EU/668
WTO/TBT
CE European Union
  • 83 - Rubber and plastics industries
2019-09-10
2019-07-15

Articles made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) containing lead and lead compounds.

Draft Commission Regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead and its compounds (6 pages + Annex 4 pages, in English)

This draft Regulation would amend entry 63 to Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. It would prohibit the use of lead and lead compounds in articles produced from polymers or copolymers of vinyl chloride as well as their placing on the market in articles produced from PVC if the concentration of lead (expressed as metal) is equal to or greater than 0.1% by weight of the PVC material. Time-limited exemptions from this limit are provided for rigid and flexible recycled PVC material and for PVC-silica separators in lead acid batteries.