List of prohibited hazardous substances (as of: April status: informative; frozen 4/2010)

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1 List of prohibited hazardous substances (as of: April status: informative; frozen 4/2010) Substance/ CAS No. Affected application Limit value Excemp- Legal regulations 2) Summary of bans or restrictions on the distribution of hazardous substances, valid in the EC and in some other countries Electrical and electronic and components; metal, glass and ceramic parts Lead Electrical and electronic 0.1 yes EU RoHS CH 2.16(6) Cadmium Electrical and electronic 0.01 yes EU RoHS Cadmium compounds CH 2.16(6) Metal surface coating n.d. yes EU REACH App. XVII CH 2.9, 2.16(2) DK Statutory Order No. 1199: limit value % Zinc layers CH 2.16(3) Mercury Electrical and electronic 0.1 yes EU RoHS Mercury compounds All applications n.d. yes CH 1.7 Decree 9 September NL 1998 SE SFS 1998:944 Hexavalent chromium Electrical and electronic 0.1 yes EU RoHS (Cr VI ) CH 2.16(6) Electrical and electronic 0.1 yes EU RoHS biphenyls (PBBs) CH 1.9 diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) Octabromodiphenyleth er 0 All applications 0.1 EU REACH (OBDE) Pentabromodiphenylether (PeBDE) Batteries and accumulators Lead Fixed batteries 6) 0.1 yes CH 2.15 Cadmium Portable batteries and yes EU 2006/66/EC accumulators Zinc-carbon batteries CH 2.15 Fixed batteries 6) yes Mercury Batteries and accumula yes EU 2006/66/EC tors Fixed batteries 6) CH 2.15 Button cells and batteries 2 EU 2006/66/EC composed of button cells CH 2.15 Alkali-manganese batte yes CH 2.15 ries Zinc-carbon batteries CH 2.15 Prohibited hazardous substances A2016 page 1 of 5

2 Plastics and rubber parts, wire insulation, coats of lacquer biphenyls Electrical and electronic 0.1 yes EU RoHS (PBBs) CH 1.9 diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) Octabromodiphenyleth er All applications 0.1 EU REACH App. XVII (OBDE) Pentabromodiphenyl- 9 ether (PeBDE) Short-chain chlorinated Sealing compounds 1.0 CH 1.2 paraffins (C10-C13) Plastics and rubber Lead and lead com- Paints and varnishings 0.01 yes CH 2.8 pounds Cadmium and cadmium compounds Pigments in plastics 0.01 yes EU REACH App. XVII 2.9, 2.16(2) Statutory Order No. 1199: Stabilized vinyl chloride 0.01 yes CH polymers and copolymers DK (e.g. PVC) limit values % Paints and varnishings 0.01 yes CH 2.8 Insulating materials Asbestos All applications 0.1 (total) yes EU REACH App. XVII see below n.d. yes CH 1.6 Man-made vitreous (silicate) fibres with random orientation with oxide of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium and barium content >18 % by mass Articles for heat and noise reduction in building construction including technical insulation and for ventilation systems 0.1 (total) yes DE ChemVerbotsV Other materials (e.g. wood) Arsenic compounds Wood n.d. yes EU REACH App. XVII Formaldehyd Holzwerkstoffe 0,1 ml/m 3 ja DE ChemVerbotsV (special AT BGBl. Nr. 194/1990 method of KIFS 1998:8 (9, 20- testing) SE 27 ) Creosote Wood and wooden mate- n.d. yes EU REACH App. XVII rials Pentachlorophenol (PCP) All applications yes EU REACH App. XVII Pentachlorophenol, so (total) dium salt Other PCP salts and compounds Prohibited hazardous substances A2016 page 2 of 5

3 Coolants, insulating gases and liquids, fire extinquishing agents CFCs and halons see below All applications n.d. EU 1005/2009 US CAA (42 USC 7671 et seq.) 1.4, CH 2.3, HCFCs Use in cooling and air- n.d. yes EU 1005/2009 conditioning devices FCs Fire protection systems n.d. EU 842/2006 and fire extinguishers FCs Non-confined direct- n.d. EU 842/2006 HFCs evaporation systems containing refrigerants Cooling and air conditioning n.d. yes AT BGBl. Nr. 447/2002 FCs One component foams n.d. yes HFCs Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) EU 842/2006 Statutory Order no. 552 of 2 HFCs Cooling plants, heat n.d. DK pumps, air conditioning July 2002 plants (comfort cooling) and dehumidifiers with charges 10 kg 1.4, 2.3, 2.9- HCFCs (C1 to C3) All applications n.d. yes CH HBrFCs (C1 to C3) 12 Methyl bromide Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) Insulating and quenching n.d. AT BGBl. Nr. 447/2002 gas in electrotechnical systems and appliances up to 1 kv (over 1kV obligation to report) Statutory Order no. Low voltage plants ( 1 n.d. DK 552 of 2 kv) July 2002 All applications (over 1 kg n.d. yes CH 1.5 obligation to report in cases of exceptions) Polychlorinated biphenyls All applications yes EU REACH App. XVII (PCBs) (total) Polychlorinated , terphen- 8 n.d. CH 2.14 yls (PCTs) Monomethyltetrachloro di- 6 phenylmethane (Ugilec 141) Monomethyldichlorodiphenylmethane (Ugilec 121 or 21) Prohibited hazardous substances A2016 page 3 of 5

4 Coolants, insulating gases and liquids, fire extinquishing agents Monomethyldibromodi phenylmethane 8 (DBBT) Polychlorinated TSCA (15 USC biphenyls Not totally enclosed 0.05 yes US 2605) (PCBs) + 40 CFR 761 Halogenated All applications n.d. CH 1.1 biphenyls, terphenyls, naphthalenes Halogenated aromatic Capacitors and transfor- 0,05/0,005 CH 2.14 compounds mers (mono-/ polyhalogenated) Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its metal All applications 0.1 yes EU REACH App. XVII salts, halides, amides, and other derivatives including polymers (PFOS) Packaging Heavy metals (lead, Packaging and packaging 0.01 (total) EU 94/62/EC cadmium, hexavalent components CH 2.16(4) chromium, mercury) Cleaning agents Aliphatic CHCs s. u. 3) All applications 0.1 (total) yes EU REACH App. XVII CH 1.3 1,1,1-Trichloroethane All applications n.d. CH 1.4 Tetrachloromethane Notes 1) "n.d. means that no limit value is defined by the legislation. 2) Country codes according to ISO 3166 ChemVerbotsV German chemicals prohibition ordinance (Chemikalienverbotsverordnung) CAA Clean Air Act KIFS Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate s Regulations (Kemikalieinspektionensföreskrifter) REACH Regulation 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals RoHS Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic (Directive 2002/95/EC) SFS Swedish Code of Statutes (Svensk författningssamling) ChemRRV Swiss ordinance on reduction of chemical risks (Chemikalien-Risikoreduktions- Verordnung) TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act Prohibited hazardous substances A2016 page 4 of 5

5 CAS No. CAS No. 3) Aliphatic CHCs 5) CFCs/Halons Tetrachloromethane Trichlorofluoromethane (R11) ,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane Dichlorodifluoromethane (R12) ,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane Chlorotrifluoromethane (R13) Pentachloroethane Tetrachlorodifluoroethane (R112) Trichloromethane (Chloroform) Trichlorotrifluoroethane (R113) ,1,1-Trichloroethane Dichlorotetrafluoroethane (R114) ,1,2-Trichloroethane Chloropentafluoroethane (R115) ,1-Dichloroethylene Bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon 1211) Bromotrifluoromethane (Halon 1301) ) Asbestos Dibromotetrafluoroethane (Halon 2402) Aktinolite Tetrachloromethane Amosite ,1,1-Trichloroethane Anthophyllite Chlorodifluoromethane (R22) Chrysotile Crocidolite Tremolite ) Fixed batteries are those which cannot be removed without effort from the appliances. They are either sol-dered, welded or in some other manner permanently connected to the contacts. Prohibited hazardous substances A2016 page 5 of 5