Testing

  4(f)

Mercury in other discharge lamps for

special purposes not specifically

mentioned in this Annex

Renewal requests withdrawn due to exemption renewal by COM based on earlier renewal request, c.f. ex. 4(f)(I to IV) of Annex III of RoHS Directive

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8(b)

Cadmium and its compounds in

electrical contacts

Renew with restricted scope as exemption

8(b)(II):

Cadmium and its compounds in electrical

contacts in

- circuit breakers

- thermal sensing controls

- thermal motor protectors (excluding hermetic

thermal motor protectors)

- AC switches

- DC switches

Expires on

- 31 December 2023 for circuit breakers in rotating parts of computer

tomography (CT) MDs (cat. 8 MDs others than IVDs)

- 31 December 2025 for portable

emergency defibrillators (cat. 8 MDs

others than IVDs) with a Declaration of

Conformity (DOC) issued for the first

time before 1 January 2015

- 31 December 2025 for other cat. 8 MDs incl. IVDs, and cat. 9 MCIs incl. IMCIs, and for cat. 11.

Renew for “fixed” contacts as new exemption 8(c) with specified scope: Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts that are not covered by exemption 8(b)(II), and excluding - resistive inks of infrared emitters in medical capnography sensors used with lung ventilators - gold-containing pastes for coating electrodes for connections to electrical sensing and signal processing circuits via gold wires in sensors for detection of low-level oxygen concentrations at elevated temperatures

Applies, from [date of the official

publication of the COM decision in the

Official Journal + 18 months + 1 day] on, to categories 8 and 9.

Expires on 21 July 2025 for cat. 8 medical devices including in-vitro diagnostic medical devices and cat. 9 monitoring and control instruments including industrial monitoring and control instruments

8(b)-I

Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts used in:

- circuit breakers,

- thermal sensing controls,

- thermal motor protectors (excluding hermetic thermal motor protectors)

- AC switches rated at:

 - 6 A and more at 250 V AC and more, or

- 12 A and more at 125 V AC and more

- DC switches rated at 20 A and more at 18 V DC and more, and

- switches for use at voltage supply frequency ≥ 200 Hz

Renew with below wording for circuit breakers, thermal sensing controls and thermal motor protectors: Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts in

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- circuit breakers,

- thermal sensing controls

 - thermal motor protectors (excluding hermetic thermal motor protectors

Expires on 31 December 2023 for cat. 1-7, 10 and 11

- AC switches rated at:

- 6 A and more at 250 V AC and more, or

- 12 A and more at 125 V AC and more

- DC switches rated at 20 A and more at 18 V DC and more, and

- switches for use at voltage supply frequency ≥ 200 Hz

Expires on [date of the official publication of the COM decision in the Official Journal + 12 months]

Renew as exemption 8(b)(III) for other switches in scope of current exemption 8(b)(I): Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts of

- AC switches rated at

- 10 A and more at 250 V AC and more, or

 - 15 A and more at 125 V AC and more,

- DC switches rated at 25 A and more at 18 V DC and more. 

Expires on 31 December 2025 for cat. 1-7, 10 and 11

9

Hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption

refrigerators up to 0,75 % by weight in the cooling solution

Grant exemption as separate ex. 9(a)(III) if

COM deems negative impacts of substitution

likely to outweigh benefits thereof:

Up to 0.7 % by weight of hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent in the working fluid of the carbon steel sealed circuit of gas absorption heat pumps for space and water heating.

Expires on 31 December 2026 for cat. 1 gas absorption heat pumps.

9(a)-II

Up to 0,75 % hexavalent chromium by weight, used as an anticorrosion agent in the cooling solution of carbon steel cooling systems of absorption refrigerators:

 - designed to operate fully or partly with electrical heater, having an average utilised power input ≥ 75 W at constant running conditions,

 - designed to fully operate with non-electrical heater.

Renew with current wording.

Expires on 21 July 2021 for cat. 1-7 and 10.

13(a)

Lead in white glasses used for optical applications

Renew exemption with new wording:

Lead in glasses used for optical applications excluding applications falling under points 13(b), 13(b)(I), 13(b)(II), 13(b)(III), 13(b)(IV) of this Annex

Expires on:

- 21 July 2025 for categories 1, 2, 5, and 10;

- 21 July 2026 for categories 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11;

- 21 July 2028 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices and category 9 industrial monitoring and control

13(b)

Cadmium and lead in filter glasses and glasses used for reflectance standards

Renew exemption with restricted scope for reflectance standards as new exemption 13(b)(IV):

Cadmium in glazes used for reflectance standards

Expires on 21 July 2026 for cat. 8 MDs incl. IVDs and cat. 9 MCIs incl. IMCIs.

Renew exemption with restricted scope for filter glasses as new exemption 13(b)(V):

Lead compound coatings in infrared interference filters used in infrared gas analysis and mid-far-infrared spectroscopy

Expires on 21 July 2028 for cat. 9 IMCIs

13(b)- I

Lead in ion coloured optical filter glass types

Renew with same wording:

 Lead in ion coloured optical filter glass types

Expires on

- 21 July 2025 for cat. 1 and 4;

- 21 July 2026 for cat. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11;

- 21 July 2028 for cat. 8 MDs incl. IVDs, and cat. 9 MCIs incl. IMCIs.

13(b)-II

Cadmium in striking optical filter glass types; excluding applications falling under point 39 of Annex III

Renew with same wording:

Cadmium in striking optical filter glass types; excluding applications falling under point 39(a) of Annex III

13(b)-(III)

Cadmium and lead in glazes used for reflectance standards

No renewal, introduce new exemption 13(b)(IV) with restricted scope:

Cadmium in glazes used for reflectance standards

Expires on 21 July 2028 for cat. 8 MDs incl. IVDs and cat. 9 MCIs incl. IMCIs.

15

Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages

No renewal recommendation possible due to lack of substantiated evidence required by Art. 5(1)(a).

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15a

ead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between the semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages where at least one of the following criteria applies: - a semiconductor technology node of 90 nm or larger; - a single die of 300 mm2 or larger in any semiconductor technology node; - stacked die packages with die of 300 mm2 or larger, or silicon interposers of 300 mm2 or large 

No renewal recommendation possible due to lack of substantiated evidence required by Art. 5(1)(a).

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