Decision 2005/747 - 2005/747/EC: Commission Decision of 21 October 2005 amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 4054)

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Current status

This decision was in effect from October 21, 2005 until January  3, 2013.

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Key information

official title

2005/747/EC: Commission Decision of 21 October 2005 amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 4054)
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2005/747
CELEX number i 32005D0747

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Key dates

Document 21-10-2005
Publication in Official Journal 25-10-2005; Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 15 Volume 015,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 15 Volume 015,OJ L 327M , 5.12.2008,OJ L 280, 25.10.2005
Effect 21-10-2005; Entry into force Date notif.
End of validity 03-01-2013; Repealed by 32011L0065
Notification 21-10-2005

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Legislative text

25.10.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 280/18
 

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 October 2005

amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment

(notified under document number C(2005) 4054)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/747/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 electrical and electronic equipment (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

In accordance with Directive 2002/95/EC the Commission is required to evaluate certain hazardous substances prohibited pursuant to Article 4(1) of that Directive.
 

(2)

Certain materials and components containing lead and cadmium should be exempt (or continue to be exempt) from the prohibition, since the use of these hazardous substances in those specific materials and components is still unavoidable.
 

(3)

Some exemptions from the prohibition for certain specific materials or components should be limited in their scope, in order to achieve a gradual phase-out of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, given that the use of those substances in such applications will become avoidable.
 

(4)

Pursuant to Article 5(1)(c) of Directive 2002/95/EC each exemption listed in the Annex must be subjected to a review, at least every four years or four years after an item is added to the list, with the aim of considering deletion of materials and components of electrical and electronic equipment if their elimination or substitution via design changes or materials and components which do not require any of the materials or substances referred to in Article 4(1) are technically or scientifically possible, provided that the negative environmental, health and/or consumer safety impacts caused by substitution do not outweigh the possible environmental, health and/or consumer safety benefits thereof.
 

(5)

Directive 2002/95/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
 

(6)

Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2002/95/EC the Commission has consulted producers of electrical and electronic equipment, recyclers, treatment operators, environmental organisations and employee and consumers associations and forwarded the comments to the Committee established by Article 18 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (2), hereinafter ‘the Committee’.
 

(7)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 October 2005.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS

Member of the Commission

 
 

ANNEX

Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC is amended as follows:

 

1.

point 7 is replaced by the following:

 

‘7.

—

Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead),
 

—

lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment...


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