Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2023/544 of 16 December 2022 amending Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the exemptions for the use of lead in aluminium alloys for machining purposes, in copper alloys and in certain batteries (Text with EEA relevance)

Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.

1 Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 June 2023. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2 Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.