Regulations, 2020

L.N. 313 of 2020

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Waste Management (End of Life Vehicles) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55(1)

and (2) of the Environment Protection Act, the Minister for the

Environment, Climate Change and Planning after consultation with the

Environment and Resources Authority, has made the following

regulations:-

The title of these regulations is Waste Management (End of Citation.

Life Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 and they shall be read

and construed as one with the Waste Management (End of Life

Vehicles) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal S.L. 549.36.

regulations".

These regulations shall bring into force the provisions of Scope.

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/362 of 17 December

2019 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles as regards the

exemption for hexavalent chromium as anti-corrosion agent of the

carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators in motor

caravans and of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363 of 17

December 2019 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles as

regards certain exemptions for lead and lead compounds in

components.

In sub-regulation (3) of regulation 1 of the principal Amends

regulations, the words "and Commission Directive 2017/2096/EU of regulation

the principal

15 November 2017" shall be substituted by the words ", Commission regulations.

Directive 2017/2096/EU of 15 November 2017, Commission

Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/362 of 17 December 2019, and

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363 of 17 December

2019.".

Schedule 3 of the principal regulations, shall be amended as Amends

Schedule 3 of

follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

item 8(e) thereof, shall be substituted by the

following

"8 (e). Lead in high (2)

X";

melting temperature

type solders (i.e. lead

based alloys contain-

ing 85% or more lead

by weight)

(b) item 8(f)(b) thereof, shall be substituted by the

following

"8 (f) (b). Lead in

Vehicles type-

X";

compliant pin connec-

approved before 1 Jan-

tor systems other than

uary 2024 and spare

the mating area of

parts for these vehicles

vehicle harness con-

nectors

(c) item 8(g) thereof, shall be substituted by the

following

"8 (g) (i). Lead in solders to Vehicles type approved

X

complete a viable electrical before 1 October 2022 and

connection between semicon- spare parts for these vehicles

ductor die and carrier within

integrated circuit flip chip

packages

8 (g) (ii). Lead in solders to (2)

X";

complete a viable electrical Valid for vehicles type-

connection between the semi- approved from 1 October

conductor die and the carrier 2022 onwards and for spare

within integrated circuit flip parts for these vehicles

chip packages where that

electrical connection consists

of any one (1) of the follow-

ing

(i) a semiconductor technol-

ogy node of 90 nm or larger;

(ii) a single die of 300 mm 2 or

larger in any semiconductor

technology node;

(iii) stacked die packages

with dies of 300 mm 2 or

larger, or silicon interposers

of 300 mm 2 or larger.

(d)

immediately after item 8(j) thereof, there shall be

added the following new item

"8 (k). Soldering of heating Vehicles type approved

X (4) ";

applications with 0.5A or

before 1 January 2024 and

more of heat current per

spare parts for these vehi-

related solder joint to single cles

panes of laminated glazings

not exceeding wall thick-

ness of 2.1 mm. This

exemption does not cover

soldering to contacts

embedded in the intermedi-

ate polymer

(e)

item 14 thereof, shall be substituted by the following

"14. Hexavalent chro-

X".

mium as an anti-corro-

sion agent of the

carbon steel cooling

system in absorption

refrigerators up to

0.75% by weight in the

cooling solution

(i) designed to oper- Vehicles type approved

ate fully or partly

before 1 January 2020

with electrical

and spare parts for

heater, having an

these vehicles

average utilised

electrical power

input at less than

75W at constant

running conditions;

(ii) designed to

Vehicles type approved

operate fully or

before 1 January 2026

partly with electrical and spare parts for

heater, having an

these vehicles

average utilised

electrical power

input at 75W or

more at constant

running conditions;

(iii) designed to

fully operate with

non-electrical

heater.

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