Per the European Journal, published on May 18, several exemptions for the use of lead in electrical and electronic equipment have been renewed.
The renewals, made via Commission Delegated Directives (2018/736 and following), extend the exemptions as currently constituted until 2021 with delayed expiration for products under categories 8 & 9 (in vitro diagnostic devices & industrial monitoring and control instruments, respectively).
The exemptions now extended are:
6(a) Lead as an alloying element in steel for machining purposes and in galvanized steel containing up to 0.35 % lead by weight. Expires on: 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9; 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
6(a)-I Lead as an alloying element in steel for machining purposes containing up to 0.35 % lead by weight and in batch hot dip galvanized steel components containing up to 0.2 % lead by weight. Expires on 21 July 2021 for categories 1-7 and 10.
6(b) Lead as an alloying element in aluminum containing up to 0.4 % lead by weight. Expires on: 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9; 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
6(b)-I Lead as an alloying element in aluminum containing up to 0.4 % lead by weight, provided it stems from lead-bearing aluminum scrap recycling. Expires on 21 July 2021 for categories 1-7 and 10.
6(b)-II Lead as an alloying element in aluminum for machining purposes with a lead content up to 0.4 % by weight. Expires on 18 May 2021 for categories 1-7 and 10.
6(c) Copper alloy containing up to 4 % lead by weight. Expires on: 21 July 2021 for categories 1-10; 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
7(a) Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead). Expires on: 21 July 2021 for categories 1-10; 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
7(c)-I Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a glass or ceramic other than dielectric ceramic in capacitors, e.g. piezoelectronic devices, or in a glass or ceramic matrix compound. Expires on: 21 July 2021 for categories 1-10; 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
24 Lead in solders for the soldering to machined through hole discoidal and planar array ceramic multilayer capacitors. Expires on: 21 July 2021 for categories 1-10; 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
34 Lead in cermet-based trimmer potentiometer elements. Expires on: 21 July 2021 for categories 1-10; 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
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