My company sells a tool kit that contains several different finished products. The majority of the BOM is non-EEE hand tools with the only two EEE products being a digital caliper and multimeter. After reading through the RoHS 2 FAQ document and further searching online I haven't been able to come to a conclusion if all of the products within the kit would need to be RoHS compliant or only those two products.
Based on these two sections of the FAQ below I feel like I could argue that the hand tools can be considered separated from the digital calipers and multimeter similar to the wardrobe and light which is different than the accessories that are specifically intended to be used with power tools.
"For the example of a wardrobe with lights, even if sold as a single unit, a distinction between the piece of furniture and the electric/electronic device the piece is or can be equipped with has to be drawn. If the lighting is EEE in itself and both the lighting and the wardrobe can be separated and used as fully functional separate products, only the electric/electronic equipment (the lighting) is in the RoHS 2 scope. The furniture itself would then be outside the scope.
This scenario is different from the example of power tools, lamps and many other types of EEE, most of which are already in the scope of RoHS 1 and are comprised of various detachable electric/electronic and non-electric/electronic parts, which are however only fully functional in combination. These parts are simply integral parts of EEE and have to meet the respective requirements. This is for example reflected in various existing exemptions for non-electric EEE parts."
TLDR: Are all of the components of a kit containing multiple EEE and non-EEE finished products within the scope of RoHS or would only the EEE finished products be within scope?
Based on these two sections of the FAQ below I feel like I could argue that the hand tools can be considered separated from the digital calipers and multimeter similar to the wardrobe and light which is different than the accessories that are specifically intended to be used with power tools.
"For the example of a wardrobe with lights, even if sold as a single unit, a distinction between the piece of furniture and the electric/electronic device the piece is or can be equipped with has to be drawn. If the lighting is EEE in itself and both the lighting and the wardrobe can be separated and used as fully functional separate products, only the electric/electronic equipment (the lighting) is in the RoHS 2 scope. The furniture itself would then be outside the scope.
This scenario is different from the example of power tools, lamps and many other types of EEE, most of which are already in the scope of RoHS 1 and are comprised of various detachable electric/electronic and non-electric/electronic parts, which are however only fully functional in combination. These parts are simply integral parts of EEE and have to meet the respective requirements. This is for example reflected in various existing exemptions for non-electric EEE parts."
TLDR: Are all of the components of a kit containing multiple EEE and non-EEE finished products within the scope of RoHS or would only the EEE finished products be within scope?