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EN    EN  EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Brussels,  
 
  
Draft 
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 
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 Draft 
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 
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 Eu ropean Parliament and of the Council of 18 
September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles1, and in particular Article 4(2)(b) thereof, 
Whereas: (1) Directive 2000/53/EC 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 Dir ective and under the conditions 
specified therein. Pursuant to Article 4(2)(b ) of Directive 2000/53/ EC, Annex II to that 
Directive should be adapted to scientific and technical progress by the Commission on 
a regular basis. 
(2) Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC lists ve hicle materials and components exempted 
from the prohibition set out in Article 4(2) (a) thereof. Vehicles put on the market 
before the expiry date of a given exemp tion may contain lead, mercury, cadmium or 
hexavalent chromium in materials and com ponents listed in Annex II to Directive 
2000/53/EC. 
(3) Certain materials and compone nts containing lead, mercur y, cadmium or hexavalent 
chromium should continue to be exempted  from the prohibition set out in Article 
4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC , since the use of such substances in those specific 
materials and components is still technical ly or scientifically unavoidable. It is 
therefore appropriate to prolong the expiry date of those exemptions until the use of 
the prohibited substances becomes avoidable. 
(4) The use of lead in automotive thermoelect ric materials in application reducing CO
2 
emissions by recuperation of exhaust heat is  currently technically and scientifically 
unavoidable. Those materials should theref ore be temporarily exempted from the 
prohibition set out in Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC. 
(5) Certain materials and compone nts containing lead, mercur y, cadmium or hexavalent 
chromium should continue to be exempted  from the prohibition set out in Article 
                                                 
1 OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34.   
EN 3   EN 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/ EC without an expiry date , since the use of such 
substances in the specific materials a nd components listed in Annex II of that 
Directive is still technically or scientifically unavoidable.  
(6) Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC provides th at spare parts put on the market after 1 
July 2003 which are used for vehicles put  on the market before 1 July 2003 are 
exempted from the provisions of Article 4(2)(a) of that Directive. The exemption 
allows for the repair of vehicles put on the market before the entry into force of the 
prohibition set out in that Article with spar e parts meeting the same quality and safety 
requirements as the parts with whic h they were originally equipped. 
(7) Spare parts for vehicles put on the market after 1 July 2003 but before the expiry date 
of a given exemption of Annex II to Di rective 2000/53/EC are not covered by that 
exemption. Hence, spare parts for those vehicles should be heavy metal free, even if they are used to replace parts which originally contained heavy metals. 
(8) In certain cases it is technically impossible to repair vehicles w ith spare parts other 
than original ones as this  would require changes in dimensional and functional 
properties of entire vehicle systems. Such  spare parts cannot fit into the vehicle 
systems originally manufactured with parts containing heavy metals and these vehicles 
cannot be repaired and may need to be prem aturely disposed of. Annex II to Directive 
2000/53/EC should therefore be amended to en able the repair of  such vehicles.  
(9) Directive 2000/53/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. 
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee established under Article 18(1) of  Directive 2006/12/CE of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste
2. 
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 
Member States shall bring into force the la ws, regulations and ad ministrative provisions 
necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2011 at the latest. They shall 
forthwith communicate to the Commission the text  of those provisions and a correlation table 
between those provisions and this Directive. 
When Member States adopt those provisions, they  shall contain a refere nce to this Directive 
or be accompanied by such a reference on the o ccasion of their official publication. Member 
States shall determine how such  reference is to be made.  
                                                 
2 OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9.  
EN 4   EN Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of  the European Union . 
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Commission 
 The President  
EN 5   EN ANNEX  
Annex II 
Materials and components exempt from Article 4(2)(a) 
 
Materials and components Scope and expiry 
date of the exemption To be labelled or made 
identifiable in accordance with Article 4(2)(b)(iv) 
Lead as an alloying element 
1(a). Steel for machining purposes and batch hot dip galvanised steel components containing up to 0.35% lead by weight   
1(b). Continuously galvanised steel sheet 
containing up to 0.35% lead by weight  Vehicles type 
approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles  
2(a). Aluminium for mach ining purposes with 
a lead content up to 2% by weight As spare parts for 
vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2005  
2(b). Aluminium with a lead content up to 
1.5% by weight As spare parts for 
vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2008
  
2(c). Aluminium with a lead content up to 0.4% by weight (2)  
3. Copper alloy containing up to 4% lead by 
weight (2)  
4(a). Bearing shells and bushes As spare parts for 
vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2008  
4(b). Bearing shells a nd bushes in engines, 
transmissions and air conditioning compressors 1 July 2011 and 
spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2011    
EN 6   EN Lead and lead compounds in components  
5. Batteries (2)  X  
6. Vibration dampers Vehicles type 
approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles X   
EN 7   EN  
7(a). Vulcanising agents and stabilisers for 
elastomers in brake hoses, fuel hoses, air ventilation hoses, elastomer/metal parts in the chassis applications, and engine mountings  As spare parts for 
vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2005  
7(b). Vulcanising agents  and stabilisers for 
elastomers in brake hoses, fuel hoses, air ventilation hoses, elastomer/metal parts in the chassis applications, and engine mountings containing up to 0.5% lead by weight As spare parts for 
vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2006
  
7(c). Bonding agents for elastomers in powertrain applications  containing up to 
0.5% lead by weight As spare parts for 
vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2009  
8(a). Lead in solders to  attach electrical and 
electronic components to  electronic circuit 
boards and lead in finishes on terminations of components other than electrolyte aluminium capacitors, on component pins and on electronic circuit boards  Vehicles type 
approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles X(1) 
8(b). Lead in solders in electrical applications 
other than soldering on electronic circuit 
boards or on glass Vehicles type 
approved before 1 January 2011 and spare parts for these vehicles X(1) 
8(c). Lead in finishes on terminals of 
electrolyte aluminium capacitors  
 Vehicles type 
approved before 1 January 2013 and spare parts for these vehicles X(1) 
8(d). Lead used in soldering on glass in mass 
airflow sensors  
 Vehicles type 
approved before 1 January 2015 and spare parts of such 
vehicles X(1) 
8(e). Lead in high melting temperature type 
solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead) (3) X(1) 
8(f). Lead in compliant pin connector systems (3) X(1)  
EN 8   EN 8(g). Lead in solders to complete a viable 
electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages (3) X(1) 
8(h). Lead in solder to attach heat spreaders 
to the heat sink in power semiconductor assemblies with a chip size of at least 1 cm² 
of projection area a nd a nominal current 
density of at least 1 A/mm
2 of silicon chip 
area (3) X(1) 
8(i). Lead in solder s in electrical glazing 
applications on glass except for soldering in laminated glazing Vehicles type 
approved before 1 January 2013 and spare parts for these vehicles (4)  X(1) 
8(j). Lead in solders for soldering in 
laminated glazing (3) X(1) 
9. Valve seats As spare parts for 
engine types developed before 1 July 2003  
10(a). Electrical and electronic components 
which contain lead in a glass or ceramic, in a 
glass or ceramic matrix compound, in a glass-ceramic material, or in a glass-ceramic matrix compound. 
This exemption does not cover the use of lead 
in: 
-glass in bulbs and glaze of spark plugs, -dielectric ceramic ma terials of components 
listed under 10(b), 10(c) and 10(d).  X(5) (for components 
other than piezo in engines) 
 
10 (b). Lead in PZT based dielectric ceramic 
materials of capacitors being part of integrated circuits or discrete semiconductors   
10(c). Lead in dielectric ceramic materials of 
capacitors with a rated voltage of less than 125 V AC or 250 V DC  Vehicles type 
approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles   
EN 9   EN 10(d). Lead in the dielectric ceramic 
materials of capacitors compensating the temperature-related deviations of sensors in ultrasonic sonar systems (3)  
11. Pyrotechnic initiators Vehicles type 
approved before 1 July 2006 and spare parts for these vehicles   
12. Lead-containing thermoelectric materials 
in automotive electrical applications to reduce CO² emissions by recuperation of exhaust heat  Vehicles type 
approved before 1 January 2019 and spare parts for these vehicles X 
Hexavalent chromium  
13(a). Corrosion preventive coa tings  As spare parts for 
vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2007  
13(b). Corrosion preventi ve coatings related 
to bolt and nut assemblies for chassis applications As spare parts for 
vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2008  
14. As an anti-corrosion agent of the carbon 
steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators in motorcaravans up to 0.75 weight -% in the cooling solution except where the use of other co oling technologies is 
practicable (i.e. available on the market for the application in motor caravans) and does not lead to negative environmental, health and/or consumer safety impacts  X 
 
Mercury  
15(a). Discharge lamps for headlight 
application  Vehicles type 
approved before 1 July 2012 and spare parts for these vehicles X 
15(b). Fluorescent tubes used in instrument 
panel displays  Vehicles type 
approved before 1 X  
EN 10   EN July 2012 and spare 
parts for these vehicles 
Cadmium  
16. Batteries for electrical vehicles As spare parts for 
vehicles put on the market before 31 December 2008   
(1) Dismantling if, in correlation with entry 10, an average threshold of 60 grams per vehicle is exceeded. For 
the application of this clause electronic devices not installed by the manufacturer on the production line shall not 
be taken into account. 
(2) This exemption shall be reviewed in 2015. (3) This exemption shall be reviewed in 2014. 
(4) This exemption shall be reviewed before 1 January 2012. 
(5) Dismantling if, in correlation with entries 8(a) to 8(j), an average threshold of 60 grams per vehicle is 
exceeded. For the application of this clause electronic devices not installed by the manufacturer on the 
production line shall not be taken into account. 
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Notes:  
– A maximum concentration value up to 0.1% by weight and in homogeneous 
material, for lead, hexavalent chromium a nd mercury and up to 0.01% by weight in 
homogeneous material for cadmium shall be tolerated. 
– The re-use of parts of vehicles which were already on the market at  the date of expiry 
of an exemption shall be allowed without li mitation since it is not covered by Article 
4(2)(a). 
– Spare parts put on the market after 1 July 2003 which are used for vehicles put on the 
market before 1 July 2003 shall be exem pted from the provisions of Article 
4(2)(a)(*). 
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* This clause shall not apply to wheel balance weight s, carbon brushes for electri c motors and brake linings.