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Commission Delegated Directive 2014/10/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 alloys,            as a superconductor or thermal conductor, used in cryo-cooler cold heads and/or in cryo-cooled cold probes and/or in cryo-cooled            equipotential bonding systems, in medical devices (category 8) and/or in industrial monitoring and control instruments (Text            with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Delegated Directive 2014/10/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 alloys, as a superconductor or thermal conductor, used in cryo-cooler                        cold heads and/or in cryo-cooled cold probes and/or in cryo-cooled equipotential bonding systems, in medical devices (category                        8) and/or in industrial monitoring and control instruments                     

# (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)The substitution or elimination of lead in alloys as a superconductor or thermal conductor, used in cryo-cooler cold heads                              and/or in cryo-cooled cold probes and/or in cryo-cooled equipotential bonding systems, in medical devices (category 8) and/or                              in industrial monitoring and control instruments is currently not possible. Currently there are no viable lead-free devices                              available on the market for this application.

(3)Time is required for reliability testing and product registration of alternative 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 29 is added:

Lead in alloys, as a superconductor or thermal conductor, used in cryo-cooler cold heads and/or in cryo-cooled cold probes                                 and/or in cryo-cooled equipotential bonding systems, in medical devices (category 8) and/or in industrial monitoring and control                                 instruments. Expires on 30 June 2021.’.                           

1

OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 88.