Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1979 of 11 August 2021 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for the use of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in plastic components in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detector coils (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1979
• Articles: 5

Article 1

Annex IV 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 30 April 2022 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall communicate the text of those provisions to the Commission forthwith.

They shall apply those provisions from 21 July 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 that they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the day 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 IV to Directive 2011/65/EU, the following entry 46 is added:

‘46

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in plastic components in MRI detector coils.

Expires on 1 January 2024.’