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Commission Delegated Directive 2014/7/EU of 18 October 2013 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress,            Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders,            termination coatings of electrical and electronic components and printed circuit boards, connections of electrical wires,            shields and enclosed connectors which are used (a) in magnetic fields within the sphere of 1 m radius around the isocentre            of the magnet in medical magnetic resonance imaging equipment, including patient monitors designed to be used within this            sphere, or (b) in magnetic fields within 1 m distance from the external surfaces of cyclotron magnets, magnets for beam transport            and beam direction control applied for particle therapy (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Delegated Directive 2014/7/EU                     

# of 18 October 2013

# amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament                        and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders, termination coatings of electrical and electronic components                        and printed circuit boards, connections of electrical wires, shields and enclosed connectors which are used (a) in magnetic                        fields within the sphere of 1 m radius around the isocentre of the magnet in medical magnetic resonance imaging equipment,                        including patient monitors designed to be used within this sphere, or (b) in magnetic fields within 1 m distance from the                        external surfaces of cyclotron magnets, magnets for beam transport and beam direction control applied for particle therapy                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the                           use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment(1), and in particular Article 5(1)(a) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Directive 2011/65/EU prohibits the use of lead in electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market.

(2)Lead is currently used in solders, termination coatings of electrical and electronic components and printed circuit boards,                              connections of electrical wires, shields and enclosed connectors which are used on the one hand in magnetic fields within                              the sphere of 1 m radius around the isocentre of the magnet in medical magnetic resonance imaging equipment, including patient                              monitors designed to be used within this sphere; and on the other hand in magnetic fields within 1 m distance from the external                              surfaces of cyclotron magnets, magnets for beam transport and beam direction control applied for particle therapy.

(3)There are currently no scientifically and technically practicable and sufficiently reliable substitutes available for the                              abovementioned applications of lead. Manufacturers need additional time to find reliable and safe lead-free solutions.

(4)Directive 2011/65/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

# Article 1U.K.

Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.

# Article 2U.K.

1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive                        by the last day of the sixth month after entry into force at the latest. 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 3U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

# Article 4U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 October 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

In Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU the following point 27 is added:

Lead in                           
                -  solders,                                  
                -  termination coatings of electrical and electronic components and printed circuit boards,                                  
                -  connections of electrical wires, shields and enclosed connectors,                                  

which are used in                           

magnetic fields within the sphere of 1 m radius around the isocentre of the magnet in medical magnetic resonance imaging equipment,                                          including patient monitors designed to be used within this sphere, or                                    

magnetic fields within 1 m distance from the external surfaces of cyclotron magnets, magnets for beam transport and beam direction                                          control applied for particle therapy.                                    

Expires on 30 June 2020.’                           

1

OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 88.