Article 4 (substance ban): Maximum concentration values for the banned substances are set (incorporation in the Directive of a Commission Decision) and permission to use non-compliant spare parts is extended to equipment benefitting from an exemption when placed on the market, to prevent premature withdrawal of equipment from use; a new annex with exemptions specific to the new product categories (medical devices and control and monitoring instruments) is ad
ded for cases where substitution is currently not feasible; a mechanism for introducing new substance bans in line with the REACH methodology is inserted to ensure coherence and max
...[+++]imise synergy with the work carried out under the chemicals' legislation. Detailed rules of this process will be developed through comitology.