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(6) Due to the lack of reliable substitutes, a substitution or elimination of lead is scientifically and technically impracticable for certain professional use non-road equipment engines. The exemption is consistent with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1). and thus does not weaken the environmental and health protection afforded by it. The exemption for the use of lead in bearings and bushes of certain diesel or gaseous fuel powered internal combustion engines applied in non-road professional use equipment should therefore be granted, adding a new entry 42 to Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU. To avoid overlapping scopes of exemptions within Annex III and to ensure legal clarity, it should be added that applications covered by entry 6(c) of Annex III are excluded from the new entry 42 to Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-18 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.