1. The Regulation prescribes the components and materials of
vehicles that may contain lead, mercury, cadmium, or hexavalent
chromium compounds.
2. Components and materials of vehicles, to which Section 5 of
the End-of Life Vehicles Management Law does not apply and which
may contain lead, mercury, cadmium, or hexavalent chromium
compounds, as well as the time periods, in which such components
and materials may be used, are indicated in Annex to this
Regulation.
3. The requirements of this Regulation do not restrict re-use
of components and materials of vehicles, which have already been
on sale prior to the time periods laid down in Annex to this
Regulation.
4. [23 January 2007]
5. This Regulation shall come into force on 1 May 2004.
1) Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles;
2) Commission Directive 2011/37/EU of 11 March 2013 amending
Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council on end-of-life vehicles;
3) Commission Directive 2013/28/EU of 17 May 2013 amending
Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council on end-of-life vehicles.
Prime Minister I. Emsis
Minister for Environment R. Vējonis
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No.
|
Components and materials
|
Scope and expiry date of the
exemption
|
Components and materials to
be labelled or made identifiable otherwise (mark as
appropriate with an x)
|
| 1. |
Lead as an alloying
element |
| 1.1. |
steel for machining purposes and
batch hot dip galvanised steel components containing up to
0,35% lead by weight |
|
|
| 1.2. |
continuously galvanised steel
sheet containing up to 0,35% lead by weight |
vehicles type approved before 1
January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles |
|
| 1.3. |
aluminium for machining purposes
with a lead content up to 2% by weight |
as spare parts for vehicles put
on the market before 1 July 2005 |
|
| 1.4. |
aluminium with a lead content up
to 1,5% by weight |
as spare parts for vehicles put
on the market before 1 July 2008 |
|
| 1.5. |
aluminium with a lead content up
to 0,4% by weight |
|
|
| 1.6. |
copper alloy containing up to 4%
lead by weight |
|
|
| 1.7. |
bearing shells and bushes |
as spare parts for vehicles put
on the market before 1 July 2008 |
|
| 1.8. |
bearing shells and bushes in
engines, transmissions and air conditioning compressors |
by 1 July 2011 and afterwards -
spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July
2011 |
|
| 2. |
Lead and lead
compounds in components |
| 2.1. |
batteries |
|
X
|
| 2.2. |
vibration dampers |
vehicles type approved before 1
January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles |
X
|
| 2.3. |
vulcanising agents and
stabilisers for elastomers in brake hoses, fuel hoses, air
ventilation hoses, elastomer/metal parts in the chassis
applications, and engine mountings |
as spare parts for vehicles put
on the market before 1 July 2005 |
|
| 2.4. |
vulcanising agents and
stabilisers for elastomers in brake hoses, fuel hoses, air
ventilation hoses, elastomer/metal parts in the chassis
applications, and engine mountings containing up to 0,5% lead
by weight |
as spare parts for vehicles put
on the market before 1 July 2006 |
|
| 2.5. |
bonding agents for elastomers in
powertrain applications containing up to 0,5% lead by
weight |
as spare parts for vehicles put
on the market before 1 July 2009 |
|
| 2.6. |
lead in solders to attach
electrical and electronic components to electronic circuit
boards and lead in finishes on terminations of components
other than electrolyte aluminium capacitors, on component
pins and on electronic circuit boards |
vehicles type approved before 1
January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles |
X(2)
|
| 2.7. |
lead in solders in electrical
applications other than soldering on electronic circuit
boards or on glass |
vehicles type approved before 1
January 2011 and spare parts for these vehicles |
X(2)
|
| 2.8. |
lead in finishes on terminals of
electrolyte aluminium capacitors |
vehicles type approved before 1
January 2013 and spare parts for these vehicles |
X(2)
|
| 2.9. |
lead used in soldering on glass
in mass airflow sensors |
vehicles type approved before 1
January 2015 and spare parts of such vehicles |
X(2)
|
| 2.10. |
lead in high melting temperature
type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85% by weight
or more lead) |
|
X(2)
|
| 2.11. |
lead in compliant pin connector
systems |
|
X(2)
|
| 2.12. |
lead in solders to complete a
viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and
carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages |
|
X(2)
|
| 2.13. |
lead in solder to attach heat
spreaders to the heat sink in power semiconductor assemblies
with a chip size of at least 1 cm2 of projection area and a
nominal current density of at least 1 A/mm2 of silicon chip
area |
|
X(2)
|
| 2.14. |
lead in solders in electrical
glazing applications on glass except for soldering in
laminated glazing |
vehicles type approved before 1
January 2016 and after that date as spare parts for these
vehicles |
X(2)
|
| 2.15. |
lead in solders for soldering in
laminated glazing |
|
X(2)
|
| 2.16. |
valve seats |
as spare parts for engine types
developed before 1 July 2003 |
|
| 2.17. |
electrical and electronic components which contain lead in
a glass or ceramic, in a glass or ceramic matrix compound,
in a glass-ceramic material, or in a glass-ceramic matrix
compound. This exemption does not cover the use of lead in:
- glass in bulbs and glaze of spark plugs,
- dielectric ceramic materials of components listed
Sub-paragraphs 2.18, 2.19, and 2.20 of this Annex
|
|
X(2)
(for components other than
piezo in engines)
|
| 2.18. |
lead in PZT based dielectric
ceramic materials of capacitors being part of integrated
circuits or discrete semiconductors |
|
|
| 2.19. |
lead in dielectric ceramic
materials of capacitors with a rated voltage of less than 125
V AC or 250 V DC |
vehicles type approved before 1
January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles |
|
| 2.20. |
lead in the dielectric ceramic
materials of capacitors compensating the temperature-related
deviations of sensors in ultrasonic sonar systems |
|
|
| 2.21. |
pyrotechnic initiators |
vehicles type approved before 1
July 2006 and spare parts for these vehicles |
|
| 2.22. |
lead-containing thermoelectric
materials in automotive electrical applications to reduce CO2
emissions by recuperation of exhaust heat |
vehicles type approved before 1
January 2019 and spare parts for these vehicles |
X
|
| 3. |
Hexavalent
chromium |
| 3.1. |
corrosion preventive
coatings |
as spare parts for vehicles put
on the market before 1 July 2007 |
|
| 3.2. |
corrosion preventive coatings
related to bolt and nut assemblies for chassis
applications |
as spare parts for vehicles put
on the market before 1 July 2008 |
|
| 3.3. |
as an anti-corrosion agent of
the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators
in motorcaravans up to 0,75 weight -% in the cooling solution
except where the use of other cooling technologies is
practicable (i.e. available on the market for the application
in motor caravans) and does not lead to negative
environmental, health and/or consumer safety impacts |
|
X
|
| 4. |
Mercury |
| 4.1. |
discharge lamps for headlight
application |
vehicles type approved before 1
July 2012 and spare parts for these vehicles |
X
|
| 4.2. |
fluorescent tubes used in
instrument panel displays |
vehicles type approved before 1
July 2012 and spare parts for these vehicles |
X
|
| 5. |
Cadmium |
| 5.1. |
batteries for electrical
vehicles |
as spare parts for vehicles put
on the market before 31 December 2008 |
|
Notes.
