Europe | Directive (EU) 2025/2363 Amending RoHS Directive on Exemptions for Lead in Glass or Ceramic Components (7(c)-I, 7(c)-II, 7(c)-V, 7(c)-VI)

On November 21,  the EU Commission published Directive (EU) amending RoHS directive regards an exemption for lead in glass or ceramic components.

Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as follows:

(1) points 7(c)-I and 7(c)-II are replaced by the following:
7(c)-I - Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a glass or ceramic other than dielectric ceramic in capacitors, e.g. piezoelectronic devices, or in a glass or ceramic matrix compound.
- Applies to all categories and expires on 30 June 2027.

7(c)-II - Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors for a rated voltage of 125 V AC or 250 V DC or higher.
- Applies to all categories (except applications covered by point 7(c)-I or 7(c)-IV) and expires on December 31, 2027.

(2) the following points 7(c)-V and 7(c)-VI are added:
7(c)-V - Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a glass or glass matrix compound that fulfills any of the following functions:
(1) for protection and electrical insulation in glass beads of high-voltage diodes and glass layers for wafers;
(2) for hermetic sealing between ceramic, metal and/or glass parts;
(3) for bonding purposes in a process parameter window for < 500 °C combined with a viscosity of 1 013,3 dPas ('glass-transition temperature');
(4) for use as a resistive material such as ink, with a resistivity range from 1 ohm/square to 100 megohm/square, excluding trimmer potentiometers;
(5) for use in chemically modified glass surfaces for microchannel plates (MCPs), channel electron multipliers (CEMs) and resistive glass products (RGPs).
- Applies to all categories and expires on December 31, 2027.

7(c)-VI - Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a ceramic that fulfills any of the following functions:
(1) for use in piezoelectric lead zirconium titanate (PZT) ceramics;
(2) or providing ceramics with a positive temperature coefficient (PTC).
- Applies to all categories (except applications covered by points 7(c)-II, 7(c)-III and 7(c)-IV of this Annex as well as point 14 of Annex IV) and expires on December 31, 2027.​