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Document Ares(2022)4300031
Exemption under RoHS for hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent in gas absorption heat pumps
COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent in gas absorption heat pumps
- Legal basis:
- 32011L0065 - A5P1PTA)
- Initiative summary:
- Certain hazardous substances are restricted in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) under the RoHS Directive. Specific, time-limited exemptions can be granted upon request from economic operators if the necessary criteria are met. This exemption under assessment concerns hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent in the working fluid of the carbon steel sealed circuit of gas absorption heat pumps, which are considered as EEE.
- EuroVoc thesaurus:
- EU environmental policy; market approval; technological change; marketing standard; heating; chemical product; scientific progress; heat pump; chromium; corrosion; gas
- See the lifecycle of this act on the Interinstitutional register of delegated acts
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- Leading service:
- Directorate-General for Environment
- Expert group:
- E02810
- Planned adoption period:
- 01/07/2022 - 30/09/2022
- Check the status of this initiative on the Better Regulation Portal
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- Documents:
- Ares(2022)4300031 (Draft delegated directive)
- Legal basis:
- 32011L0065 - A5P1PTA)
- Leading service:
- Directorate-General for Environment
- Expert group:
- E02810
- Check the status of this initiative on the Better Regulation Portal
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- Consultation type:
- Stakeholder feedback
- Consultation duration (weeks):
- 4
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- Documents:
- C/2022/7590 final (Delegated directive)
- Leading service:
- Directorate-General for Environment
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- Foreseen end of objection period:
- 28/12/2022
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- Documents:
- 32023L0171 (Delegated directive)
- Date of publication:
- 26/01/2023