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Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363 of 17 December 2019 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles as regards certain exemptions for lead and lead compounds in components (Text with EEA relevance)
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Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363
of 17 December 2019
amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles as regards certain exemptions for lead and lead compounds in components
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles(1), and in particular Article 4(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC, Member States are to prohibit the use of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium in materials and components of vehicles put on the market after 1 July 2003.
(2) Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC lists vehicle materials and components exempt from the prohibition pursuant to Article 4(2)(a) thereof. Pursuant to Annex II, exemptions 8(e), 8(f)(b) and 8(g) are to be reviewed in 2019. Exemption 8(j) also needs to be re-assessed in view of the latest information on technical and scientific progress.
(3) An assessment of exemptions 8(e) and 8(g) in view of that information led to the conclusion that there are currently no suitable alternatives to the use of lead for the materials and components covered by those exemptions. A date for a new review of those exemptions should therefore be set. Exemption 8(g), however, should be further specified with a more narrow scope. In order to allow the automotive industry to adapt to those changes, the current scope of exemption 8(g) should be maintained for vehicles of a type approved before 1 October 2022, while the narrower scope of that exemption should apply for vehicles of a type approved from that date.
(4) The assessment of exemption 8(f)(b) leads to the conclusion that the use of lead in the applications covered by that exemption should not be prolonged because there are alternatives to the use of lead in those applications.
(5) The assessment of exemption 8(j) which gives an exemption to the use of lead in solders for soldering of laminated glazing led to the conclusion that, for some applications, there are alternatives to the use of lead in solders for soldering of laminated glazing. However, there are some glass panes and applications for which there is no certainty that suitable alternatives to the use of lead exist at this time. It is therefore appropriate to lay down a new, more limited, exemption 8(k) for those glass panes and applications.
(6) Exemption 8(j) applies only with respect to vehicles of a type approved before 1 January 2020. In order to ensure that the use of lead continues to be exempted for those glass panes and applications for which there is no certainty that suitable alternatives to the use of lead exist at this time, it is necessary for the new exemption 8(k) to apply as soon as possible. Therefore, this Directive should enter into force as a matter of urgency.
(7) Directive 2000/53/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,
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