EU –Proposed directives to exempt some materials and components from prohibition of the use of lead in materials  

European Commission has issued draft directives proposing adaption of  scientific and technical progress the list of materials and components which are exempt from the prohibition of the use of lead in materials and components of vehicles put on the market after 1 July 2003. The draft Directive amends exemptions 2(c), 3 and 5 of Annex II to the ELV Directive (Directive 2000/53/EC)

Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles prohibits the use of lead, mercury, cadmium or hexavalent chromium in materials and components of vehicles put on the market after 1 July 2003, other than in cases listed in Annex II to that Directive and under the conditions specified therein. Pursuant to Article 4(2)(b) of Directive 2000/53/EC, Annex II to that Directive shall be adapted to scientific and technical progress by the Commission on a regular basis. This adaptation is done through the draft Directive.

Proposed date of adoption: October 2017

Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.)

Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures , so that these can be taken up suitably.