electronic typewriters 
o Pocket and desk calculators 
o Other products and equipment for the 
collection, storage, processing, 
presentation or communication of information by electronic means 
User terminals and systems 
o Facsimile 
o Telex 
o Telephones 
o Pay telephones 
o Cordless telephones 
o Cellular telephones 
o Answering systems 
o Other products or equipment of 
transmitting sound, images or other 
information by telecommunications 4 Consumer equipment. 
 o Radio sets 
o Television sets 
o Video cameras 
o Video recorders 
o Hi-fi recorders 
o Audio amplifiers 
o Musical instruments 
o Other products or equipment for the 
purpose of recording or reproducing 
sound or images, including signals or 
other technologies for the distribution of 
sound and image than by 
telecommunications 
5 Lighting equipment. 
 o Luminaires for fluorescent lamps with 
the exception of luminaires in 
households 
o Straight fluorescent lamps 
o Compact fluorescent lamps 
o High intensity discharge lamps, 
including pressure sodium lamps and 
metal halide lamps 
o Low pressure sodium lamps 
o Other lighting or equipment for the 
purpose of spreading or  controlling light 
with the exception of filament bulbs 
6 Electrical and electronic tools (with 
the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools) o Drills 
o Saws 
o Sewing machines 
o Equipment for turning, milling, sanding, 
grinding, sawing, cutting, shearing, 
drilling, making holes, punching, 
folding, bending or similar processing of 
wood, metal and other materials 
o Tools for riveting, na iling or screwing or 
removing rivets, nails,  screws or similar 
uses 
Tools for welding, soldering or similar 
use 
o Equipment for spraying, spreading, 
dispersing or other treatment of liquid or 
gaseous substances  by other means 
o Tools for mowing or other gardening 
activities 7 Toys leisure and sport equipment. o Electric trains or car racing sets 
o Hand-held video game consoles 
o Video games 
o Computers for biking, diving, running 
and rowing 
o Sports equipment with electric or 
electronic components 
Coin slot machines 
8 
Medical devices (with the exception 
of all implanted and infected products) o Radiotherapy equipment 
o Cardiology 
o Dialysis 
o Pulmonary ventilators 
o Nuclear medicine 
o Laboratory equipment for in-vitro 
diagnosis 
o Analyzers 
o Freezers 
o Fertilization tests 
o Other appliances for detecting, 
preventing, monitoring, treating, 
alleviating illness, injury or disability 
9 Monitoring and c ontrol instruments 
including industrial monitoring and 
control instrument o Smoke detector 
o Heating regulators 
o Thermostats 
o Measuring, weighing or adjusting 
appliances for household or laboratory 
equipment 
o Other monitoring and control 
instruments used in industrial 
installations (for example, in control 
panels) 
10 Automatic dispensers o Automatic dispensers for hot drinks 
o Automatic dispensers for hot or cold 
bottles or cans 
o Automatic dispensers for solid products 
o Automatic dispensers for money 
o All appliances which deliver 
automatically all kind of products 
11 Other EEE not covered by a ny of the categories above 
 
 Annex 2  
Restricted substances referred to in Article 4(1) and ma ximum concentration 
values tolerated by weight in homogeneous material. 
- Lead (0.1%). 
- Mercury (0.1%). 
- Cadmium (0.01 %.) 
- Hexavalent chromium (0.1%). 
- Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) (0.1%). 
- Polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDE) (0.1%).  
- Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (0,1 %) 
-  Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) (0,1 %) 
-  Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (0,1 %) 
-  Diisobutyl phthalate  (DIBP) (0,1 %) 
 The restriction of DEHP, BBP, DBP an d DIBP shall apply to medical devices, 
including in vitro medical devices, and monitoring and control instruments, 
including industrial monitoring and c ontrol instruments, from 22 July 2021. 
  The restriction of DEHP, BBP, DBP an d DIBP shall not apply to cables or 
spare parts for the repair, the reuse, the updating of functionalities or upgrading 
of capacity of EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2019, and of medical 
devices, including in vitro medical devices, and monitoring and control 
instruments, including industrial mon itoring and control instruments, placed on 
the market before 22 July 2021. 
 
 
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Annex 3 
Applications exempted from the restriction in Article 4(1) 
-Mercury in metal halide lamps (MH). 
 
-Mercury in other discharge lamps for sp ecial purposes not specifically mentioned in 
this Annex. 
 -Lead in glass of cathode ray tubes. 
 
- Lead in glass of fluorescent tube s not exceeding 0,2 % by weight. 
 
- Lead as an alloying element in steel fo r machining purposes and in galvanised 
steel. 
 containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight 
- Lead as an alloying element in aluminiu m containing up to 0,4 % lead by weight 
- Copper alloy containing up to 4 % lead by weight. 
- Lead in high melting temperature type sold ers (i.e. lead - based alloys containing 
85 % by weight or more lead). 
- Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network 
infrastructure equipment for switching, signaling, transmission, and network 
management for telecommunications. 
- Electrical and electronic components contai ning lead in a glass or ceramic other 
than dielectric ceramic in capacitors, e.g.  piezoelectronic devices, or in a glass or 
ceramic matrix compound. 
- Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors  for a rated voltage of 125 V AC or 250 V 
DC or higher. 
- Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts. 
 
- Hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion ag ent of the carbon steel cooling system 
in absorption refrigerators up to 0,75 % by weight in the cooling solution. 
- Lead in bearing shells and bushes fo r refrigerant-containing compressors for 
heating, ventilation, air conditioning a nd refrigeration (HVACR) applications. 
- Lead in white glasses used for optical applications.  
 
  
  
 - Cadmium and lead in filter glasses and gl asses used for refl ectance standards. 
- Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor 
die and carrier within integrat ed circuit flip chip packages 
- Lead halide as radiant agent in high in tensity discharge (HID) lamps used for 
professional reprography applications. 
- Lead as activator in the fluorescent pow der (1 % lead by weight or less) of 
discharge lamps when used as sun tann ing lamps containing phosphors such as 
BSP (BaSi 2 O 5 :Pb). 
- Lead and cadmium in printing inks for th e application of enamels on glasses, such 
as borosilicate and soda lime glasses. 
- Lead in solders for the so ldering to machined through hole discoidal and planar 
array ceramic multilayer capacitors. 
- Lead oxide in surface conduction elec tron emitter displays (SED) used in 
structural elements, notably in the seal frit and frit ring. 
- Lead bound in crystal glass as defined in Annex I (Categories 1,  2, 3 and 4) of 
Council Directive 69/493/EEC ( 1 ). 
- Cadmium alloys as electrical/mechanical solder joints to electrical conductors 
located directly on the voice coil in  transducers used in high-powered 
loudspeakers with sound pressure levels of 100 dB (A) and more. 
- Lead in soldering materials in mercury fr ee flat fluorescent lamps (which, e.g. are 
used for liquid crystal displays, design or industrial lighting). 
- Lead oxide in seal frit used for maki ng window assemblies for Argon and Krypton 
laser tubes. 
- Lead in solders for the solderi ng of thin copper wires of 100 μm diameter and less 
in power transformers. 
- Lead in cermet-based trim mer potentiometer elements 
- Lead in the plating layer of high voltage diodes on the basis of a zinc borate glass 
body. 
- Cadmium and cadmium oxide in thick film pastes used on alum inium bonded 
beryllium oxide. Annex 4 
Applications exempted fr om the restriction in Artic le 4(1) specific to 
medical devices and monitori ng and control instruments  
Equipment utilizing or det ecting ionizing radiation  
1. Lead, cadmium and mercury in det ectors for ionizing radiation.  
2. Lead bearings in  X-ray tubes.  
3. Lead in electromagnetic radiation am plification devices: micro-channel 
plate and capillary plate.  
4. Lead in glass frit of X-ray tubes and image intensifiers and lead in glass 
frit binder for assembly of gas lase rs and for vacuum tubes that convert 
electromagnetic radiati on into electrons.  
5. Lead in shielding for ionizing radiation.  
6. Lead in X-ray test objects.  
7. Lead stearate X-ray diffraction crystals.  
8. Radioactive cadmium isotope sour ce for portable X-ray fluorescence 
spectrometers.  
Sensors, detectors and electrodes  
1a. Lead and cadmium in ion selectiv e electrodes including glass of pH 
electrodes.  
1b. Lead anodes in electro chemical oxygen sensors.  
1c. Lead, cadmium and mercury in  infra-red light detectors.  
1d. Mercury in reference electrodes: lo w chloride mercury chloride, mercury 
sulphate and mercury oxide.  
Others  
9. Cadmium in helium-cadmium lasers.  
10. Lead and cadmium in atomic ab sorption spectroscopy lamps.  
11. Lead in alloys as a superconductor and therma l conductor in MRI.  
12. Lead and cadmium in metallic b onds to superconducting materials in 
MRI and SQUID detectors.  
13. Lead in counterweights.  
14. Lead in single crystal piezoelectric mate rials for ultrasonic transducers.  
15.  Lead in solders for bonding to ultrasonic transducers.  
16.  Mercury in very high accuracy  capacitance and loss measurement 
bridges and in high frequency RF switc hes and relays in  monitoring and 
control instruments not exceeding 20 mg  of mercury per swi tch or relay.  
17. Lead in solders in portabl e emergency defibrillators.  
18. Lead in solders of high performance infrared imaging modules to detect 
in the range 8-14 μm.  
19. Lead in Liquid crystal on s ilicon (LCoS) displays.  
20.  Cadmium in X-ray measurement filters.    
Annex 5 
Technical Definitions 
1. Large-Scale Stationary Industrial Tools:  means a large-scale 
assembly of machines, equipment, and/or components, functioning 
together for a specific applicati on, permanently installed and de-
installed by professionals at a give n place, and used and maintained by 
professionals in an industrial manuf acturing facility or research and 
development facility. 
2. Large-Scale Fixed Installation:  means a large-scale combination of 
several types of apparatus and, wher e applicable, other devices, which 
are assembled and installed by pr ofessionals, intended to be used 
permanently in a pre-defined and de dicated location, and de-installed 
by professionals. 
3. Cables:  means all cables with a rated volta ge of less than 250 volts that 
serve as a connection or an extensi on to connect EEE to the electrical 
outlet or to connect two or  more EEE to each other.  
4. Homogeneous Material:  means one material of  uniform composition 
throughout or a material, consisting of  a combination of materials, that 
cannot be disjointed or separated into different materials by mechanical 
actions such as unscrewing, cutting , crushing, grinding and abrasive 
processes. 
5.  Spare Part:  means a separate part  of an EEE that can replace a part of 
an EEE. The EEE cannot function as in tended without that part of the 
EEE. The functionality of EEE is rest ored or is upgraded when the part 
is replaced by a spare part. 
6.  Non-road mobile machinery ma de available exclusively for 
professional use:  means machinery, with an  on-board power source, 
the operation of which re quires either mobility or  continuous or semi-
continuous movement between a suc cession of fixed working locations 
while working, and is made availabl e exclusively for professional use. 
  Annex 6 
Applicable Standards 
 
 
IEC 62321 Edition 1.0 2008-12  Electrotechnical products – Determination of 
levels of six regulated substances (lead, mercur y, cadmium, hexavalent 
chromium, polybrominated biphenyls,  polybrominated diphenyl ethers). 
 
IEC 62474 Edition 1.0 2012-03  Material declaration fo r products of and for 
the electrotechnical industry. 
 IEC/TR 62476 Edition 1.0 2010-02  Guidance for evalua tion of products with 
respect to substance-use restrictions in electrical and electronic products 
 
IEC 50581: 2012  Technical documentation for the assessment of electrical and 
electronic products with respect to the restriction of hazardous substances.