21 November 2017, Directive (EU) 2017/2102 in the Official Journal of the European Union was published to amend the EU RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, which mainly modified the use conditions of electronic equipment and its recycling components and the limitation period of exemption list. The directive is effective from 11 December 2017.
Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as follows:
Artical No. Original Text Amendment Article
2 Paragraph 2 Without prejudice to
Article 4(3) and 4(4), Member States shall provide that EEE that was outside
the scope of Directive 2002/95/EC, but which would not comply with this
Directive, may nevertheless continue to be made available on the market until
22 July 2019. Delete Article 2 Paragraph 4 At the end Add the following
point: (K)pipe organs Article 2 Point (28) non-road
mobile machinery made available exclusively for professional use’ means
machinery, with an on-board power source, the operation of which requires
either mobility or continuous or semi-continuous movement between a
succession of fixed working locations while working, and is made available exclusively
for professional use. “non-road
mobile machinery made available exclusively for professional use ”means
machinery, with an on-board power source or with a traction drive powered by
an external power source, the operation of which requires either mobility or
continuous or semi-continuous movement between a succession of fixed working
locations while working, and which is made available exclusively for
professional use. Article 4 Paragraph 3 Paragraph
1 shall apply to medical devices and monitoring and control instruments which
are placed on the market from 22 July 2014, to in vitro diagnostic medical
devices which are placed on the market from 22 July 2016 and to industrial
monitoring and control instruments which are placed on the market from 22
July 2017. Paragraph
1 shall apply to medical devices and monitoring and control instruments which
are placed on the market from 22 July 2014, to in vitro diagnostic medical
devices which are placed on the market from 22 July 2016, to industrial
monitoring and control instruments which are placed on the market from 22
July 2017, and to all other EEE that was outside the scope of Directive
2002/95/EC and which is placed on the market from 22 July 2019. Article 4 Paragraph 4 At the end of the
point (e) Insert the
following point : (ea) all other
EEE that was outside the scope of Directive 2002/95/EC and which is placed on
the market before 22 July 2019; Article 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 1 shall not apply to reused
spare parts, recovered from EEE placed on the market before 1 July 2006 and
used in equipment placed on the market before 1 July 2016, provided that
reuse takes place in auditable closed-loop business-to-business return
systems, and that the reuse of parts is notified to the consumer. Provided
that reuse takes place in auditable closed-loop business-to-business return
systems, and that the reuse of spare parts is notified to the consumer,
paragraph 1 shall not apply to reused spare parts: (a) recovered
from EEE placed on the market before 1 July 2006 and used in EEE placed on
the market before 1 July 2016; (b) recovered
from medical devices or monitoring and control instruments placed on the
market before 22 July 2014 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22
July 2024; (c) recovered
from in vitro diagnostic medical devices placed on the market before 22 July
2016 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2026; (d) recovered
from industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market
before 22 July 2017 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2027; (e) recovered
from all other EEE that was outside the scope of Directive 2002/95/EC and
which is placed on the market before 22 July 2019, and used in EEE placed on
the market before 22 July 2029. Article
5 Paragraph
2 Subparagraph
2: For the exemptions listed in Annex III as
at 21 July 2011, the maximum validity period, which may be renewed,
shall, for categories 1 to 7 and 10 of Annex I, be 5 years from 21 July 2011
and, for categories 8 and 9 of Annex I, 7 years from the relevant dates laid
down in Article 4(3), unless a shorter period is specified. Replaced by: For the
exemptions listed in Annex III as at 21 July 2011, unless a shorter period is
specified, the maximum validity period, which may be renewed, shall be: (a) for categories
1 to 7 and category 10 of Annex I, 5 years from 21 July 2011; (b) for
categories 8 and 9 of Annex I, 7 years from the relevant dates laid down in
Article 4(3); and (c) for
category 11 of Annex I, 5 years from 22 July 2019. Article 5 Paragraph 4 At the end of the
point (b) Insert the
following point : (ba) within
1 month of receipt of an application, provide to the applicant, the Member
States and the European Parliament a timeline for the
adoption of its decision on the application; Article 5 Paragraph 5 The Commission shall decide on an
application for renewal of an exemption no later than 6 months before the expiry
date of the existing exemption unless specific circumstances justify other
deadlines. Delete
Member States shall bring into force the
laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 12 June 2019 and immediately inform the Commission thereof. When
Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this
Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their
official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be
laid down by Member States.
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