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Official Journal of the European Union
10.9.2011
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 September 2011
amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications containing lead
or cadmium
(notified under document C(2011) 6309)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/534/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(4) Directive
2002/95/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
accordingly.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(5) Pursuant
to
Article
5(2)
of
Directive
2002/95/EC,
the
Commission has consulted the relevant parties.
Having regard to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in elec
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
trical and electronic equipment
( 1 ), and in particular
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab
Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
lished by Article 18 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ),
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(1) Directive
2002/95/EC
prohibits
the
use
of
lead
and
cadmium in electrical and electronic equipment put on
the market after 1 July 2006.
Article 1
The Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC is amended as set out in
(2) The
substitution
of
lead
in
PZT
based
dielectric
ceramic the Annex to this Decision.
materials for capacitors being part of integrated circuits
or discrete semiconductors is still technically imprac
ticable. The use of lead in those materials should
Article 2
therefore be exempted from the prohibition.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
(3) The
substitution
of
cadmium
in
photoresistors
for
analogue optocouplers applied in professional audio
equipment is still technically impracticable. The use of
Done at Brussels, 8 September 2011.
cadmium in those photoresistors should therefore be
exempted from the prohibition. However, that
exemption should be limited in time as the research
For the Commission
for cadmium free technology is in progress and
substitutes could become available within the next 3
Janez POTONIK
years.
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 19.
( 2 ) OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9.

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EN
10.9.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
234/45
ANNEX
The Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC is amended as follows:
(a) the following point 7(c)-IV is inserted:
‘7(c)-IV Lead
in
PZT
based
dielectric
ceramic
materials
for
capacitors
being
part of integrated circuits or discrete semiconductors’
(b) the following point 40 is added:
‘40 Cadmium
in
photoresistors
for
analogue
optocouplers
applied
in
Expires on
professional audio equipment
31 December 2013’

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