A revaluation on the two cadmium exemptions submitted in 2013 was performed by the end of October 2015. The Resource Centre of the European Commission has published the final report on 2 June 2016.

QD Vision, Inc. and 3M Optical Systems Division (or 3M Display Materials & Systems Division in the communication throughout the current review process) have submitted exemption requests No. 2013-2 and No. 2013-5, dealing with cadmium quantum dot applications, both of which involving entry 39 of Annex III under RoHS Directive. On 20 May 2015, the European Council considered the evidence submitted is insufficient for the necessity of the two exemptions at that time. It therefore vetoed the proposal and requested the applicants should renew the report.

According to the report, at present it is not recommended to grant an exemption for the use of Cd QDs in lighting applications. But if where manufacturers can show that Cd QD light sources for specific application areas have benefits over other light source alternatives, it would still be possible to submit a request for exemption in the future.

Exemption 39	Duration
Cadmium selenide in downshifting cadmium based semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots for use in display lighting applications (< 0.2 μg Cd per mm2 of display screen area)	An exemption should be granted for three years

It has to be noted that the European Union has not adopted any decision on amending RoHS2.0 (2011/65/EU) yet.

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