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Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/361 of 17 December 2019 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 hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

(8) For applications with power input ≥ 75 W and for systems fully operating with non-electrical heaters (corresponding to high boiler temperature applications) which are covered by the current exemption, a substitution or elimination of hexavalent chromium is still scientifically and technically impracticable due to the lack of reliable substitutes. An exemption for these applications is in line 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.

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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.