(4)By Delegated Directive (EU) 2014/72/EUnote, the Commission granted an exemption for the use of lead in solders and termination finishes of electrical and electronic components and finishes of printed circuit boards used in ignition modules and other electrical and electronic engine control systems, which for technical reasons must be mounted directly on or in the crankcase or cylinder of hand-held combustion engines (classes SH:1, SH:2, SH:3 of Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote) (“the exemption”) by including those applications in Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU. The exemption was to expire for categories 1 to 7 and 10 on 31 December 2018, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) of that Directive.