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Commission Delegated Directive 2014/11/EU of 18 October 2013 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress,            the Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for hexavalent            chromium in alkali dispensers used to create photocathodes in X-ray image intensifiers until 31 December 2019 and in spare            parts for X-ray systems placed on the EU market before 1 January 2020 (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Delegated Directive 2014/11/EU                     

# of 18 October 2013

# amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament                        and of the Council as regards an exemption for hexavalent chromium in alkali dispensers used to create photocathodes in X-ray                        image intensifiers until 31 December 2019 and in spare parts for X-ray systems placed on the EU market before 1 January 2020                     

# (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 hexavalent chromium in electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market.

(2)Hexavalent chromium is used in alkali dispensers that are used in order to create photocathodes in X-ray image intensifiers.                              Elimination or substitution of hexavalent chromium in the fabrication process of photocathodes is not possible as at present                              substitutes and alternative technologies are not sufficiently reliable or available to cover the full product demand range.

(3)Some of the hexavalent chromium from the fabrication process of photocathodes inevitably remains inside the product that is                              placed on the market.

(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 30 is added:

Hexavalent chromium in alkali dispensers used to create photocathodes in X-ray image intensifiers until 31 December 2019 and                                 in spare parts for X-ray systems placed on the EU market before 1 January 2020.’                           

1

OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 88.