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L.N. 313 of 2020
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
Waste Management (End of Life Vehicles) (Amendment) 
Regulations, 2020
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55(1)
and (2) of the Environment Protection Act, the Minister for the
Environment, Climate Change and Planning after consultation wit h the
Environment and Resources Authority, has made the following
regulations:-
Citation. 
S.L. 549.36.1. The title of these regulations is Waste Management (End of
Life Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 and they shall be read
and construed as one with the Waste Management (End of Life
Vehicles) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principa l
regulations".
Scope. 2. These regulations shall bring into force the provisions of
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/362 of 17 December
2019 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles as regard s the
exemption for hexavalent chromium as anti-corrosion agent of th e
carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators in moto r
caravans and of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363 of  17
December 2019 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles as
regards certain exemptions for lead and lead compounds in
components.
Amends 
regulation 1 of 
the principal regulations.3. In sub-regulation (3) of regulation 1 of the principal
regulations, the words "and Commission Directive 2017/2096/EU o f
15 November 2017" shall be substi tuted by the words ", Commissi on
Directive 2017/2096/EU of 15 November 2017, Commission
Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/362 of 17 December 2019, andCommission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363 of 17 December
2019.".
Amends 
Schedule 3 of 
the principal 
regulations. 4. Schedule 3 of the principal regulations, shall be amended as
follows:
(a) item 8(e) thereof, shall be substituted by the
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following:
(b) item 8(f)(b) thereof, shall be substituted by the
following:
(c) item 8(g) thereof, shall be substituted by the
following:"8 (e). Lead in high 
melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead 
based alloys contain-
ing 85% or more lead by weight)(2) X";
"8 (f) (b).  Lead in compliant pin connec-
tor systems other than 
the mating area of vehicle harness con-
nectorsVehicles type-
approved before 1 Jan-
uary 2024 and spare 
parts for these vehiclesX";
"8 (g) (i). Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical 
connection between semicon-
ductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip 
packagesVehicles type approved 
before 1 October 2022 and 
spare parts for these vehiclesX
8 (g) (ii).  Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical 
connection between the semi-conductor die and the carrier 
within integrated circuit flip 
chip packages where that electrical connection consists 
of any one (1) of the follow-
ing:(i) a semiconductor technol-
ogy node of 90 nm or larger;
(ii) a single die of 300 mm
2 or 
larger in any semiconductor 
technology node;(iii) stacked die packages 
with dies of 300 mm
2 or 
larger, or silicon interposers of 300 mm
2 or larger.(2)
Valid for vehicles type-
approved from 1 October 
2022 onwards and for spare 
parts for these vehiclesX";
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(d)  immediately after item 8( j) thereof, there shall be
added the following new item:
(e) item 14 thereof, shall be substituted by the following:"8 (k).  Soldering of heating 
applications with 0.5A or 
more of heat current per 
related solder joint to single panes of laminated glazings 
not exceeding wall thick-
ness of 2.1 mm. This 
exemption does not cover 
soldering to contacts embedded in the intermedi-
ate polymerVehicles type approved 
before 1 January 2024 and 
spare parts for these vehi-
clesX
(4)";
"14. Hexavalent chro-mium as an anti-corro-sion agent of the 
carbon steel cooling 
system in absorption refrigerators up to 
0.75% by weight in the 
cooling solution:X".
(i) designed to oper-ate fully or partly with electrical 
heater, having an 
average utilised electrical power 
input at less than 
75W at constant running conditions;Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2020 and spare parts for 
these vehicles
(ii) designed to 
operate fully or 
partly with electrical 
heater, having an average utilised 
electrical power 
input at 75W or more at constant 
running conditions;Vehicles type approved 
before 1 January 2026 
and spare parts for 
these vehicles
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(iii)  designed to 
fully operate with non-electrical 
heater.
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