EU - Amendment of Annex IV to RoHS 2 Directive (Entry 41)

​The Commission received an application request for renewal of the exemption (the renewal request). The evaluation of the request including stakeholder consultations in accordance with Article 5(7) of RoHS 2 Directive was completed and the request was eventually accepted, leading to the amendment of Annex IV to RoHS 2 Directive.

The Annex IV is amended by the following:
Entry 41
41 Lead as a thermal stabiliser in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) used as base material in amperometric, potentiometric and conductometric electrochemical sensors which are used in in-vitro diagnostic medical devices for the analysis of blood and other body fluids and body gases. 
(Expires on 31 March 2022.)​