| Exemption | Scope and dates of applicability |
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| 1 | Mercury in single capped (compact) fluorescent lamps not exceeding (per burner): | |
| 1(a) | For general lighting purposes < 30 W: 5 mg | Expires on 31 December 2011; 3,5 mg may be used per burner after 31 December 2011 until 31 December 2012; 2,5 mg shall be used per burner after 31 December 2012 |
| 1(b) | For general lighting purposes ≥ 30 W and < 50 W: 5 mg | Expires on 31 December 2011; 3,5 mg may be used per burner after 31 December 2011 |
| 1(c) | For general lighting purposes ≥ 50 W and < 150 W: 5 mg | |
| 1(d) | For general lighting purposes ≥ 150 W: 15 mg | |
| 1(e) | For general lighting purposes with circular or square structural shape and tube diameter ≤ 17 mm | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 7 mg may be used per burner after 31 December 2011 |
| 1(f) | For special purposes: 5 mg | |
| 2(a) | Mercury in double-capped linear fluorescent lamps for general lighting purposes not exceeding (per lamp): | |
| 2(a)(1) | Tri-band phosphor with normal lifetime and a tube diameter < 9 mm (e.g. T2): 5 mg | Expires on 31 December 2011; 4 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 2(a)(2) | Tri-band phosphor with normal lifetime and a tube diameter ≥ 9 mm and ≤ 17 mm (e.g. T5): 5 mg | Expires on 31 December 2011; 3 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 2(a)(3) | Tri-band phosphor with normal lifetime and a tube diameter > 17 mm and ≤ 28 mm (e.g. T8): 5 mg | Expires on 31 December 2011; 3,5 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 2(a)(4) | Tri-band phosphor with normal lifetime and a tube diameter > 28 mm (e.g. T12): 5 mg | Expires on 31 December 2012; 3,5 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2012 |
| 2(a)(5) | Tri-band phosphor with long lifetime (≥ 25 000 h): 8 mg | Expires on 31 December 2011; 5 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 2(b) | Mercury in other fluorescent lamps not exceeding (per lamp): | |
| 2(b)(1) | Linear halophosphate lamps with tube > 28 mm (e.g. T10 and T12): 10 mg | Expires on 13 April 2012 |
| 2(b)(2) | Non-linear halophosphate lamps (all diameters): 15 mg | Expires on 13 April 2016 |
| 2(b)(3) | Non-linear tri-band phosphor lamps with tube diameter > 17 mm (e.g. T9) | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 15 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 2(b)(4) | Lamps for other general lighting and special purposes (e.g. induction lamps) | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 15 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 3 | Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for special purposes not exceeding (per lamp): | |
| 3(a) | Short length (≤ 500 mm) | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 3,5 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 3(b) | Medium length (> 500 mm and ≤ 1 500 mm) | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 5 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 3(c) | Long length (> 1 500 mm) | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 13 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 4(a) | Mercury in other low pressure discharge lamps (per lamp) | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 15 mg may be used per lamp after 31 December 2011 |
| 4(b) | Mercury in High Pressure Sodium (vapour) lamps for general lighting purposes not exceeding (per burner) in lamps with improved colour rendering index Ra > 60: | |
| 4(b)-I | P ≤ 155 W | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 30 mg may be used per burner after 31 December 2011 |
| 4(b)-II | 155 W < P ≤ 405 W | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 40 mg may be used per burner after 31 December 2011 |
| 4(b)-III | P > 405 W | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 40 mg may be used per burner after 31 December 2011 |
| 4(c) | Mercury in other High Pressure Sodium (vapour) lamps for general lighting purposes not exceeding (per burner): | |
| 4(c)-I | P ≤ 155 W | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 25 mg may be used per burner after 31 December 2011 |
| 4(c)-II | 155 W < P ≤ 405 W | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 30 mg may be used per burner after 31 December 2011 |
| 4(c)-III | P > 405 W | No limitation of use until 31 December 2011; 40 mg may be used per burner after 31 December 2011 |
| 4(d) | Mercury in High Pressure Mercury (vapour) lamps (HPMV) | Expires on 13 April 2015 |
| 4(e) | Mercury in metal halide lamps (MH) | |
| 4(f) | Mercury in other discharge lamps for special purposes not specifically mentioned in this Annex | |
| 5(a) | Lead in glass of cathode ray tubes | |
| 5(b) | Lead in glass of fluorescent tubes not exceeding 0,2 % by weight | |
| 6(a) | Lead as an alloying element in steel for machining purposes and in galvanised steel containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight | |
| 6(b) | Lead as an alloying element in aluminium containing up to 0,4 % lead by weight | |
| 6(c) | Copper alloy containing up to 4 % lead by weight | |
| 7(a) | Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85 % by weight or more lead) | |
| 7(b) | Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission, and network management for telecommunications | |
| 7(c)-I | Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a glass or ceramic other than dielectric ceramic in capacitors, e.g. piezoelectronic devices, or in a glass or ceramic matrix compound | |
| 7(c)-II | Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors for a rated voltage of 125 V AC or 250 V DC or higher | |
| 7(c)-III | Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors for a rated voltage of less than 125 V AC or 250 V DC | Expires on 1 January 2013 and after that date may be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 1 January 2013 |
| 8(a) | Cadmium and its compounds in one shot pellet type thermal cut-offs | Expires on 1 January 2012 and after that date may be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 1 January 2012 |
| 8(b) | Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts | |
| 9 | Hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators up to 0,75 % by weight in the cooling solution | |
| 9(b) | Lead in bearing shells and bushes for refrigerant-containing compressors for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) applications | |
| 11(a) | Lead used in C-press compliant pin connector systems | May be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 24 September 2010 |
| 11(b) | Lead used in other than C-press compliant pin connector systems | Expires on 1 January 2013 and after that date may be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 1 January 2013 |
| 12 | Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module C-ring | May be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 24 September 2010 |
| 13(a) | Lead in white glasses used for optical applications | |
| 13(b) | Cadmium and lead in filter glasses and glasses used for reflectance standards | |
| 14 | Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80 % and less than 85 % by weight | Expired on 1 January 2011 and after that date may be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 1 January 2011 |
| 15 | Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages | |
| 16 | Lead in linear incandescent lamps with silicate coated tubes | Expires on 1 September 2013 |
| 17 | Lead halide as radiant agent in high intensity discharge (HID) lamps used for professional reprography applications | |
| 18(a) | Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1 % lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as speciality lamps for diazoprinting reprography, lithography, insect traps, photochemical and curing processes containing phosphors such as SMS ((Sr,Ba)2MgSi2O7:Pb) | Expired on 1 January 2011 |
| 18(b) | Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1 % lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb) | |
| 19 | Lead with PbBiSn-Hg and PbInSn-Hg in specific compositions as main amalgam and with PbSn-Hg as auxiliary amalgam in very compact energy saving lamps (ESL) | Expires on 1 June 2011 |
| 20 | Lead oxide in glass used for bonding front and rear substrates of flat fluorescent lamps used for Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) | Expires on 1 June 2011 |
| 21 | Lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on glasses, such as borosilicate and soda lime glasses | |
| 23 | Lead in finishes of fine pitch components other than connectors with a pitch of 0,65 mm and less | May be used in spare parts for EEE placed on the market before 24 September 2010 |
| 24 | Lead in solders for the soldering to machined through hole discoidal and planar array ceramic multilayer capacitors | |
| 25 | Lead oxide in surface conduction electron emitter displays (SED) used in structural elements, notably in the seal frit and frit ring | |
| 26 | Lead oxide in the glass envelope of black light blue lamps | Expires on 1 June 2011 |
| 27 | Lead alloys as solder for transducers used in high-powered (designated to operate for several hours at acoustic power levels of 125 dB SPL and above) loudspeakers | Expired on 24 September 2010 |
| 29 | Lead bound in crystal glass as defined in Annex I (Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4) of Council Directive 69/493/EEC | |
| 30 | Cadmium alloys as electrical/mechanical solder joints to electrical conductors located directly on the voice coil in transducers used in high-powered loudspeakers with sound pressure levels of 100 dB (A) and more | |
| 31 | Lead in soldering materials in mercury free flat fluorescent lamps (which, e.g. are used for liquid crystal displays, design or industrial lighting) | |
| 32 | Lead oxide in seal frit used for making window assemblies for Argon and Krypton laser tubes | |
| 33 | Lead in solders for the soldering of thin copper wires of 100 μm diameter and less in power transformers | |
| 34 | Lead in cermet-based trimmer potentiometer elements | |
| 36 | Mercury used as a cathode sputtering inhibitor in DC plasma displays with a content up to 30 mg per display | Expired on 1 July 2010 |
| 37 | Lead in the plating layer of high voltage diodes on the basis of a zinc borate glass body | |
| 38 | Cadmium and cadmium oxide in thick film pastes used on aluminium bonded beryllium oxide | |
| 39 | Cadmium in colour converting II-VI LEDs (< 10 μg Cd per mm2 of light-emitting area) for use in solid state illumination or display systems | Expires on 1 July 2014 |