If you have time, download the free Practical Guide to Understanding the Scope of the WEEE and RoHS, you will find what they say about UPS. They consider UPS out from the field of application of RoHS.
ORGALIME (Bruxelles)is the European Engineering )industries Association representing the interests of mechanical, electrical, electronic and metalworking industries at the level of EU in the legal, technical and economic fields.
They represent 34 European Category Associations for a total of 130.000 different EU companies.
Best Regards.....GS
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Orgalime has just published a Practical Guide to Understanding the Scope of the WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) and RoHS (restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances) Directives. This illustrated guide is intended to help authorities and producers to interpret the scope of these two directives by providing interpretations, criteria and decision trees that help the reader to determine whether products falling in �grey areas� do actually fall within the scope of these directives or not. This is an area where considerable confusion still exists.
While a binding interpretation of the directives including their scopes is the exclusive competence of the European Court of Justice, this Orgalime Guide reflects the best knowledge and expertise of industry experts across Europe, and the state of the art at the moment of its publication. It is fully based on the text of the directives, finally adopted implementing decisions and the Commission's Frequently Asked Questions document of May 2005.
To purchase a copy of the guide please contact your national Orgalime member � "click here for list". If your company or organisation is not based in one of the listed countries, please contact Orgalime directly: "contact". Once you have purchased the printed guide, as of 1 March 2006, you will be entitled to a free electronic version that you can download from the website: "http://publications.orgalime.org" using the user ID noted on the inside cover of your guide.
Subject to new information, this document may be modified to accommodate new developments. Such updates will be announced on Orgalime�s website.
Orgalime will also be issuing further documents on this directive including: - Guide on definitions used in WEEE and RoHS. - Guide to contractual options for producers selling business-to-business equipment. Organisations and companies who have registered when downloading the electronic version of the Practical Guide to Understanding the Scope of the WEEE and RoHS will receive automatic notification when these documents are available and can be obtained through the Orgalime network.
For further information, please click here : WEEE RoHS scope guide 190106.pdf
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