CELEX: 32005D0063
Language: en
Date: 2005-01-24 00:00:00
Title: 2005/63/EC: Commission Decision of 24 January 2005 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles (notified under document number C(2004) 2735)Text with EEA relevance

28.1.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 25/73
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 24 January 2005
   amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles
   (notified under document number C(2004) 2735)
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   (2005/63/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles (1), and in particular Article 4(2)(a) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC prohibits the use of lead, mercury, cadmium or hexavalent chromium in materials and components of vehicles put on the market after 1 July 2003, other than in cases listed in Annex II to that Directive, under the conditions specified therein.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               As product reuse, refurbishment and extension of life-time are beneficial, spare parts need to be available for the repair of vehicles which were already put on the market on 1 July 2003. The use of lead, mercury, cadmium or hexavalent chromium in spare parts put on the market after 1 July 2003 for the repair of such vehicles should thus be tolerated.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Directive 2000/53/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 18 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC (2),
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   In Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC the fifth indent of the ‘Notes’ is replaced by the following:
   
               ‘—
            
            
               spare parts put on the market after 1 July 2003 which are used for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2003 are exempted from the provisions of Article 4(2)(a) (3).’
            
         Article 2
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 24 January 2005.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Stavros DIMAS
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34. Directive as amended by Commission Decision 2002/525/EC (OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 81).
   
      (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).
   
      (3)  This clause does not apply to wheel balance weights, carbon brushes for electric motors and brake linings as these components are covered by specific entries.