{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-171/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-171/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2019/171",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/171 of 16 November 2018 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-171",
  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU, entry 8(b) is replaced by the following:\n‘\n8(b)\nCadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts\nApplies to categories 8, 9 and 11 and expires on:\n21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments;\n21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices;\n21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.\n8(b)-I\nCadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts used in:\ncircuit breakers,\nthermal sensing controls,\nthermal motor protectors (excluding hermetic thermal motor protectors),\nAC switches rated at:\n6 A and more at 250 V AC and more, or\n12 A and more at 125 V AC and more,\nDC switches rated at 20 A and more at 18 V DC and more, and\nswitches for use at voltage supply frequency ≥ 200 Hz.\nApplies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 and expires on 21 July 2021.\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2019/171/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:28.345952+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}