Recital 5

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

(5) Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/740 (3) granted exemptions for the use of lead as an alloying element in aluminium containing up to 0,4 % lead by weight either for machining purposes or for recycling of lead-bearing aluminium scrap. The exemptions are set out in points 6(b)-I and 6(b)-II of Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU. Those exemptions cover categories 1 to 7 and category 10 of electrical and electronic equipment, listed in Annex I to Directive 2011/65/EU. The application of the exemption set out in point 6(b) of Annex III to that Directive was limited to electrical and electronic equipment categories 8, 9 and 11.

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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.