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Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/171 of 16 November 2018 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts (Text with EEA relevance.)

Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/171 · Directive · 5 articles

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Article 1

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Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.

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1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 29 February 2020 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. They shall apply those provisions from 1 March 2020. 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.

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This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

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This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Supplementary provisions

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ANNEX In Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU, entry 8(b) is replaced by the following: ‘8(b) Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts Applies to categories 8, 9 and 11 and expires on: — 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments; — 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11. 8(b)-I Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts used in: — circuit breakers, — thermal sensing controls, — thermal motor protectors (excluding hermetic thermal motor protectors), — AC switches rated at: — 6 A and more at 250 V AC and more, or — 12 A and more at 125 V AC and more, — DC switches rated at 20 A and more at 18 V DC and more, and — switches for use at voltage supply frequency ≥ 200 Hz. Applies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 and expires on 21 July 2021.’

Implementing measures in the Member States

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Other acts of the same type

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