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Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1846 of 8 August 2019 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 in solders used in certain combustion engines (Text with EEA relevance)
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Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 April 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 May 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.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX In Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU, the following entry 44 is added: ‘44 Lead in solder of sensors, actuators, and engine control units of combustion engines within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) , installed in equipment used at fixed positions while in operation which is designed for professionals, but also used by non-professional users Applies to category 11 and expires on 21 July 2024. ( *1 ) Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC ( OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53 ).’
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