DIRECTIVE 2011/65/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

of 8 June 2011 

on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipmen

Article 2  Scope 

1. This Directive shall, subject to paragraph 2, apply to EEE  falling within the categories set out in Annex I. 

2. Without prejudice to Article 4(3) and 4(4), Member States  shall provide that EEE that was outside the scope of Directive  2002/95/EC, but which would not comply with this Directive,  may nevertheless continue to be made available on the market  until 22 July 2019. 

3. This Directive shall apply without prejudice to the  requirements of Union legislation on safety and health, and  on chemicals, in particular Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, as  well as the requirements of specific Union waste management  legislation. 

4. This Directive does not apply to: 

(a) equipment which is necessary for the protection of the  essential interests of the security of Member States,  including arms, munitions and war material intended for  specifically military purposes;

(b) equipment designed to be sent into space; 

(c) equipment which is specifically designed, and is to be  installed, as part of another type of equipment that is  excluded or does not fall within the scope of this Directive,  which can fulfil its function only if it is part of that  equipment, and which can be replaced only by the same  specifically designed equipment; 

(d) large-scale stationary industrial tools; 

(e) large-scale fixed installations;

(f) means of transport for persons or goods, excluding electric  two-wheel vehicles which are not type-approved; 

(g) non-road mobile machinery made available exclusively for  professional use; (h) active implantable medical devices; (i) photovoltaic panels intended to be used in a system that is  designed, assembled and installed by professionals for  permanent use at a defined location to produce energy  from solar light for public, commercial, industrial and residential applications; (j) equipment specifically designed solely for the purposes of  research and development only made available on a  business-to-business basis.