G/TBT/N/EU/687  
23 October 2019  
(19-6964) 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 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: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
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 
(category M 1 or N 1 defined in Annex IIA to Directive 70/156/EEC, and three whee l motor 
vehicles as defined in Directive 92/61/EEC, but excluding motor tricycles)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Directive amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the 
European Parliamen t and of the Council on end -of-life vehicles as regards the exemption 
for hexavalent chromium as anti -corrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in 
absorption refrigerators in motor caravans (5 pages + Annex 2 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Directive adapts to scientific and technical progress 
the list of materials and components, which are exempt from the prohibition of the use 
of hexavalent chromiumin materials, and components of vehicles put on the market after 
1 July 2003.   The draft Directive amends exemption 14 of Annex II to the ELV Directive 
(Directive 2000/53/EC).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature 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 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 adapted to scientific and 
technical progress by the Commission on a regular basis. This adaptation is done through 
the draft Directive.  G/TBT/N/EU/687  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end -of 
life vehicles: https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1571759814837&uri=CELEX:32000L0053   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  First quarter 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The day after the publication in the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website:  
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/EEC/19_5836_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/EEC/19_5836_01_e.pdf