G/TBT/N/EU/195  
 
27 February 2014  
(14-1185)  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 III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 
as regards an exemption for Mercury in hand crafted luminous discharge tubes (HLDTs) used for signs, decorative or architectural and specialist lighting and light-artwork (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/195 
 
- 2 - 
 
  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_1007_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1007_01_e.pdf