On December 15, 2022, the World Trade organization (WTO) circulated a proposal from the European Union (EU) announcing its intention to add an exemption for mercury in melt pressure transducers for capillary rheometers under certain conditions in Annex IV under Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2.0) through Notification G/TBT/N/EU/940. This proposal is open for feedback for 60 days and will enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

On 26 April 2021, the Commission received an application for a new exemption in Annex IV under RoHS. This requested exemption concerns the use of mercury in melt pressure transducers for capillary rheometers at temperatures over 300°C and pressures over 1000 bar. After evaluation of the exemption application, which included a technical and scientific assessment study, concluded that substitution of mercury in melt pressure transducers for capillary rheometers at temperatures over 300°C and pressures over 1000 bar are currently scientifically and technically impracticable. It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the requested exemption by including the applications covered by it in Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU with respect to electrical and electronic equipment of category 9. In order to comply with future restrictions on mercury-added products under Regulation (EU) 2017/852, it is necessary to limit the validity period of the exemption to 31 December 2024.

In Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU, the following entry 49 is added:

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