Environment and health: electrical and electronic equipments WEEE, restriction of hazardous substances RoHS

The European Commission welcomes the adoption of the common position and notes that this is overall in line with the original Commission proposal. However, the formulation "by 1 January 2007 at the latest" used in Article 4 could create a transnational fragmentation of the internal market in case Member States would bring forward the ban of the targeted substances at different dates.�