G/TBT/N/EU/194  
 
27 February 2014  
(14-1186)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable):  Electrical 
and electronic equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical 
progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 
as regards an exemption for mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) for back-lighting liquid crystal displays, not exceeding 5 mg per lamp, used in industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22 July 2017 (5 pages + Annex 2 
pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Delegated Directive concerns an 
application specific and temporary exemptio n from the RoHS 2 (Directive 2011/65/EU) 
substance restrictions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Adaptation of existing legislation to scientific and technical progress, 
granting manufacturers adequate transition time for compliance.  G/TBT/N/EU/194 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Scientific background studies justifying the specific exemption 
are available on the Commission consultants' project webpage (http://rohs.exemptions.oeko.info/fileadm in/user_upload/RoHS_VI/20130412_RoHS2_E
valuation_Proj2_Pack1_Ex_ Requests_1-11_Final.pdf ; 
http://rohs.exemptions.oeko.info/fileadm in/user_upload/RoHS_VII/20130930_RoHS-
2_Exemption_Evaluation_Pack-2.pdf ; 
http://rohs.exemptions.oeko.info/fileadmin /user_upload/RoHS_VIII/RoHS2_Pack3_Final
_Report.pdf ). 
Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliame nt and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on 
the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic 
equipment (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 88–110)  
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:174:0088:0110:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    March 2014 20 days from publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU (about three months after 
adoption approx.) 
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable. The notified draft is a technical adaptation 
exercise and does not pose additional burden on economic operators; it is considered to have a trade-enhancing effect. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website :  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1006_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1006_01_e.pdf