The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Amendments to Schedule 1

6.—(1) Schedule 1 is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 2—

(a) in paragraph 18, after “power source” insert “or with a traction drive powered by an external power source”;

(b) after paragraph 21, insert—

“21A.   Pipe organs.”.

(3) In Part 3—

(a) in paragraph 22—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “and”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“and

(d) to all other EEE that was outside the scope of the 2002 Directive and which is placed on the market before 22nd July 2019.”;

(b) in paragraph 23—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(aa) after paragraph (e) insert—

“(ea) all other EEE that was outside the scope of the 2002 Directive and which is placed on the market before 22nd July 2019;”;

(bb) in paragraph (f), for “previous Directive” substitute “2002 Directive”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (2);

(c) for paragraph 24 substitute—

“24.   Provided that reuse takes place in auditable closed-loop business-to-business return systems, and that the reuse of spare parts is notified to the consumer, regulations 3(1), 10, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 28 do not apply to reused spare parts—

(a) recovered from EEE placed on the market before 1st July 2006 and used in EEE placed on the market before 1st July 2016;

(b) recovered from medical devices or monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22nd July 2014 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22nd July 2024;

(c) recovered from in vitro diagnostic medical devices placed on the market before 22nd July 2016 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22nd July 2026;

(d) recovered from industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22nd July 2017 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22nd July 2027;

(e) recovered from all other EEE that was outside the scope of the 2002 Directive and which is placed on the market before 22nd July 2019, and used in EEE placed on the market before 22nd July 2029.”.