Hello Chris Thanks for this and the reference to Envirowise. That was what I was afraid of - that they are trying to twist the ten categories to force everything into one or other of them. In that case, what is the "excluded" category under 5 (3) (a) for?
Regards Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colgan, Christopher [Harman Pro Group UK]" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 3:31 PM Subject: RE: WEEE Regulations - included or excluded? Hello Bill The ten listed categories are far broader than the appear. We found out that professional audio equipment falls under the "consumer equipment" category. Try contacting Envirowise, http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/page.aspx?o=helpline they were very helpful. Regards Chris From: Bill Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 05 January 2007 12:33 To: [email protected] Subject: WEEE Regulations - included or excluded? Dear All, Following the recent publication of the UK's definitive Regulations under the EC WEEE Directive (The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 - freely downloadable as http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/uksi_20063289_en.pdf) we are trying to determine whether we are required to comply with respect to the products we manufacture and/or market. Our main products are electrical equipment for professional/industrial use, particularly mains voltage stabilisers (regulators), UPS, and power transformers and resistors. We also market (stand-alone) standards, calibration and testing instruments. As far as we can see, these products fall into none of the ten categories set out in Schedule 1 to the Regulations, and therefore Regulation 5 (3) (a) applies, which states "(3) These Regulations do not apply to EEE - "(a) that is part of a type of equipment to which paragraph (1) does not apply;" In these circumstances we seek advice as to whether our interpretation is correct, whether we are required (or recommended) to register, and whether excluded EEE should be marked with the "crossed wheelie bin". (I recall that when CE marking first came in there was a lot of discussion as to whether equipment for which CE marking was not mandatory could be so marked if the customer insisted, or whether it was actually illegal to do so.) Sorry if this is somewhat off-topic, but as many compliance people deal with other areas alongside EMC, I hope it is OK to ask - even to find a more appropriate forum. Thanks and regards Bill -- Bill Lyons - [email protected] / [email protected] - 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/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 - 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/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 - 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/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 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
