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The flow chart below can be used by producers to identify if electrical and electronic equipment falls under the scope of the WEEE regulations.
Not covered
Needs electric current or electromagnetic fields to works?
Less than
1,000v AC or 1,500v DC?
Start
Fits within one of ten product categories?
- Large household appliances
- Small household appliances
- IT and telecommunications equipment
- Consumer equipment
- Lighting equipment
- Electrical and electronic tools (except all large-scale stationary industrial tools)
- Monitoring and control instruments
- Automatic dispensers
- Medical devices
- Toys, leisure and sports equipment
No
No
No
Covered by a specific exemption?
- Equipment designed to protect the UK's national security.
- Filament light bulbs.
- Household light fittings of any kind.
- Large industrial tools, permanently fixed in industrial machinery or an industrial location.
- High-voltage equipment that is designed for use with a voltage rating exceeding 1,000 volts AC or 1,500 volts DC.
- Contaminated medical implants and medical equipment.
- Spare parts that are used to repair EEE.
- Consumables for EEE, such as printer cartridges.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Main power source
is electricity?
Electricity is needed for
the primary function?
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Forms part of equipment not included in product categories?
Yes
No
Covered by scope of the WEEE Regulations
Yes
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