The day before Vitorino's announcement, the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC) denounced - through the release of a study it had commissioned - the negative impact that withdrawing the private copy and
reprography system would have: the rights holders would lose both the revenue generated by the tax, and the incentive to create; the revenues of the manufacturers of copying or
reprography equipment could therefore diminish in the long run, since rights holders would be less enthusiastic; and, in the end, consumers would be losing out on content.
- Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun-tanning lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb) as well as when used as speciality lamps for diazo-printing
reprography, lithography, insect traps, photochemical and curing processes containing phosphors such as SMS ((Sr,Ba)2MgSi2O7:Pb);