Pack 27 Exemption Requests (First set)
The objective of this contract is to provide a clear technical and scientific assessment for the following exemption requests (Pack 27) under the Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS) in agreement with the Commission.
Stakeholder consultation for this first set of exemption requests is open from 16th October 2023 to 11th December 2023.
| No. | Exemption wording | Request(s) and supporting documents | Clarification Questionnaire(s) | Consultation Questionnaire | Consultation Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-1 | New request Optical components made of mercurous chloride monocrystal (Calomel) | BBT – Materials Processing, BBT Product Information.zip | BBT | Download | |
| III 6a series | Lead as alloying element in steel | EUROMOT, TMC, TMC SEA 6(a), NAM support letter 6(a) | EUROMOT, TMC | Download | |
| III 6b series | Lead as alloying element in aluminium | TMC, EUROMOT, TMC SEA 6(b), NAM support letter 6(b) | EUROMOT, TMC | Download | |
| III 7a | Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead | TMC, EUROMOT, TMC SEA 7(a), NAM support letter 7(a) | EUROMOT, TMC | Download | |
| III 7c-I | Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a glass or ceramic other than dielectric ceramic in capacitors, e.g. piezoelectronic devices, or in a glass or ceramic matrix compound | TMC, EUROMOT, Werfen, TMC SEA 7(c)-I | EUROMOT, TMC, Werfen | Download | |
| III 15 | Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages | TMC, TMC SEA III 15 | TMC | Download | |
| III 18b | Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1 % lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb) | Lighting Europe, ESA support letter, NARVA support letter | Lighting Europe | Download | |
| IV 1a | Lead and cadmium in ion-selective electrodes, including glass of pH electrodes | COCIR | COCIR | Download | |
| IV 1b | Lead anodes in electrochemical oxygen sensors | Alphasense, Ametek Mocon, Draeger, Honeywell, Supporting information | Alphasense, Drager, Honeywell, MOCON | Download | |
| IV 1c | Lead, cadmium and mercury in infra-red light detectors | Bruker, PPTF | Bruker | Download | |
| IV 10 | Lead and cadmium in atomic absorption spectroscopy lamps | PerkinElmer | PE et al. | Download |