Commercial Information Circulars
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Ref : EIC 230/2/12
11 June 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 463/2013
European Union (EU) * : Amendment to Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Vehicles
The European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Directive to amend Annex II of Directive 2000/53/EC to extend the expiry date of the exemption for lead in solders in electrical glazing applications on glass. Details are set out in Commission Directive 2013/28/EU, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:135:0014:0018:EN:PDF
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2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 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.
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