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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2017) XXX  draft  
  
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) .../…  
of XXX  
amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council on end -of life vehicles  
(Text with EEA relevance)    
EN 2   EN COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) .../…  
of XXX  
amending  Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council on end -of life vehicles  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,  
Having regard to Directive 2000 /53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 
September 2000 on end -of life vehicles1, and in particular Article 4(2)(b),  
Whereas:  
(1) Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC prohibits the use of lead, mercury, cadmium 
and hexavalent chromium in materials and components of vehicles put on the market 
after 1 July 2003.  
(2) Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC lists vehicle materials and components exempt from 
the prohibition set out in Article 4(2)(a) thereof . That Annex is to be amended on a 
regular basis according to technical and scientific progress and e xemptions 2(c), 3 and 
5 regarding the use of lead are to be reviewed .  
(3) An assessment of technical and scientific progress has demonstrated that the use of 
lead re mains unavoidable for the materials and components covered by exemption  
2(c). However, current information suggests that lead substitutes may become 
available for  those material and components in the near future . For some materials and 
components , lead substitutes are expected to become available sooner than for others , 
and therefore it is appropriate to split exemption 2(c) in to two sub -entries  with 
different review dates  according to the progress in the development of such 
substitutes . 
(4) The assessment o f technical and scientific progress has also demonstrated that the use 
of lead remains unavoidable for the materials and components covered by exemption 
3. Possible substitutes exist but have to be developed further . A new review date for 
that exemption should therefore be set, taking into account the progress in the 
development of substitutes.     
(5) Finally, the assessment of technical and scientific progress has demonstrated that for 
some materials and components covered by exemption 5  lead alternatives a lready exist 
but are not usable in all vehicles  covered by the exemptio n. For the other materials and 
components covered by exemption 5, the use of lead is still unavoidable. 
Consequently, that exemption should be split into two sub -entries. For the materi als 
and components for which alternatives exist , an expiry date for the exemption should 
be set which allows necessary time to ensure that the use of lead is avoidable in all 
vehicles concerned . For the exemption covering materials and components for which  
                                                 
1 OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p.  34.  
EN 3   EN the use of lead is still unavoidable, a new review date should be set, taking into 
account the progress in the development of substitutes.   
(6) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the 
committee established by Arti cle 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council2, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:  
Article 1  
Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this 
Directive.  
Article 2  
(1) Member States shall adopt and publish  by [Date - six months after the entry into 
force of this Directive ] the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary 
to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission 
the text of those provisions.   
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this 
Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official 
publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.  
(2) Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions 
of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.  
Article 3  
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Jo urnal of the European Union . 
Article 4  
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 
                                                 
2 OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3.