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1. For the purposes of this entry, point (b) of Article 4(1) shall apply to concentrations of decaBDE equal to or below 10 mg/kg (0,001 % by weight) where it is present in substances. 2. For the purposes of the entries on tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- and decaBDE, point (b) of Article 4(1) shall apply to the sum of the concentrations of those substances up to 500 mg/kg where they are present in mixtures or articles, subject to review and assessment by the Commission by 16 July 2021. This review shall assess, inter alia, all relevant impacts with regard to health and the environment. 3. By way of derogation, the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of decaBDE shall be allowed for the following purposes, provided that Member States report to the Commission by December 2019 in accordance with the Convention: (a) in the manufacturing of an aircraft, for which type approval has been applied for before 2 March 2019 and has been received before December 2022, until 18 December 2023, or, in cases where the continuing need is justified, until 2 March 2027; (b) in the manufacturing of spare parts for either of the following: (i) an aircraft, for which type approval has been applied for before 2 March 2019 and has been received before December 2022, produced before 18 December 2023, or, in cases where the continuing need is justified, produced before 2 March 2027, until the end of service life of that aircraft; (ii) motor vehicles within the scope of Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council , produced before 15 July 2019, either until 2036 or the end of service life of those motor vehicles, whichever date comes earlier; (c) electric and electronic equipment within the scope of Directive 2011/65/EC. 4. The specific exemptions for spare parts for use in motor vehicles referred to in point 2(b)(ii) shall apply for the manufacturing and use of commercial decaBDE falling into one or more of the following categories: (a) powertrain and under-hood applications such as battery mass wires, battery interconnection wires, mobile air condition (MAC) pipes, powertrains, exhaust manifold bushings, under-hood insulation, wiring and harness under-hood (engine wiling, etc.), speed sensors, hoses, fan modules and knock sensors; (b) fuel system applications such as fuel hoses, fuel tanks and fuel tanks under body; (c) pyrotechnical devices and applications affected by pyrotechnical devices such as airbag ignition cables, seat covers/fabrics, only if airbag relevant and airbags (front and side). 5. Use of articles already in use before 15 July 2019 in the Union containing decaBDE shall be allowed. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply in relation to such articles. 6. Without prejudice to the application of other Union provisions on the classification, packaging and labelling of substances and mixtures, articles in which decaBDE is used shall be identifiable by labelling or other means throughout its life cycle. 7. The placing on the market and use of articles containing decaBDE imported for the purposes of the specific exemptions in point 2 shall be allowed until the expiry of those exemptions. Point 6 shall apply as if such articles were produced pursuant to the exemption in point 2. Such articles already in use by the date of expiry of the relevant exemption may continue to be used. 8. For the purposes of this entry ‘aircraft’ means the following: (a) a civil aircraft produced in accordance with a type certificate issued under Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council or with a design approval issued under the national regulations of a contracting state of ICAO, or for which a certificate of airworthiness has been issued by an ICAO Contracting State under Annex 8 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation; (b) a military aircraft.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.