Pack 8 includes application for three new lead exemptions, starting from 13 March 2015. A public consultation was held during 24 April 2015 to 19 June 2015.
Here are recommendations given in the final report.
| No. | Requested Exemption Wording | Applicant | Recommendation | Expiry date |
| 2015-1 | Lead in thin film electronic sensor elements such as pyroelectric sensors or piezoelectric sensors | Pyreos Ltd | Exemption suspended | |
| 2015-2 | Lead in high voltage cables and cable assemblies for a rated voltage higher than 250kV DC, containing up to 4% lead by weight” (for industrial monitoring and control instruments, Annex IV) | FEI | Exemption denied | |
| 2015-3 | Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as phototherapy lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb) (Annex IV). | Lighting Europe | Alternative A: (1) Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5 :Pb), when used: I. in tanning equipment; or II. in category 8 medical phototherapy equipment – excluding applications falling under point 34 of Annex IV (2) Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5: Pb) | For Cat. 5: 21 July 2021 For Cat. 8 and 9: 21 July 2021; For Sub-Cat. 8 in-vitro: 21 July 2023; For Sub-Cat 9 industrial: 21 July 2024 |
| Alternative B: Lead as activator in the fluores-cent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5 :Pb), when used in Annex I category 8 medical pho-totherapy equipment – excluding applications falling under point 34 of Annex IV | For Cat. 5: 21 July 2021 |
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Pack8 final report
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