Hi Jim, As the marking of batteries also look somewhat similar to the wheelie bin, the EN 50419 defines a new look so that they will not be mixed up (i guess). However reading the standard will clarify the meaning and use of the WEEE marking.
Also note that several EU countries still have not put the WEEE directive into law and being a minimum directive this has potential of several country specific solutions to its implementation. So there is a lot more work than just marking properly. Best regards PBI-Dansensor Peter Weichel Test and Approval Engineer PBI-Dansensor A/S Denmark e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.pbi-dansensor.com CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. >>> "Jim Eichner" <[email protected]> 07-11-2005 21:28 >>> I'm trying to determine what the WEEE marking consists of. The wheelie-bin symbol is a given, but what is the black rectangle underneath it? I have heard it said it's for a date, presumably the date of mfr or the date on which it was first placed on the market, or something like that. However I've not been able to find a definitive answer. >From a BuyUSA website Power Point on the WEEE Directive I get the following quote (between the lines of ***) ************************ The standard - EN 50419, Marking of electrical and electronic equipment in accordance with Article 11(2) Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE - was ratified on 7 December 2004. 1 August 2005 is the deadline by when all members of CENELEC must publish it as a national standard and withdraw any existing national standards which conflict with it. The standard says that to identify the producer and the equipment put on the market after 13 August 2005, the following shall be applied to the product: * a unique identification of the producer (a brand name, trademark, company registration number or any other suitable means of identification) * the date of manufacture or date put on the market, either in uncoded text or in coded text for which the code is made available to treatment facilities, and/or an additional mark used in conjunction with the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol. This additional mark is a solid bar, containing no text or other information, which appears below the bin symbol and whose dimensions are specified in the standard. *********************** That just adds to my confusion: why would a solid bar containing no information be a useful marking? Why would it be considered a substitute for the date, as indicated by the "and/or" above? I've got to think that the above quote has it wrong. Anybody know the answer? Thanks, Jim Eichner, P.Eng. Compliance Engineering Manager Xantrex Technology Inc. e-mail: [email protected] web: www.xantrex.com Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
