Luxembourg Amends Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Luxembourg’s Ministry of Environment has released Grand-Ducal Regulation of 9 November 2018 amending Annex III of the amended Grand-Ducal Regulation of 30 July 2013 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

This amendment incorporates the changes made by the following EU Directives to the Annex to Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (ROHS) (Directive 2011/65/EU):

• Directive (EU) ²⁰¹⁸⁄₇₃₆ — exemption for certain electrical and electronic components containing lead in glass or ceramic materials
• Directive (EU) ²⁰¹⁸⁄₇₃₇ — exemption for lead in solder paste for multilayer ceramic capacitors with metallized holes, discoidal or flat
• Directive (EU) ²⁰¹⁸⁄₇₃₈ — lead exemption in the cermet elements of adjustable potentiometers
• Directive (EU) ²⁰¹⁸⁄₇₃₉ — exemption for lead as an alloying element in steel
• Directive (EU) ²⁰¹⁸⁄₇₄₀ — exemption for lead as an alloying element in aluminum
• Directive (EU) ²⁰¹⁸⁄₇₄₁ — exemption for lead as an alloying element in copper
• Directive (EU) ²⁰¹⁸⁄₇₄₂ — exemption for lead in high temperature fusion welds

The Regulation will be enforced on June 30, 2019.

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