Lead in tin whisker resistant coatings for fine pitch (<0.65 mm) applications (e.g. connectors).

Lead bound in glass, crystal glass, lead crystal or full lead crystal in general.

Chromium (VI) and cadmium as colouring agents (up to 2 % content) in glass, crystal glass, lead crystal or full lead crystal for decorative and/or functional use.

Solders containing lead and/or cadmium for specific applications.
　

Hexavalent chromium anti-corrosion coatings.

Lead oxide glass in plasma display panels.

Lead in connectors, flexible printed circuits, flexible flat cables.

Lead glass used for magnetic heads (e.g. VCRs).

Cadmium as a doping material in avalanche photodiodes (APDs) for optical fibre communications.

Lead in optical isolators.

Lead glass seals in the sheath heater of microwaves.

Cadmium pigments (except for those banned by the Cadmium Directive 91/338/EEC.

Lead halide (iodide) as a radiant agent in high intensity discharge (HID) lamps for professional UV applications (e.g. lamps used for curing, reprography and label printing).

Lead activators in the phosphors used for specialised straight and compact fluorescent lamps (e.g. lamps for sun tanning, diazo-printing, reprography, lithography, insect traps).

Lead as an amalgam in discharge lamps (e.g. small compact energy-saving fluorescent lamps).

Lead in glass solder used for mercury-free flat panel lamps.

Lead in the glass envelope of Black Light Blue (BLB) UV lamps (BLB lamps are used for money checking, leak detection, disco lighting etc).

Lead in low melting point alloys (e.g. second soldering operations on a printed circuit board (PCB) and safety and other temperature dependant switching devices.

Lead in galvanised steel (up to 0.35% lead) and aluminium (up to 0.4 % unintended lead).

Lead in solder and hexavalent chromium in surface treatments in parts recovered from non-household printers & copying equipment which were originally placed on the market before 1 July 2006, and are reused as part of the original equipment manufacturer’s closed loop system until 1 July 2011.

Cadmium sulphide photocells. Light sensors which mimic the human eye, such as daylight-responsive dimming systems for lighting.
　

Aeronautic and aerospace sector applications that require high safety standards for any of the RoHS restricted substances. (Clarifying that EEE in these sectors is exempt from the RoHS Directive. Such EEE is excluded from the WEEE by falling outside the 10 WEEE categories.)