2011年5月20日，歐盟委員會 (European Commission, EC) 頒布了一項法規(guī)(EU 494/2011)，以修訂REACH 附錄十七(Annex XVII)對鎘 (Cadmium) 含量的限制。此法規(guī)限制珠寶首飾、銅焊條和所有塑料的鎘含量，并按照2011年5月21日頒布的修正案 (Corrigendum)所示，于 2011年12月10日正式執(zhí)行。
European Commission published a new regulation EU 494/2011 on May 20th, 2011 to amend the cadmium limit in REACH Annex XVII. This new regulation specified the cadmium limit for jewelry, copper welding rod and all kinds of plastics. According to the corrigendum published on May 21st, 2011, it will come into force from Dec 10th, 2011.

歐盟限制鎘含量的指令91/338/EEC
European Directive for Cadmium 91/338/EEC

91/338/EEC 限制在色素、染料、穩(wěn)壓器和電鍍中使用鎘。該指令指出，在消費品、塑膠或油漆中鎘的最大可允許含量不超過100mg/kg。
Cadmium was limited to be used in pigment, dyes, voltage stabilizer and electroplating in Directive 91/338/EEC. According to this directive, the maximum acceptable limit of cadmium is 100 mg/kg in consumer product, plastics or paint.

修訂內容提要
Amending content highlight

EU 494/2011出臺前，REACH附錄十七(Annex XVII) 已對混合物和物品的鎘含量施行數(shù)項限制?，F(xiàn)在，限制范圍則延伸至珠寶首飾、銅焊條和所有塑料，把鎘含量限于0.01%的水平。對于循環(huán)再用的聚氯乙烯 (PVC) 物料于建筑產(chǎn)品的應用，新法規(guī)容許重復使用低鎘含量 (0.1%) 的再生聚氯乙烯 (recovered PVC)。修訂后的REACH附錄十七對鎘含量的限制更加明確和具體。
Before EU 494/2011 is published, limit for mixture and article had been specified in REACH Annex XVII. Now the scope for limitation extend to jewelry, copper welding rod and all kinds of plastics and the limit of cadmium is 0.01% for the products mentioned above. With regard to applying cycle-used PVC on construction product, it is allowed to use recovered PVC with low cadmium content (0.1%) repeatedly. The restriction on camium in amended REACH Annex XVII is more specific.

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