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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2019) XXX  draft  
ANNEX  
 
ANNEX  
to  
Commission Delegated Directive  
amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to 
Directive  2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an 
exemption for the use of cadmium and lead in plastic profiles in electrical and elect ronic 
windows and doors containing recovered polyvinyl chloride   EN 1  EN ANNEX  
In Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU , the following entry  45 is added : 
"45 Cadmium and lead in rigid plastic 
profiles containing mixtures 
produced from polyvinyl chloride  
waste (hereinafter referred to as 
‘recovered rigid PVC’), used for 
electrical and electronic windows 
and doors, where the 
concentration in the recovered 
rigid PVC material does not 
excee d 0,1  % cadmium by weight  
(expressed as Cd metal) and /or 
2 % lead by weight  (expressed as 
Pb metal), provided that the 
components concerned are 
visibly, legibly and indelibly 
marked with the sta tement 
‘Contains recovered PVC’  Applies to category 11  and e xpires on [the 
last day of the  24th month after the 
publication of the Delegated Directive in the 
Official Journal ]." 
 