If you sell products to the EU, you may need to actively participate in the reporting requirements of the 2012/19 / EU WEEE Directive.
WEEE 2012/19 / EU is not a CE marking directive, and if your product is covered, it is not subject to a CE marking directive and (eg Low Voltage Directive 2006/95 / EC). Moreover, even if it is subject to a CE marking directive that requires a declaration of conformity, compliance with the WEEE directive should not be achieved in a supplement declaration of conformity.
"WEEE" is defined in Article 1 as "waste from electrical equipment".
The purpose of the WEEE Directive 2012/1 / E is to force manufacturers and distributors of electrical products to participate in the recycling and collection of electronic equipment at the end of its life.
The responsibility for this is given to the person commissioning the equipment in the European Union. Therefore, if you use a distributor, it is the distributor's responsibility to comply with legal requirements. However, if you sell directly to your customers in the EU, it is your responsibility as a manufacturer.
The legal requirements of the 2012/19 / EU WEEE Directive are troublesome. These include communicating with individual regulatory offices within each member country where you place equipment. Some EU member states have more than one of these offices. The amount of WEEE disposal material placed in each responsibility area every month should be reported to the appropriate regulatory authorities in each region where you ship your products.
Equipment under the WEEE Directive 2012/19 / EU is set out in Annex I. Appendix I lists the devices for which compatibility requirements are required during the transition period ending on August 14, 2018.
More equipment is subject to the WEEE Directive 2012/19 / EU at the end of the transition period. This equipment is set out in Annex III and is subject to the WEEE Directive 15/2018 / EU as of August 2012, 19.
The WEEE Directive 2012/19 / EU is more comprehensive than RoHS. Article 2 (1) (a) defines the scope of the WEEE Directive, with respect to the exceptions specified in Article 2 (3) & (4), limited to the list in Annex I.
Excluded Article 2 (3), (4):
It is recommended that you review Annex II and Annex IV to determine whether your equipment is considered to be one of the types of equipment specified in Annex I or Annex III. Descriptive lists of sample equipment can be found in these sections.
After determining whether your equipment is covered by the WEEE Directive, you should look at how the EU defined by the Directive sees your role in this process. Article 16 states that "manufacturers", including producers selling via remote communication, will "be registered with the Member State they are selling". Manufacturers are defined in Article 2012 (19) (f) for the WEEE Directive 3/1 / EU.
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