346 tal-2013 - Regolamenti tal-2013 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Immaniġġar ta’ Skart (Vetturi fi Tmiem Żmienhom)

L.N. 346 of 2013

ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 504)

Waste Management (End of Life Vehicles)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2013

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by articles 61and 62 of the

Environment and Development Planning Act, the Minister for

Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change,

after consultation with the Malta Environment and Planning

Authority, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Waste Management Citation.

(End of Life Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013, and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Waste S.L. 504.62

Management (End of Life Vehicles) Regulations, hereinafter referred

to as "the principal regulations".

These regulations bring into effect the provisions of Scope.

Commission Directive 2013/28/EU of the European Parliament and

the Council amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-

life vehicles.

Schedule 3 to the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes

Schedule 3 to

by the following new schedule

the principal

regulations.

B

"SCHEDULE 3

Materials and components exempt from regulation 4

Materials and components

Scope and expiry date of the

exemption

Lead as an alloying element

1. (a) Steel

for

machining

purposes and batch hot dip

galvanized steel components

containing up to 0.35% lead by

weight

1. (b) Continuously galvanised Vehicles type approved before

s t e e l s h e e t c o n t a i n i n g u p t o 1 January 2016 and spare parts

0.35% lead by weight

for these vehicles

2. (a) Aluminium for machining As spare parts for vehicles put

purposes with a lead content up to o n th e m ar ket bef or e 1 Ju ly

2% by weight

2. (b) Aluminium with a lead As spare parts for vehicles put

content up to 1.5% by weight

o n th e m ar ket bef or e 1 Ju ly

2. (c) Aluminium with a lead (1)

content up to 0.4% by weight

3. Copper alloy containing up to (1)

4% lead by weight

(a) Bearing shells and bushes As spare parts for vehicles put

o n th e m ar ket bef or e 1 Ju ly

4. (b) Bearing shells and bushes 1 July 2011 and spare parts for

in engines, transmissions and air v e h i c l e s p u t o n t h e m a r k e t

conditioning compressors

before 1 July 2011

Lead and lead compounds in components

(1)

5. Batteries

Vibration dampers

Vehicles type approved before

1 January 2016 and spare parts

for these vehicles

(a) Vulcanising agents and As spare parts for vehicles put

stabilisers for elastomers in brake o n th e m ar ket bef or e 1 Ju ly

hoses, fuel hoses, air ventilation 2005

hoses, elastomer/metal parts in

the chassis applications, and

engine mountings

7. (b) Vulcanising agents and As spare parts for vehicles put

stabilisers for elastomers in brake o n th e m ar ket bef or e 1 Ju ly

hoses, fuel hoses, air ventilation 2006

hoses, elastomer/metal parts in

the chassis applications, and

engine mountings containing up

to 0.5% lead by weight

Materials and components

Scope and expiry date of the

exemption

7. (c) Bonding

agents

for As spare parts for vehicles put

e l a s t o m e r s i n p o w e r t r a i n on th e m ark et b efo r e 1 Ju ly

a p p li c at i o n s c o n t ai n i n g u p to 2009

0.5% lead by weight

(a) Lead in solders to attach Vehicles type approved before

e l e c t r i c a l a n d e l e c t r o n i c 1 January 2016 and spare parts

components to electronic circuit for these vehicles

boards and lead in finishes on

terminations of components other

than electrolyte aluminium

capacitors, on component pins

and on electronic circuit boards

8. (b) Lead in solders in Vehicle type approved before 1

electrical applications other than January 2011 and spare parts

soldering on electronic circuit for these vehicles

boards or on glass

8. (c) Lead in finishes on Vehicle type approved before 1

t e r m i n a l s o f e l e c t r o l y t e January 2013 and spare parts

aluminium capacitors

for these vehicles

8. (d) Lead used in soldering on Vehicle type approved before 1

glass in mass airflow sensors

January 2015 and spare parts of

such vehicles

8. (e) Lead in high melting (3)

t em p er atu r e t yp e so ld er s ( i.e.

lead-based alloys containing 85%

by weight or more lead)

8. (f) Lead in compliant pin (3)

connector systems

8. (g) Lead in solders to (3)

complete a viable electrical

connection

between

semicond ucto r die and car rier

within integrated circuit flip chip

packages

8. (h) Lead in solder to attach (3)

heat spreaders to the heat sink in

power semiconductor assemblies

with a chip size of at least 1 cm 2

of projection area and a nominal

current density of at least 1A/

mm 2 of silicon chip area

8. (i) Vehicle type approved Vehicle type approved before 1

before 1 January 2016 and after January 2016 and after that date

that date as spare parts for these a s s p a r e p a r t s f o r t h e s e

vehicles (4)

vehicles

8. (j) Lead in solders for (3)

soldering in laminated glazing

Valve seats

As spare parts for engine types

developed before 1 July 2003

B

Materials and components

Scope and expiry date of the

exemption

(a) Electrical and electronic

components which contain lead in

a glass or ceramic, in a glass or

ceramic matrix compound, in a

glass-ceramic material, or in a

glass-ceramic matrix compound.

This exemption does not cover

the use of lead in

- glass in bulbs and glaze

of spark plugs,

- dielectric

ceramic

materials of components

listed under 10(b), 10(c) and

10(d).

10. (b) Lead in PZT based

dielectric ceramic materials of

capacitors being part of

integ rated circu its o r d iscr ete

semiconductors

10. (c) Lead in dielectric ceramic Vehicles type approved before

mater ials of capacito rs with a 1 January 2016 and spare parts

rated voltage of less than 125 V for these vehicles

AC or 250 V DC

10. (d) Lead in the dielectric (3)

ceramic materials of capacitors

compensating the temperature-

related deviations of sensors in

ultrasonic sonar systems

Pyrotechnic initiators

Vehicles type-approved before

1 July 2006 and spare parts for

these vehicles

Lead-containing

Vehicles type approved before

t h e r m o e l e c t r i c m a t e r i a l s i n 1 January 2019 and spare parts

automotive electrical applications for these vehicles

to reduce CO2 emissions by

recuperation of exhaust heat

Hexavalent chromium

(a) Corrosion

preventive As spare parts for vehicles put

coatings

o n th e m ar ket bef or e 1 Ju ly

13. (b) Corrosion

preventive As spare parts for vehicles put

coatings related to bolt and nut o n th e m ar ket bef or e 1 Ju ly

assemblies

for

c h a s s i s 2008

applications

B B 4227

Materials and components

Scope and expiry date of the

To be labelled or made

exemption

identifiable in

accordance with

regulation 4(2)

As an anti-corrosion agent of

X

the carbon steel cooling system in

absorption refrigerators in motor-

caravans up to 0.75 weight -% in

the cooling solution except where

the use of other cooling

technologies is practicable (i.e.

available on the market for the

application in motor caravans)

a n d d o es n o t le ad t o n eg at iv e

environmental, heath and/or

consumer safety impacts

Mercury

(a) Discharge

lamps

for Vehicle type approved before 1

X

headlight application

July 2012 and spare parts for

these vehicles

15. (b) Fluorescent tubes used in Vehicle type approved before 1

X

instrument panel displays

July 2012 and spare parts for

these vehicles

Cadmium

Batteries

for

electrical As spare parts for vehicles put

vehicles

on the market before 31

December 2008

(1) This exemption shall be reviewed in 2015.

(2) Dismantling if, in correlation with entry 10(a), an average threshold of 60 grams per

vehicle is exceeded. For the application of this clause electronic devices not installed

by the manufacturer on the production line shall not be taken into account.

(3) This exemption shall be reviewed in 2014.

(4) Dismantling if, in correlation with entries 8(a) to 8(j), an average threshold of 60 grams

per vehicle is exceeded. For the application of this clause electronic devices not

installed by the manufacturer on the production line shall not be taken into account.

Notes

A maximum concentration value up to 0.1% by weight and in homogeneous material,

for lead, hexavalent chromium and mercury and up to 0.01% by weight in

homogeneous material for cadmium shall be tolerated.

The re-use of parts of vehicles which were already on the market at the date of expiry

of an exemption shall be allowed without limitation since it is not covered by

regulation 4(2)(a).

Spare parts put on the market after 1 July 2003 which are used for vehicles put on the

market before 1 July 2003 shall be exempted from the provisions of regulation

4(2)(a)( * ). ".

* This clause shall not apply to wheel balance weights, carbon brushes for electric motors and brake linings.

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