Recital 7

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/1631 of 12 May 2022 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for the use of lead in bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide superconductor cables and wires and lead in their electrical connections (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

(7) The evaluation of the requested exemption, which included a technical and scientific assessment study (2), concluded that the addition of lead to BSCCO provides technical and functional advantages that cannot be achieved without the use of lead. Those technical and functional advantages consist in higher resolution images for medical diagnosis or for research and innovation, and allow a more stable operation mode of the relevant applications. The addition of lead to BSCCO makes it possible to produce more efficient and reliable equipment, which is beneficial for health care and innovation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-17 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.