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New ELV exemptions approved

Decision 2010/115/EU

On February 23, 2010, Annex II to the Directive for End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV)  was amended by the EU as erxpected. The annex contains ELV exemptions granted because the use of lead, mercury, cadmium or hexavalent chromium in certain materials or components was considered technically unavoidable at the time the exemption was granted.

Exemptions are reviewed periodically in a process know as adaptation to technical progress (ATP) to see if the exemption is still warranted. In 2009, a review of lead solder used in electronic circuit boards and other electrical applications (except on glass) was conducted. The ATP committee decided that the two existing exemptions needed to be split into ten more specific applications.

OLD WORDING FOR EXEMPTION # 8

  Materials and components: Scope & Expiration: Label:
8a Solder in electronic circuit boards
and other electric applications except
on glass
Vehicles type approved before Dec 31, 2010
and spare parts for same
Yes
8b Solder in electrical applications on glass Vehicles type approved before Dec 31, 2010 and spare parts for same Yes

 

NEW WORDING FOR EXEMPTION # 8

8a Lead in solders to attach electrical and electronic components to electronic circuit boards; lead in finishes on terminations of components (other
than electrolyte aluminum capacitors),
on component pins and on electronic circuit boards
Vehicles type approved before Jan 1, 2016 and spare parts for same Yes
8b Lead in solders in electrical applications other than soldering on electronic
circuit boards or on glass
Vehicles type approved before Jan 1, 2011 and spare parts for same Yes
8c Lead in finishes on terminals
of electrolyte aluminum capacitors
Vehicles type approved before Jan 1, 2013 and spare parts for same

Yes

8d Lead used in soldering on glass in mass airflow sensors Vehicles type approved before Jan 1, 2015 and spare parts for same Yes
8e Lead in high melting temperature type solders (lead-based alloys containing 85% by weight or more lead) [review in 2014]

Yes

8f Lead in compliant pin connector systems [review in 2014]

Yes

8g Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages [review in 2014] Yes
8h Lead in solder to attach heat spreaders
to the heat sink in power semiconductor assemblies (chip size at least 1 cm2 of projection area; nominal current density of at least 1 A/mm2 of silicon chip area)
[review in 2014] Yes
8i Lead in solders in electrical glazing applications on glass except for
soldering in laminated glazing
Vehicles type approved before Jan 1, 2013 and spare parts for same [review before Jan 2012] Yes
8j Lead in solders for soldering in
laminated glazing
[review in 2014] Yes
Five of these exemptions have expiration dates because viable substitutions are expected to become commercially available by those dates. The other five are scheduled for ATP review in 2014. Expiration dates now apply to the date of EU type approval rather than date placed on the market.

In addition, minor changes were made to two exemptions whose expiration dates are in the past. The exemptions now apply only to spare parts:

7c Lead in bonding agents for elastomers in powertrain applications containing up to 0.5% lead by weight Spare parts for vehicles put on the market before July 1, 2009  
15 Cadmium in batteries for electrical
 vehicles
Spare parts for vehicles put on the market before Dec 31, 2008  
The labeling requirement for three exemptions was dropped, but there is no change in their wording otherwise:
13 Hexavalent chromium in absorption refrigerators in campers    
14a Mercury in discharge lamps for headlight application Vehicles type approved before July 1, 2012 and spare parts for same  
14b Mercury in fluorescent tubes used in instrument panel displays Vehicles type approved before July 1, 2012 and spare parts for same  

This summary is intended to give you an easy-to-understand overview and does not constitute legal advice. The actual standard in the original language should be reviewed and used for all business, legal, and product compliance purposes.

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