European Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (recast) was published on July 1 2011 in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The directive enters into force 20 days after publication and all EU Member States must have the directive enacted into their local member state law no later than 18 months after publication.
Link to Directive:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:174:0088:0110:EN:PDF
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