. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/50 
4 July 2012  
 (12-3564) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto: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):  Vehicles.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Directive amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council on end-of-life ve hicles (9 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  The draft Directive adapts to scie ntific and technical progress the 
list of materials and components which are exem pt 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 Ar ticle 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-
life vehicles.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-o f-life vehicles prohibits the use of lead, 
mercury, cadmium or hexavalent chromium in materials and components  of vehicles put on 
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 Dire ctive 2000/53/EC, Annex 
II to that Directive shall be adapted to scient ific and technical progres s by the Commission on 
a regular basis.  This adaptation is done through the draft Directive.  
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
on end-of-life vehicles 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2000:269:0034:0042:EN:PDF  G/TBT/N/EU/50 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of 2012 
20 days from publication in the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_2572_00_e.pdf