REACH Amended Regarding Lead and its Compounds in PVC

Until

Exemption

28 May 2025

For PVC articles containing recovered flexible PVC

28 May 2033

For the following PVC articles containing recovered rigid PVC, if the concentration of lead is lower than 1.5% by weight of the recovered rigid PVC:

(a)    profiles and sheets for exterior applications in buildings and civil engineering works, excluding decks and terraces;

(b)    profiles and sheets for decks and terraces, provided that the recovered PVC is used in a middle layer and is entirely covered with a layer of PVC or other material for which the concentration of lead is lower than 0.1% by weight;

(c)    profiles and sheets for use in concealed spaces or voids in buildings and civil engineering works (where they are inaccessible during normal use, excluding maintenance, for example, cable ducts);

(d)    profiles and sheets for interior building applications, provided that the entire surface of the profile or sheet facing the occupied areas of a building after installation is produced using PVC or other material for which the concentration of lead is lower than 0.1% by weight;

(e)    multi-layer pipes (excluding pipes for drinking water), provided that the recovered PVC is used in a middle layer and is entirely covered with a layer of PVC or other material for which the concentration of lead is lower than 0.1% by weight;

(f)     fittings, excluding fittings for pipes for drinking water.

28 May 2033

PVC-silica separators in lead acid batteries

Articles covered by paragraph 1, in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 5, and by paragraph 7 in accordance with paragraphs 8 and 10

Articles within the scope of:

(i) Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004; (ii) Directive 2011/65/EU; (iii) Directive 94/62/EC; (iv) Directive 2009/48/EC.