ANNEX II

Materials and components exempt from Article 4(2)(a) >TABLE> Within the procedure referred to in Article 4(2)(b), the Commission shall evaluate the following applications: Commission statements Re Article 5(1), first indent The Commission confirms that Article 5(1), first indent, authorises Member States to use existing collection systems for the collection of waste used components and does not oblige them to set up separate collection systems (for waste used components) with specific financial requirements. Re Article 5(3), first subparagraph The Commission considers that the reference to registration contained in Article 5(3) first subparagraph, authorises Member States to decide whether producers, dealers and collectors should be registered pursuant to the Framework Directive on Waste, or whether they should be entered in a new register established specifically for that purpose. Re Article 7(1) The Commission states that Article 7(1) does not introduce any additional requirements, measures or criteria with regard to technical controls. lead as an alloy in aluminium in wheel rims, engine parts and window levers lead in batteries lead in balance weights electrical components which contain lead in a glass or ceramics matrix compound cadmium in batteries for electrical vehicles as a matter of priority, in order to establish as soon as possible whether Annex II is to be amended accordingly.As regards cadmium in batteries for electrical vehicles, the Commission shall take into account, within the procedure referred to in Article 4(2)b and in the framework of an overall environmental assessment, the availability of substitutes as well as the need to maintain the availability of electrical vehicles.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.