S.L. 549.89 ст. 4Applicability.

(1) These regulations shall not apply to any of the following EEE:

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

(b) equipment which is specifically designed and installed as part of another type of equipment that is excluded from or does not fall within the scope of these regulations, which can fulfil its function only if it is part of that equipment;

(c) filament bulbs.

(2) In addition to the equipment specified in sub-regulation (1), from 15 August 2018, these regulations shall not apply to the following EEE:

(a) equipment designed to be sent into space;

(b) large-scale stationary industrial tools;

(c) large-scale fixed installations, except any equipment which is not specifically designed and installed as part of those installations;

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

(e) non-road mobile machinery made available exclusively for professional use;

(f) equipment specifically designed solely for the purposes of research and development that is only made available on a business-to-business basis;

(g) medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, where such devices are expected to be infective prior to end of life, and active implantable medical devices.

(3) These regulations shall apply without prejudice to the requirements of Union legislation on safety and health, on chemicals, in particular Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency*, as well as of specific Union waste management or product design legislation.