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Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2016/585 of 12 February 2016 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in spare parts recovered from and used for the repair or refurbishment of medical devices or electron microscopes (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

(4) A comparison of the environmental impacts of using refurbished parts in such cases with the environmental impacts 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 2026-10-19 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.