More Electrical and Electronic Equipment to Require Compliance with Taiwan RoHS from 2019

Taiwan’s Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) published its RoHS-like regulation CNS 15663 in 2013 prohibiting the use of six restricted substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEEs). It came into effect from 1 Dec 2016.

The BSMI designated and announced EEEs into groups and set different deadlines for full compliance with Taiwan RoHS. So far most EEEs have already passed the deadline and require compliance with Taiwan RoHS. Three new products will require compliance with Taiwan RoHS from 1st of Jan 2019. Please see below table for details.

Compliance deadlines	Products
1 Dec 2016	Water dispensers
1 Jul 2017	Automatic data processing machines and others (6 items) Network media players and projectors
1 Jan 2018	drinking water supplier Electric blankets and others (63 items) Fluorescent lamps and related electronic ballasts motors and others (32 items) Plugs and socket-outlets, adapters, cord sets and other related products Power supplier and others (7 items) Printing or copying machines Radio keyboard and others (92 items) Self-ballasted fluorescent lamps
1 Jul 2018	Air conditioners, lighting and others (8 items) Loudspeaker and others (24 items)
1 Jan 2019	Off-board charger of electric bicycle, off-board charger of electric assisted bicycle Power supplier for cigar lighters in a car

To conform to Taiwan RoHS requirements, the manufacturers or importers of EEEs should:

Determine content of restricted substances by testing;
Obtain a certificate of “registration of product certification” (商品验证登录证书);
Label the “BSMI commodity inspection mark” and the “marking of presence” on the products

For more details, please refer to the Chempedia page for Taiwan RoHS.