{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-53/annex-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-53/annex-II.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2000/53",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-53",
  "path": "annex/II",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Materials and components exempt from Article 4(2)(a)",
  "text": "A maximum concentration value up to 0,1 % by weight in homogeneous material for lead, hexavalent chromium and mercury and up to 0,01 % by weight in homogeneous material for cadmium shall be tolerated.\nSpare parts put on the market after 1 July 2003 which are used for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2003 , except for wheel balance weights, carbon brushes for electric motors and brake linings, shall be exempted from the provisions of Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC.\nThis exemption shall be reviewed in 2021.\n(1a) Applies to aluminium alloys where lead is not intentionally introduced but is present due to the use of recycled aluminium.\nThis exemption shall be reviewed in 2024.\n(2a) Systems that have a voltage of > 75 V DC as defined in Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits ( OJ L 374, 27.12.2006, p. 10 ).\nThis exemption shall be reviewed in 2019.\nDismantling if, in correlation with entry 10(a), an average threshold of 60 grams per vehicle is exceeded. For the application of this clause electronic devices not installed by the manufacturer on the production line shall not be taken into account.\nDismantling if, in correlation with entries 8(a) to 8(j), an average threshold of 60 grams per vehicle is exceeded. For the application of this clause electronic devices not installed by the manufacturer on the production line shall not be taken into account.\nMaterials and components\nScope and expiry date of the exemption\nTo be labelled or made identifiable in accordance with Article 4(2)(b)(iv)\nLead as an alloying element\n1(a).\nSteel for machining purposes and batch hot dip galvanised steel components containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight\n1(b).\nContinuously galvanised steel sheet containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles\n2(a).\nAluminium for machining purposes with a lead content up to 2 % by weight\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2005\n2(b).\nAluminium with a lead content up to 1,5 % by weight\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2008\n2(c)(i).\nAluminium alloys for machining purposes with a lead content up to 0,4 % by weight\n2(c)(ii).\nAluminium alloys not included in entry 2(c)(i) with a lead content up to 0,4 % by weight\n3.\nCopper alloys containing up to 4 % lead by weight\n4(a).\nBearing shells and bushes\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2008\n4(b).\nBearing shells and bushes in engines, transmissions and air conditioning compressors\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2011\nLead and lead compounds in components\n5(a).\nLead in batteries in high-voltage systems that are used only for propulsion in M1 and N1 vehicles\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2019 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n5(b).\nLead in batteries for battery applications not included in entry 5(a)\nX\n6.\nVibration dampers\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n7(a).\nVulcanising agents and stabilisers for elastomers in brake hoses, fuel hoses, air ventilation hoses, elastomer/metal parts in the chassis applications, and engine mountings\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2005\n7(b).\nVulcanising agents and stabilisers for elastomers in brake hoses, fuel hoses, air ventilation hoses, elastomer/metal parts in the chassis applications, and engine mountings containing up to 0,5 % lead by weight\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2006\n7(c).\nBonding agents for elastomers in powertrain applications containing up to 0,5 % lead by weight\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2009\n8(a).\nLead in solders to attach electrical and electronic components to electronic circuit boards and lead in finishes on terminations of components other than electrolyte aluminium capacitors, on component pins and on electronic circuit boards\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(b).\nLead in solders in electrical applications other than soldering on electronic circuit boards or on glass\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2011 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(c).\nLead in finishes on terminals of electrolyte aluminium capacitors\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2013 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(d).\nLead used in soldering on glass in mass airflow sensors\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2015 and spare parts of such vehicles\nX\n8(e).\nLead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead)\nX\n8(f)(a).\nLead in compliant pin connector systems\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2017 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(f)(b).\nLead in compliant pin connector systems other than the mating area of vehicle harness connectors\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2024 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(g)(i).\nLead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages\nVehicles type approved before 1 October 2022 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(g)(ii).\nLead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between the semiconductor die and the carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages where that electrical connection consists of any of the following:\n(i) a semiconductor technology node of 90 nm or larger;\n(ii) a single die of 300 mm 2 or larger in any semiconductor technology node;\n(iii) stacked die packages with dies of 300 mm 2 or larger, or silicon interposers of 300 mm 2 or larger.\n( 2 )\nValid for vehicles type-approved from 1 October 2022 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(h).\nLead in solder to attach heat spreaders to the heat sink in power semiconductor assemblies with a chip size of at least 1 cm 2 of projection area and a nominal current density of at least 1 A/mm 2 of silicon chip area\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2016 and after that date as spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(i).\nLead in solders in electrical glazing applications on glass except for soldering in laminated glazing\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2016 and after that date as spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(j).\nLead in solders for soldering of laminated glazing\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2020 and after that date as spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n8(k).\nSoldering of heating applications with 0,5 A or more of heat current per related solder joint to single panes of laminated glazings not exceeding wall thickness of 2,1 mm. This exemption does not cover soldering to contacts embedded in the intermediate polymer\nVehicles type approved before 1 January 2024 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX( 4 )\n9.\nValve seats\nAs spare parts for engine types developed before 1 July 2003\n10(a).\nElectrical and electronic components which contain lead in a glass or ceramic, in a glass or ceramic matrix compound, in a glass-ceramic material, or in a glass-ceramic matrix compound.\nThis exemption does not cover the use of lead in:\nglass in bulbs and glaze of spark plugs,\ndielectric ceramic materials of components listed under 10(b), 10(c) and 10(d).\nX (for components other than piezo in engines)\n10(b).\nLead in PZT-based dielectric ceramic materials of capacitors being part of integrated circuits or discrete semiconductors\n10(c).\nLead in dielectric ceramic materials of capacitors with a rated voltage of less than 125 V AC or 250 V DC\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2016 and spare parts for these vehicles\n10(d).\nLead in the dielectric ceramic materials of capacitors compensating the temperature-related deviations of sensors in ultrasonic sonar systems\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2017 and after that date as spare parts for these vehicles\n11.\nPyrotechnic initiators\nVehicles type-approved before 1 July 2006 and spare parts for these vehicles\n12.\nLead-containing thermoelectric materials in automotive electrical applications to reduce CO 2 emissions by recuperation of exhaust heat\nVehicles type-approved before 1 January 2019 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\nHexavalent chromium\n13(a).\nCorrosion preventive coatings\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2007\n13(b).\nCorrosion preventive coatings related to bolt and nut assemblies for chassis applications\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 1 July 2008\n14.\nHexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators up to 0,75 % by weight in the cooling solution:\nX\n(i) designed to operate fully or partly with electrical heater, having an average utilised electrical power input < 75W at constant running conditions;\nVehicles type approved before 1 January 2020 and spare parts for these vehicles\n(ii) designed to operate fully or partly with electrical heater, having an average utilised electrical power input ≥ 75W at constant running conditions;\nVehicles type approved before 1 January 2026 and spare parts for these vehicles\n(iii) designed to fully operate with non-electrical heater.\nMercury\n15(a).\nDischarge lamps for headlight application\nVehicles type-approved before 1 July 2012 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\n15(b).\nFluorescent tubes used in instrument panel displays\nVehicles type-approved before 1 July 2012 and spare parts for these vehicles\nX\nCadmium\n16.\nBatteries for electrical vehicles\nAs spare parts for vehicles put on the market before 31 December 2008",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive (EU) 2017/2096 of 15 November 2017 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363 of 17 December 2019 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles as regards certain exemptions for lead and lead compounds in components (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363 of 17 December 2019 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles as regards certain exemptions for lead and lead compounds in components (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/362 of 17 December 2019 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles as regards the exemption for hexavalent chromium as anti-corrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators in motor caravans (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/362 of 17 December 2019 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles as regards the exemption for hexavalent chromium as anti-corrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators in motor caravans (Official Journal of the European Union L 67, of 5 March 2020)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This exemption shall be reviewed in 2021."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "(1a) Applies to aluminium alloys where lead is not intentionally introduced but is present due to the use of recycled aluminium."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "This exemption shall be reviewed in 2024."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "(2a) Systems that have a voltage of > 75 V DC as defined in Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits ( OJ L 374, 27.12.2006, p. 10 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Dismantling if, in correlation with entry 10(a), an average threshold of 60 grams per vehicle is exceeded. For the application of this clause electronic devices not installed by the manufacturer on the production line shall not be taken into account."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Dismantling if, in correlation with entries 8(a) to 8(j), an average threshold of 60 grams per vehicle is exceeded. For the application of this clause electronic devices not installed by the manufacturer on the production line shall not be taken into account."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/53/annex/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:02.164197+00:00"
  },
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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