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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 (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.This Directive shall, subject to paragraph 2, apply to EEE falling within the categories set out in Annex I.
2.Without prejudice to Article 4(3) and 4(4), Member States shall provide that EEE that was outside the scope of Directive 2002/95/EC, but which would not comply with this Directive, may nevertheless continue to be made available on the market until 22 July 2019.
3.This Directive shall apply without prejudice to the requirements of Union legislation on safety and health, and on chemicals, in particular Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, as well as the requirements of specific Union waste management legislation.
4.This Directive does not apply to:
(a)equipment which is necessary for the protection of the essential interests of the security of Member States, including arms, munitions and war material intended for specifically military purposes;
(b)equipment designed to be sent into space;
(c)equipment which is specifically designed, and is to be installed, as part of another type of equipment that is excluded or does not fall within the scope of this Directive, which can fulfil its function only if it is part of that equipment, and which can be replaced only by the same specifically designed equipment;
(d)large-scale stationary industrial tools;
(e)large-scale fixed installations;
(f)means of transport for persons or goods, excluding electric two-wheel vehicles which are not type-approved;
(g)non-road mobile machinery made available exclusively for professional use;
(h)active implantable medical devices;
(i)photovoltaic panels intended to be used in a system that is designed, assembled and installed by professionals for permanent use at a defined location to produce energy from solar light for public, commercial, industrial and residential applications;
(j)equipment specifically designed solely for the purposes of research and development only made available on a business-to-business basis.
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