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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-73/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2014/73",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Directive 2014/73/EU of 13 March 2014 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in platinized platinum electrodes used for conductivity measurements (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-73",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Delegated Directive 2014/73/EU\nof 13 March 2014\namending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in platinized platinum electrodes used for conductivity measurements\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, and in particular Article 5(1)(a) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDirective 2011/65/EU prohibits the use of lead in electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market.\n(2)\nPlatinized platinum electrodes (PPEs) are platinum electrodes covered with a thin layer of platinum black. These electrodes are used when wide-range conductivity measurements are required or for measuring conductivity under strongly acidic or alkaline conditions. Both the substitution or elimination of lead in PPEs and the substitution of PPEs with other types of electrodes are scientifically and technically impracticable under these conditions.\n(3)\nThe use of lead in PPEs for wide-range conductivity measurements or for measuring conductivity under strongly acidic or alkaline conditions should therefore be exempted from the prohibition until 31 December 2018. This transition period is necessary for research and unlikely to have adverse impacts on innovation.\n(4)\nDirective 2011/65/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 88."
    }
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