| Materials and components | Scope and expiry date of the exemption | To be labelled or made identifiable in accordance with Article 4(2), point (b)(iv) |
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| Lead as an alloying element |
- 1(a).Steel for machining purposes and batch hot dip galvanised steel components containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight
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- 1(b).Continuously galvanised steel sheet containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles | |
- 2(a).Aluminium for machining purposes with a lead content up to 2 % by weight
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2005 | |
- 2(b).Aluminium with a lead content up to 1,5 % by weight
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2008 | |
- 2(c)(i).Aluminium alloys for machining purposes with a lead content up to 0,4 % by weight
| Vehicles type-approved before 1 January 2028 and spare parts for these vehicles | |
- 2(c)(ii).Aluminium alloys not included in entry 2(c)(i) with a lead content up to 0,4 % by weight
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- 3.Copper alloys containing up to 4 % lead by weight
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- 4(a).Bearing shells and bushes
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2008 | |
- 4(b).Bearing shells and bushes in engines, transmissions and air conditioning compressors
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2011 | |
| Lead and lead compounds in components |
- 5(a).Lead in batteries used in high-voltage systems that are used only for propulsion in M1 and N1 vehicles
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2019 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 5(b)(i).Lead in batteries:
- (1)used in 12 V applications
- (2)used in 24 V applications in special purpose vehicles as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council
| | X |
- 5(b)(ii).Lead in batteries used in applications not included in entry 5(a) or entry 5(b)(i)
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2024 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 6.Vibration dampers
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 7(a).Vulcanising agents and stabilisers for elastomers in brake hoses, fuel hoses, air ventilation hoses, elastomer/metal parts in the chassis applications, and engine mountings
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2005 | |
- 7(b).Vulcanising agents and stabilisers for elastomers in brake hoses, fuel hoses, air ventilation hoses, elastomer/metal parts in the chassis applications, and engine mountings containing up to 0,5 % lead by weight
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2006 | |
- 7(c).Bonding agents for elastomers in powertrain applications containing up to 0,5 % lead by weight
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2009 | |
- 8(a).Lead in solders to attach electrical and electronic components to electronic circuit boards and lead in finishes on terminations of components other than electrolyte aluminium capacitors, on component pins and on electronic circuit boards
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(b).Lead in solders in electrical applications other than soldering on electronic circuit boards or on glass
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2011 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(c).Lead in finishes on terminals of electrolyte aluminium capacitors
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2013 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(d).Lead used in soldering on glass in mass airflow sensors
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2015 and spare parts of these vehicles | X |
- 8(e).Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead)
| | X |
- 8(f)(i).Lead in compliant pin connector systems
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2017 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(f)(ii).Lead in compliant pin connector systems other than the mating area of vehicle harness connectors
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2024 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(g)(i).Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages
| Vehicles type approved before 1 October 2022 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(g)(ii).Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between the semiconductor die and the carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages where that electrical connection consists of any of the following:
- (1)a semiconductor technology node of 90 nm or larger;
- (2)a single die of 300 mm2 or larger in any semiconductor technology node;
- (3)stacked die packages with dies of 300 mm2 or larger, or silicon interposers of 300mm2 or larger.
| Vehicles type-approved from 1 October 2022 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(h).Lead in solder to attach heat spreaders to the heat sink in power semiconductor assemblies with a chip size of at least 1 cm2 of projection area and a nominal current density of at least 1 A/mm2 of silicon chip area
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(i).Lead in solders in electrical glazing applications on glass except for soldering in laminated glazing
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(j).Lead in solders for soldering of laminated glazing
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2020 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 8(k).Soldering of heating applications with 0,5 A or more of heat current per related solder joint to single panes of laminated glazings not exceeding wall thickness of 2,1 mm. This exemption does not cover soldering to contacts embedded in the intermediate polymer.
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2024 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 9.Valve seats
| As spare parts for engine types developed before 1 July 2003 | |
- 10(a).Electrical and electronic components, which contain lead in a glass or ceramic, in a glass or ceramic matrix compound, in a glass-ceramic material, or in a glass-ceramic matrix compound.This exemption does not cover the use of lead in:
- (i)glass in bulbs and glaze of spark plugs,
- (ii)dielectric ceramic materials of components listed under 10(b), 10(c) and 10(d).
| | X (for components other than piezo in engines) |
- 10(b).Lead in PZT based dielectric ceramic materials of capacitors being part of integrated circuits or discrete semiconductors
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- 10(c).Lead in dielectric ceramic materials of capacitors with a rated voltage of less than 125 V AC or 250 V DC
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles | |
- 10(d).Lead in the dielectric ceramic materials of capacitors compensating the temperature-related deviations of sensors in ultrasonic sonar systems
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2017 and spare parts for these vehicles | |
- 11.Pyrotechnic initiators
| Vehicles type approved before 1 July 2006 and spare parts for these vehicles | |
- 12.Lead-containing thermoelectric materials in automotive electrical applications to reduce CO2 emissions by recuperation of exhaust heat
| Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2019 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
| Hexavalent chromium |
- 13(a).Corrosion preventive coatings
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2007 | |
- 13(b).Corrosion preventive coatings related to bolt and nut assemblies for chassis applications
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2008 | |
14.Hexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators up to 0,75 % by weight in the cooling solution:- (a)designed to operate fully or partly with electrical heater, having an average utilised electrical power input < 75W at constant running conditions;
- (b)designed to operate fully or partly with electrical heater, having an average utilised electrical power input ≥ 75W at constant running conditions;
- (c)designed to fully operate with non-electrical heater.
| For (a): Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2020 and spare parts for these vehiclesFor (b): Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2026 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
| Mercury |
- 15(a).Discharge lamps for headlight application
| Vehicles type approved before 1 July 2012 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
- 15(b).Fluorescent tubes used in instrument panel displays
| Vehicles type approved before 1 July 2012 and spare parts for these vehicles | X |
| Cadmium |
- 16.Batteries for electrical vehicles
| As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 31 December 2008 | |