In the past two years, there have been many articles written on the EU RoHS exemptions. Most of them, however, are not only misstated but misleading. Eventhough some of them are correctly reported, they didn’t present a complete picture of the exemptions. In this study, all the exemptions proposed by the electronic industry are reported, all the official exemptions granted by the EU Commissioner are stated, and all the exemptions voted “YES” by the EU TAC (Technical Adaptation Committee) but not officially published in the OJ (Official Journal) of the EU are presented. Since February 13, 2003, the RoHS has been a law in EU [1]. RoHS bans lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr6+), PBBs (polybrominated biphenyls), and PBDEs (polybrominated diphenys ethers). The implementation date is July 1, 2006. That means, starting from that date, all EEE (electrical and electronic equipment), except those with exemptions [1, 2, 3, 4], cannot be put on the market in the EU if they contain those six banned materials. More - Source: emsnow.com