# European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste, Article 11: Concentration levels of heavy metals present in packaging

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Member States shall ensure that the sum of concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium present in packaging or packaging components shall not exceed the following:
600 ppm by weight two years after the date referred to in Article 22 (i);
250 ppm by weight three years after the date referred to in Article 22 (i);
100 ppm by weight five years after the date referred to in Article 22 (i).
2. The concentration levels referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to packaging entirely made of lead crystal glass as defined in Directive 69/493/EEC.
3. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 21a in order to supplement this Directive by determining the conditions under which the concentration levels referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article do not apply to recycled materials and to product loops which are in a closed and controlled chain, as well as by determining the types of packaging which are exempted from the requirement laid down in the third indent of paragraph 1 of this Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1994/62/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1994-62/article-11
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