Introduction of RoHS & WEEE
On these pages you will find detailed information on the following two EC directives, on 13 February 2003 entered into force. In Germany were both directives by the "ElectroG - Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act", on 23 Promulgated in March 2005 was implemented. On 24 March 2005, the Act came into force.
Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (2002/96/EC) (WEEE: Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment)
Directive on the Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (2002/95/EC) (RoHS: Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Objectives of the guidelines
The aim of the WEEE directive is the environment: avoid waste, recycle and / or exploit. The RoHS directive aims to align national laws, health and the environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Major contents of the guidelines
The Member States shall ensure that
the takeover of the Product Stewardship for treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of equipment by manufacturers is guaranteed
at least 4 kilograms of WEEE from private households per inhabitant per year are collected separately (no later than 31 December 2006)
the free return opportunity for private households and distributors is
the producers targets for recovery and recycling to meet (until 31 December 2006)
each manufacturer in the marketing of a product constitutes a guarantee from which it appears that financing the disposal of all waste is guaranteed
a directory of manufacturers is created and data on quantities and types of devices from marketing to be collected for disposal
the producers of waste disposal fund
prohibiting the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium and brominated flame retardants (polybrominated biphenyls or polybrominated diphenyl ethers) in electrical and electronic equipment from 1 July 2006 is respected. (For certain applications, there are exceptions)
Which products are affected?
WEEE: The electrical and electronic equipment categories are affected:
Large household appliances
Small household
IT and telecommunications equipment
Consumer devices
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Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of stationary industrial tools)
Toys and sports and leisure equipment
Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products)
Monitoring and control instruments
Automatic dispensers RoHS: The electrical and electronic equipment categories are affected: All of the above categories already, with the exception of category 8 and 9 "Electric light bulbs and lamps in households" are also affected by the RoHS
Except for spare parts for the repair or reuse of electrical and electronic equipment, before 1 July 2006 were placed on the market any way Detailed information about the various directives
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