Automotive electronics are not under the scope of the WEEE and RoHS
directives. It is covered by the ELV (End of Live Vehicles) directive
2000/53/EC, which is in force since September 2000.
In the current ELV lead in solder is exempted, but discussion is
coming up to revise the Annex II (list of exemptions). There was a
study on "heavy metals in vehicles II), issued by Oekopol, an
institute working for the European Commission, which proposes a limit
value of 30g metallic lead in solder per car. If this limit is
exceeded, the related components have to be dismantled before disposal
of the car. But there will be a lot of discussion following before a
decision can be made.

The main argument for introduction of such a limit value is, to reduce
the heavy metal content of shredder waste, which then would allow a
more economic disposal or incineration of that waste, e.g.
coincineration in cement industry.





Lynn Norman <[log in to unmask]>@IPC.ORG> on 10/16/2001 04:43:24
PM

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I seem to remember a posting some time back that stated that
automotive
electronics are exempt from the WEEE directive.  Is this true?  I
couldn't
find it in the WEEE copy I have.

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