Commercial Information Circular

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Ref.: Sub-file(A) to EIC 230/2/11

28 June 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 543/2017

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. 698/2015 dated 27 July 2015, the European Commission has adopted three Directives to amend Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment regarding exemptions for cadmium and lead in filter glasses and glasses used for reflectance standards; and for lead in bearing shells and bushes for certain refrigerant-containing compressors; as well as for lead in white glasses used for optical applications. Details are set out in Commission Delegated Directives 2017/1009, 2017/1010 and 2017/2011 respectively, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017L1009&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017L1010&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017L1011&from=EN

ENQUIRIES

2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Charles LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.