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

15 April 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 255/2015

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. 486/2014 of 26 May 2014, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted two Directives to exempt the use of lead in polyvinyl chloride sensors in in-vitro diagnostic medical devices and the use of mercury in intravascular ultrasound imaging systems from the requirement of the Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). Details are set out in Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/573 and 2015/574, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOL_2015_094_R_0002&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOL_2015_094_R_0003&from=EN

ENQUIRIES

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, 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.