Article 1
Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/173 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 lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on glasses (Text with EEA relevance.)
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/173 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 lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on glasses (Text with EEA relevance.)
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Article 2
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.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX In Annex III, entry 21 is replaced by the following: ‘21 Lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on glasses, such as borosilicate and soda lime glasses 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. 21(a) Cadmium when used in colour printed glass to provide filtering functions, used as a component in lighting applications installed in displays and control panels of EEE Applies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 except applications covered by entry 21(b) or entry 39 and expires on 21 July 2021. 21(b) Cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on glasses, such as borosilicate and soda lime glasses Applies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 except applications covered by entry 21(a) or 39 and expires on 21 July 2021. 21(c) Lead in printing inks for the application of enamels on other than borosilicate glasses Applies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 and expires on 21 July 2021.’
Implementing measures in the Member States
- FranceDécret n°2013-988 du 6 novembre 2013
- United KingdomThe Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012
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