The European Commission proposes a new amendment No.17/2008 to Batteries 2006/66/EC
On April 17, 2008, the European Commission issued a statement regarding Article 6(2) of Regulation 2006/66/EC, "Batteries, Storage Batteries, Waste Batteries and Waste Storage Batteries". The statement explicitly states: |
The European Court of Justice ruled that the RoHS Directive should include a ban on the use of decabromodiphenyl ether (Decabromodiphenyl ether) No. 13/2008.
On April 1, 2008, the European Court of Justice ruled to overturn the exclusion clauses under the EU RoHS Directive that allowed the use of decabromodiphenyl ether (deca-BDE). This means that from July 1, 2008, electrical and electronic products sold in Europe were prohibited from containing decabromodiphenyl ether.