
Article 1 
Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 April 2020 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.They shall apply those provisions from 1 May 2020.When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 August 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

In Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU, the following entry 43 is added:
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43 Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in rubber components in engine systems, designed for use in equipment that is not intended solely for consumer use and provided that no plasticised material comes into contact with human mucous membranes or into prolonged contact with human skin and the concentration value of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate does not exceed:
((a)) 30 % by weight of the rubber for

((i)) gasket coatings;
((ii)) solid-rubber gaskets; or
((iii)) rubber components included in assemblies of at least three components using electrical, mechanical or hydraulic energy to do work, and attached to the engine.
((b)) 10 % by weight of the rubber for rubber-containing components not referred to in point (a).For the purposes of this entry, “prolonged contact with human skin” means continuous contact of more than 10 minutes duration or intermittent contact over a period of 30 minutes, per day. Applies to category 11 and expires on 21 July 2024.'
