rec_6 Text with EEA relevance. — Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/739 of 1 March…

rec_6

Text with EEA relevance.

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/739 of 1 March 2018 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead as an alloying element in steel (Text with EEA relevance. ) · European Union

(6) Since for the applications concerned in categories 1 to 7 and 10, no sufficiently reliable alternatives are available today or are likely to be available on the market in the near future, and in case of hot dip galvanised steel, the lead content results from impurities from recycled zinc, validity period until 21 July 2021 is justified for both application, while a shorter period could generate unnecessary administrative burden for the industry. For categories other than categories 1 to 7 and 10, the existing exemption is valid as per the validity periods set out in the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) of Directive 2011/65/EU.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.