Council and Parliament reached a deal on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment

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Series Details 21.06.17
Publication Date 21/06/2017
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On 21 June 2017, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a proposal for a revised directive concerning the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. The proposed directive aims at revising the scope of the Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2). The agreement still had to be confirmed by the EU ambassadors (Coreper) during their meeting scheduled for the following Friday, 23 June.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/06/21-electronic-equipment/
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