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Commission Delegated Directive 2014/15/EU of 18 October 2013 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead, cadmium and hexavalent chromium in reused spare parts, recovered from medical devices placed on the market before 22 July 2014 and used in category 8 equipment placed on the market before 22 July 2021 , provided that reuse takes place in auditable closed-loop business-to-business return systems, and that the reuse of parts is notified to the consumer Text with EEA relevance · European Union

(3) Comparing the environmental impacts of using refurbished parts in the above mentioned cases to those of substituting refurbished parts with new ones, demonstrates that the total negative environmental, health and consumer safety impacts of substitution would outweigh the total benefits thereof.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-20 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.