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The European commission has published Directive (EU) 2017/2102 amending RoHS 2 Directive 2011/65/EU. This Directive shall enter into force on 11 December 2017, the following is a summary of the amendments affecting replacement of Spare Parts and Refurbished Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
The new Directive states that, provided reuse takes place in auditable closed-loop business-to-business return systems, and that the reuse of spare parts is notified to the consumer, then the RoHS 2 prohibition of substances shall not apply to reused spare parts:
(a) recovered from EEE placed on the market before 1 July 2006 and used in EEE placed on the market before 1 July 2016;
(b) recovered from medical devices or monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22 July 2014 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2024;
(c) recovered from in vitro diagnostic medical devices placed on the market before 22 July 2016 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2026;
(d) recovered from industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22 July 2017 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2027;
(e) recovered from all other EEE that was outside the scope of RoHS 1 and which is placed on the market before 22 July 2019, and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2029.
Refer here to access the Directive (EU) 2017/2102.
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The new Directive states that, provided reuse takes place in auditable closed-loop business-to-business return systems, and that the reuse of spare parts is notified to the consumer, then the RoHS 2 prohibition of substances shall not apply to reused spare parts:
(a) recovered from EEE placed on the market before 1 July 2006 and used in EEE placed on the market before 1 July 2016;
(b) recovered from medical devices or monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22 July 2014 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2024;
(c) recovered from in vitro diagnostic medical devices placed on the market before 22 July 2016 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2026;
(d) recovered from industrial monitoring and control instruments placed on the market before 22 July 2017 and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2027;
(e) recovered from all other EEE that was outside the scope of RoHS 1 and which is placed on the market before 22 July 2019, and used in EEE placed on the market before 22 July 2029.
Refer here to access the Directive (EU) 2017/2102.
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