Recital 8

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/232 of 25 October 2023 amending Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for cadmium and lead in plastic profiles in electrical and electronic windows and doors containing recovered rigid polyvinyl chloride · European Union

(8) While lead- and cadmium-free virgin PVC is available on the market, the use of recovered PVC requires lower amounts of energy and natural resources (such as water, petroleum and natural salt) than the amounts that would be otherwise needed for the use of virgin PVC. Therefore, the total negative environmental, health and consumer safety impacts caused by substitution would likely outweigh the total environmental, health and consumer safety benefits thereof. Thus, the requested exemption meets at least one of the relevant conditions specified in Article 5(1), point (a), of Directive 2011/65/EU.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-16 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.