ElektroG 5 Prohibited Substances

ElektroG 5 Prohibited Substances

(1) The placing on the market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than 0.1 percent weight of lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) per homogeneous substance or more than 0.01 percent weight of cadmium per homogeneous substance is prohibited. Sentence 1 does not apply to electrical and electronic equipment in Categories 8 and 9 or to electrical and electronic equipment first placed on the market in an EU Member State prior to 1 July 2006. Nor does it apply to spare parts for the repair or reuse of electrical or electronic equipment first placed on the market prior to 1 July 2006.

(2) Paragraph 1 does not apply to the uses listed in the Annex (as amended) to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (Official Journal L 37 p.19).