Directive 2000/53/EC on end-life-vehicles ("ELV" Directive) restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in vehicles. The Directive includes a list of exemptions to these use restrictions, which is adapted regularly to scientific and technical progress according to the respective provisions...

The scope of the project covers the evaluation of three requests for new exemptions. An overview of the exemption requests is given in Figure E. 1 in the Executive Summary. In the course of the project, a stakeholder consultation was conducted. In agreement with the European Commission, the...

This study uses life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology under the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)1 framework to compare the environmental performance of very lightweight plastic carrier bags-defined as those plastic carrier bags under 15 micrometres in thickness which are required for...

The RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU entered into force on 21 July 2011 and led to the repeal of Directive 2002/95/EC on 3 January 2013. The Directive can be considered to have provided for two regimes under which exemptions could be considered, RoHS 1 (the former Directive 2002/95/EC) and RoHS 2 (the...

Directive 2000/53/EC on end-life-vehicles ("ELV" Directive) restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in vehicles. The Directive includes a list of exemptions to these use restrictions, which is adapted regularly to scientific and technical progress according to the respective provisions...

The objective of this study is to analyse different options to address the presence on the EU market of plastic crates and pallets with a heavy metal concentration level exceeding the limit of 100 ppm set in Article 11(1) of the PPWD, to assess available data and information, identify and...