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Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2025/2364 of 8 September 2025 amending Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead as an alloying element in steel, aluminium and copper · European Union

In Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU, points 6(a), 6(a)-I, 6(b), 6(b)-I, 6(b)-II and 6(c) are replaced by the following: ‘6(a) | Lead as an alloying element in steel for machining purposes and in galvanised steel containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight | Expires on 11 december 2026 6(a)-I | Lead as an alloying element in steel for machining purposes containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight (*1) | Expires on 30 June 2027 for all categories. 6(a)-II | Lead as an alloying element in batch hot-dip galvanised steel components containing up to 0,2 % lead by weight (*1) | Expires on 30 June 2027 for all categories. 6(b) | Lead as an alloying element in aluminium containing up to 0,4 % lead by weight | Expires on 11 June 2027 6(b)-I | Lead as an alloying element in aluminium containing up to 0,4 % lead by weight, provided it stems from lead-bearing aluminium scrap recycling (*1) | Expires on 11 december 2026 for categories 1-7, 10. Expires on 30 June 2027 for categories 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and 11. 6(b)-II | Lead as an alloying element in aluminium for machining purposes with a lead content up to 0,4 % by weight (*1) | Expires on 11 June 2027 for categories 1-7, 10. Expires on 30 June 2027 for categories 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments and 11 (*). 6(b)-III | Lead as an alloying element in aluminium casting alloys containing up to 0,3 % lead by weight provided it stems from lead-bearing aluminium scrap recycling (*1) | Expires on 30 June 2027 for categories 1-8, 9 other than industrial monitoring and control instruments, and 10. 6(c) | Copper alloy containing up to 4 % lead by weight (*1) | Expires on 30 June 2027. the rate of lead release from such an EEE or any accessible part, whether coated or uncoated, does not exceed 0,05 μg/cm2 per hour (equivalent to 0,05 μg/g/h), for coated articles, that the coating is sufficient to ensure that this release rate is not exceeded for a period of at least two years of normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use of the EEE.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.