ST-12847-2009-INIT_en

COUNCIL OFBrussels,3 September 2009THE EUROPEAN UNION12847/09Interinstitutional File:2008/0240(C0D)ENV 537MI308CODEC 1053NOTEfrom:General SecretariattoDelegationsNo.prev.doc.10977/09 ENV 434 MI 244 CODEC 846No.Cion prop.17333/08 ENV 1019 MI 553 CODEC 1859 COM(2008)809 finalSubject:Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on therestriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronicequipment (RoHS)-(recast)Delegations will find attached a compromise text on the Art icles and Annexes of the above-mentioned proposal (bold underline).Following the WPE discussions,the Presidency has,inparticular,introduced an important change in the scope of the proposal,which is now covering allEEEs unless specifically excluded.Annexes I and II(categories and positive lists)have beendeleted from the text.The exclusions from the scope,as a consequence,need to be further refinedand the Presidency would welcome contribut ions from delegations on the impact of this change aswell as any suggestions on the nature of such exclusions.Articles 4(7)and 5 are also revised,keeping in mind that the relationship with REACH should beclarified further.The changes in Article 3 points (b)to (kb)and in Articles 7 to 17 have beendiscussed previously and appear in the text as simple underlining.12847/09CM/pcDGIEN