Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/361 of 17 December 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 hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/361
• Articles: 5

Article 1

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

Article 2

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 March 2021 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 April 2021.

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.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU, entry 9 is replaced by the following:

‘9

Hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators up to 0,75 % by weight in the cooling solution

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.

9(a)-I

Up to 0,75 % hexavalent chromium by weight, used as an anticorrosion agent in the cooling solution of carbon steel cooling systems of absorption refrigerators (including minibars) designed to operate fully or partly with electrical heater, having an average utilised power input < 75 W at constant running conditions

Applies to categories 1-7 and 10 and expires on 5 March 2021.

9(a)-II

Up to 0,75 % hexavalent chromium by weight, used as an anticorrosion agent in the cooling solution of carbon steel cooling systems of absorption refrigerators:

—

designed to operate fully or partly with electrical heater, having an average utilised power input ≥ 75 W at constant running conditions,

—

designed to fully operate with non-electrical heater.

Applies to categories 1-7 and 10 and expires on 21 July 2021.’