Hi Christine: There are 30 different programs for 30 Member States of EU on WEEE implementation.
These programs typically require manufacturer/distributor to have a contract with a collection/recycling entity in each country by certain date in 2005, plus periodic reporting quantity sold and weight to authorities in each country thereafter. Companies not registered will be banned from selling. Some countries, like Latvia, will not require a recycling contract. Instead they imposed a WEEE sales tax and revenue will be used for recycling. US Commercial Service website maintains up-to-date information on WEEE & RoHS. Click on any one of the 30 EU Member States for the Status of Implementation and contact information. http://www.buyusa.gov/europeanunion/weee.html Samuel Lifshutz Manager QA MRV Communications Inc. 20520 Nordhoff Street Chatsworth, CA 91311, USA Tel: (818) 772-6235 x265 Fax: (818) 772-0576 email: slifsh...@mrv.com From: christine...@aol.com [mailto:christine...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:00 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: WEEE Process for US Mfr's Hi All, We design telecom equipment in the US, it is manufactured by our CM's in China, and we sell it into Euorope through our internal sales force which does not have offices in Europe. Since our products are not sold to consumers, do we have to worry about setting up a recycling program to meet the WEEE directive? Currently, we are labeling our products with the Wheelie Bin and providing verbiage in our manual stating we are WEEE compliant. We believe that our end users/customers in Europe would be responsible for any Recycling process /program. Are we getting this right or do we need to contract with an EU authorized agent to setup a collection / recycling program for our equipment. Chris ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 emc-p...@ieee.org 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 emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org 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 emc-p...@ieee.org 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 emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
