
Article 1 
Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 August 2008.
For the Commission
Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


‘ANNEX II 
Materials and components Scope and expiry date of the exemption To be labelled or made identifiable in accordance with Article 4(2)(b)(iv)
Lead as an alloying element
 1. Steel for machining purposes and galvanised steel containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight
  
 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). Aluminium with a lead content up to 0,4 % by weight
  
 3. Copper alloy containing up to 4 % lead by weight
  
 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
 1 July 2011 and after that date as spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2011 
Lead and lead compounds in components
 5. Batteries
  X
 6. Vibration dampers
  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
 1 July 2009 
 8(a). Solder in electronic circuit boards and other electrical applications except on glass
 Vehicles type approved before 31 December 2010 and spare parts for these vehicles (review in 2009) X
 8(b). Solder in electrical applications on glass
 Vehicles type approved before 31 December 2010 and spare parts for these vehicles (review in 2009) X
 9. Valve seats
 As spare parts for engine types developed before 1 July 2003 
 10. Electrical components which contain lead in a glass or ceramic matrix compound except glass in bulbs and glaze of spark plugs
  X(for components other than piezo in engines)
 11. Pyrotechnic initiators
 Vehicles type approved before 1 July 2006 and spare parts for these vehicles 
Hexavalent chromium
 12(a). Corrosion preventive coatings
 As spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2007 
 12(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 
 13. Absorption refrigerators in motorcaravans
  X
Mercury
 14(a). Discharge lamps for headlight application
 Vehicles type approved before 1 July 2012 and spare parts for these vehicles X
 14(b). Fluorescent tubes used in instrument panel displays
 Vehicles type approved before 1 July 2012 and spare parts for these vehicles X
Cadmium
 15. Batteries for electrical vehicles
 31 December 2008 and after that date as spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 31 December 2008 

A maximum concentration value up to 0,1 % by weight and in homogeneous material, for lead, hexavalent chromium and mercury and up to 0,01 % by weight in homogeneous material for cadmium shall be tolerated.The re-use of parts of vehicles which were already on the market at the date of expiry of an exemption shall be allowed without limitation since it is not covered by Article 4(2)(a).Spare parts put on the market after 1 July 2003 which are used for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2003 shall be exempted from the provisions of Article 4(2)(a).
