John, Thanks for this. However, if "most people would disagree with that interpretation" then I can't see what the (somewhat unexpected) addition of the excluded class per 5 (3) (a) is for. This is why I am trying to clarify whether this exemption does apply to the products I listed.
Best regards Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Woodgate" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 3:26 PM Subject: Re: WEEE Regulations - included or excluded? In message <[email protected]>, dated Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Bill Lyons <[email protected]> writes >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, I suspect that most people would disagree with that interpretation, even though it's nonsensical that WEEE is deemed by them to apply to long-life capital goods. I suspect that an exemption for such goods may be a feature of the first review of the Directive, but meanwhile you have all the pain of having to comply when it isn't justified. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Politically unexceptionable seasonal greetings to all. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - 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 ______________________________________________________________________
