The EU has decided
to introduce two new regulations which affect our hardware components:
-
WEEE ("Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment")
and
-
RoHS ("Restriction on Hazardous Substances").
Both regulations have been created to protect
environment and to conserve resources. For more information we refer our
customers to Wikipedia (WEEE,
RoHS)!
Since we are not a registered hardware
manufacturer in the sense of the German WEEE & RoHS law, on this page
information about the WEEE / RoHS qualification of our hardware products
(found on the individual data sheet pages) are given.
|
Product is in full compliance
with German WEEE regulations and may be sold there without the corresponding
restrictions. |
|
Product has been put
in circulation in the EU for the first time before 2005-08-13. For
that reason, it may be sold without the corresponding restrictions in EU
countries! |
 |
Product has not
been put in circulation in the EU for the first time before 2005-08-13
and is not in compliance with WEEE. It must not be sold in the EU! |
|
Product is fully RoHS
compliant. |
|
Product has been put
in circulation in the EU for the first time before 2006-07-01. For
that reason it may be sold without the corresponding restrictions in EU
countries, provided there are no restrictions due to WEEE! |
|
Product has not been
put in circulation in the EU for the first time before 2006-07-01
and is not RoHS compliant. It must not be sold in the EU! |
Remarks
-
In Germany, WEEE compliance implies RoHS compliance,
but not vice versa.
|
