. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/293 
18 August 2009  
 (09-3933) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone 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 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  ec-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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Products covered 
include "any vehicle designated as category M1  or N1 defined in Annex II A of Directive 
70/156/EEC and three-wheeled motor vehicles as defined in Directive 92/61/EEC, but 
excluding motor tricycles".  
Annex II A of Directive 70/156/EEC, as amende d by Council Directive 92/53/EEC of 18 
June 1992 (OJ L 225, 10/08/1992 p. 0001-0062), defines category M1 as "vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat" and category N1 as "vehicles u sed for the carriage of goods and having a 
maximum mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes". 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Decision amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/ EC of the European Parliament and of 
the Council on end-of-life vehicles (8 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  The draft decision up-dates the list of materials and components 
which are exempt from  the prohibition of the use of lead, mercury, cadmium or hexavalent chromium in materials and components of vehicles put on the market after 1 July 2003 according to Article 4(2) a) of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles prohibits the use of lead, 
mercury, cadmium or hexavalent chromium in  materials and components of vehicles put on G/TBT/N/EEC/293 
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   the market after 1 July 2003, other than in  cases listed in Annex II to that Directive and 
under the conditions specified therein. Pursuant  to Article 4(2)(b) of Directive 2000/53/EC, 
Annex II to that Directive shall be adapte d to scientific and technical progress by the 
Commission on a regular basis.  This up-date is done through the draft decision. 
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSe rv.do?uri=OJ:L:2000:269:0034:0042:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }The Decision is planned to be adopted around 
15 December 2009, however the effective application of the modified measures start from 1 January 2011 earliest (the date is different for each exemption modified) which gives around 12 months for adaptation to the 
new requirements 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [ ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu The text is available on the EC-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ 
  
And can also be downloaded here