The RoHS directive applies to the following categories of EEE (electrical and electronic equipment):

• Large household appliances
• Small household appliances
• IT and telecommunications equipment
• Consumer equipment
• Lighting equipment
• Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools)
• Toys, leisure and sports equipment
• Automatic dispensers
• Electric light bulbs
• Luminaries in households

The directive does not apply to spare parts for repair/reuse of EEE put on the market before July 1, 2006.

The above list may be modified by the EU Commission.