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Commercial Information Circulars
24-hour hotline : 23 922 922
e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk
Ref : Sub-file(A) to EIC 230/2/11
28
October 2005
Dear Sirs,
Commercial
Information Circular No. 439/2005
European
Union (EU)* : Amendment to the Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 438/2005 of 27 October 2005, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Decision to exempt certain uses of lead and cadmium from the requirement of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). Details are set out in Commission Decision 2005/747/EC (the Decision), a copy of which is attached to this circular for reference.
DETAILS
- Commercial Information Circular No. 340/2005 of 24 August 2005 informed the trade that from 1 July 2006, new EEE put on the market should not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls or polybrominated diphenyl ethers over certain prescribed levels. However, certain materials and components containing these hazardous substances can be exempted from the prohibition if the elimination or substitution of these substances is impracticable. Considering that certain uses of lead and cadmium are still unavoidable, the Commission has decided to amend the list of exemption. For details of the newly amended/added exemptions, please refer to the
Annex (pdf formart) to the Decision.
ENQUIRIES
- For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Sandra SOU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The
EU includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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Electronic services for Production Notification and Certificate of Origin enable traders to make the relevant applications directly through their office computer faster and easier. Electronic service has now been extended to the submission of Cargo Manifests and Textiles Notifications. For details and enquiries,
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Note : While every effort is made to ensure
the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee
this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on
the same.
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