2005/747/EC: Commission Decision of 21 October 2005 amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 4054)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-10-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cadmium, dangerous substance, electrical equipment, electronic device, environmental protection, lead, market approval, product safety, public health, technological change

L 280/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2005

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 October 2005

amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous
substances in electrical and electronic equipment

(notified under document number C(2005) 4054)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/747/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Directive 2002/95/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in elec-
trical and electronic equipment (1), and in particular Article
5(1)(b) thereof,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

accordance with Directive

In
the
Commission is required to evaluate certain hazardous
substances prohibited pursuant to Article 4(1) of that
Directive.

2002/95/EC

Certain materials and components containing lead and
cadmium should be exempt (or continue to be exempt)
from the prohibition, since the use of these hazardous
substances in those specific materials and components is
still unavoidable.

from the prohibition for certain
Some exemptions
specific materials or components should be limited in
their scope, in order to achieve a gradual phase-out of
hazardous
electronic
equipment, given that the use of those substances in
such applications will become avoidable.

substances

electrical

and

in

Pursuant to Article 5(1)(c) of Directive 2002/95/EC each
exemption listed in the Annex must be subjected to a
review, at least every four years or four years after an
item is added to the list, with the aim of considering
deletion of materials and components of electrical and
electronic equipment if their elimination or substitution
via design changes or materials and components which
do not require any of the materials or substances referred
to in Article 4(1) are technically or scientifically possible,

provided that the negative environmental, health and/or
consumer safety impacts caused by substitution do not
outweigh the possible environmental, health and/or
consumer safety benefits thereof.

Directive 2002/95/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

equipment,

Pursuant
to Article 5(2) of Directive 2002/95/EC the
Commission has consulted producers of electrical and
treatment operators,
recyclers,
electronic
environmental
and
employee
consumers associations and forwarded the comments to
the Committee established by Article 18 of Council
Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (2), here-
inafter ‘the Committee’.

organisations

and

(7)

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of the Committee,

in this Decision are in

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC is amended as set out in
the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 October 2005.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 19. Directive as amended by Commission

Decision 2005/717/EC (OJ L 271, 15.10.2005, p. 48).

(2) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 280/19

ANNEX

Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC is amended as follows:

1. point 7 is replaced by the following:

‘7. — Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead),

— lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching,

signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications,

— lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezoelectronic devices).’;

2. point 8 is replaced by the following:

‘8. Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts and cadmium plating except for applications banned under
Directive 91/338/EEC (*) amending Directive 76/769/EEC (**) relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of
certain dangerous substances and preparations.
___________
(*) OJ L 186, 12.7.1991, p. 59.
(**) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 201.’;

3. the following points are added:

‘11. Lead used in compliant pin connector systems.

12. Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module c-ring.

13. Lead and cadmium in optical and filter glass.

14. Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between the pins and the package of

microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80 % and less than 85 % by weight.

15. Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated

circuit Flip Chip packages.’