Summary

• Author: Clemm, Christan; Löw, Clara; Baron, Yifaat; Moch, Katja; Möller, Martin; Köhler, Andreas R; Gensch, Carl-Otto; Deubzer, Otmar
• Pages: 7-8

Euro pean Comm issio n

In ven tor y an d p rior iti satio n

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1. Summary

Thi s rep ort describ es activit ies carr ied out in the scope of the pro ject Id entification

and Prior itisati on of Substances for Inclusion in the List of Restricte d Sub stan ces

(Annex II ) under t he RoHS Direct ive. All activ iti es are based on t he Manual

Met hodol ogy for Ide ntif ication and Assessm ent of Su bsta nces f or I nclusion in the List

of Restr icted Substan ces ( Annex II ) under t he RoHS 2 Direct ive (dat ed 26.0 9.2 019),

here aft er “ th e m anua l”.

The repor t d escribes the wo rk carr ied out in acco rdan ce w ith th e fo llow ing parts of

th e m anual :

 PART I: Identi ficat ion of su bstances used and/ or p resen t in EEE, which may h ave

negat ive impacts on h uman h ealth, the environmen t or r esour ce eff iciency d urin g

use and/ or during WEEE m anag emen t a ccordi ng t o RoHS Art icle 6(1 ). The

exi stin g inventor y of a p revi ous st udy was used as a basis t o be upd ated . Existin g

dat abases and computer-based too ls w ere then used to est ablish a

com prehen sive dat abase w ith inf orm ati on on t he subst ances co ncerned, w ith a

focu s on hazard prop erties ( hum an healt h and envir onm ental h azards) and use

aspects (t ypical appli cations, volu mes of u se). This work r esult ed in an inv entory

of 897 sub stances t hat were i ndicated to be p resen t in EEE or used during th e

manuf acturing of EEE. Those subst ances were then pre-assessed acco rdin g t o a

range of crit eri a t o pr ovide a fir st indi catio n regar ding th e sub stan ces pr iori ty for

fu rth er assessmen t, result ing in 10 gro ups, fr om grou p I ( priorit y for fur the r

assessment , 57 su bst ances) t o gr oup X ( no priority for f urt her assessment ).

 PART II: Prio ritisation of su bsta nces u sed i n EEE, w hich may most likely have

negat ive imp acts on hum an health, t he environm ent or resource ef ficiency during

use and/ or during WEEE management accord ing to RoHS Ar ticl e 6( 1). This par t

was app lied to a sub-selection of the sub-stances ident ified in P I , under stood to

have the hig hest pr iori ty for fu rth er assessm ent according to t he g uida nce in P I II

of the manual. In form at ion was collected and review ed on v olum es of use and on

ty pical appl icati ons i n EEE. Ba sed on th is in format ion and the hazar d pr oper ties of

th e sub stan ce, a sor ting and cluster ing of t he p rior itised su bsta nces w as carried

out , r esult ing in fiv e clu ster s of subst ances (clu ster s I a) to I e)) . Th e seven

sub stances in cluster I a) are of t he high est hazar d gr oup and were indicat ed t o

be used in h igh volu mes or as nano-m ater ial or were ind icated t o be poten tial

sub stit utes for sub stances listed under Ann ex I I of t he RoHS Direct ive or su b-

stances that are cur rent ly un der assessm ent for a possible inclusi on in An nex II .

The fu rth er clust ers of subst ances increm ent ally fulfil few er crit eria.

The followin g do cuments were p rodu ced t hat con stit ute the result s of thi s wor k:

 Pre-p rior iti sed subst ance in ventor y: A sp read sheet form at list containing m ore

th an 9 00 subst ances that are indi cated to be p resent i n EEE or used in t he

manufacture of EEE, including inf orm ation on th eir identit y ( CAS nu mber, EC

nu mber , su bstan ce na me) , t heir leg al stat us u nder v arious dire ctiv es an d

reg ulat ions (CLP, REACH, RoHS, POPs Regulat ion, am ong othe rs), th eir hazar dous

pr opert ies (CMR, PBT/vPvB, end ocrin e disrup tin g pr operties , et c.), and t heir