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BS EN 50419:2005 - Marking of electrical and electronic equipment in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE)
Foreword
This European Standard was prepared by the CENELEC BTTF 116-3, Waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
The text of the draft was submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure and was approved by CENELEC as EN 50419 on 2004-12-07. The following dates were fixed:
- latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2005-08-01
- latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2005-08-01 This European Standard was prepared under the mandate M/336 given to CENELEC by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association and supports the essential requirements of Directive 2002/96/EC.
Scope
This European Standard specifies a marking
- of electrical and electronic equipment in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE);
NOTE This is in addition to the marking requirement in Article 10(3) of this Directive which requires producers to mark electrical and electronic equipment put on the market after 13 August 2005 with a 'crossed-out wheeled bin' symbol.
- that applies to electrical and electronic equipment falling under Annex IA of Directive 2002/96/EC, provided the equipment concerned is not part of another type of equipment that does not fall within the scope of this Directive. Annex IB of Directive 2002/96/EC contains an indicative list of the products, which fall under the categories set out in Annex IA of this Directive;
- that serves to clearly identify the producer of the equipment and that the equipment has been put on the market after 13 August 2005.
The definition of a technical carrier medium for identifying the producer, such as a barcode, electronic data medium or microchip, is not covered by this standard.
Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
- EN 28601:1992, Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of dates and times<
- EN 61429:1996/A11:1998, Marking of secondary cells and batteries with the international recycling symbol
- ISO 7000-1135 and indications regarding directives 93/86/EEC and 91/157/EEC