Consumer electronics and small appliances

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• When placing EEE on the market, manufacturers ensure that it has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the requirements set …

  “(a) when placing EEE on the market, manufacturers ensure that it has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the requirements set out in Article …”

• Hold a declaration: manufacturers draw up the required technical documentation and carry out the internal production control procedure in line with module A …

  “(b) manufacturers draw up the required technical documentation and carry out the internal production control procedure in line with module A of Annex II to Decision No 768/2008/EC or have it carried out; …”

• Hold a declaration: EU declaration of conformity with Directive 2011/65/EU, kept 10 years

  “(c) where compliance of EEE with the applicable requirements has been demonstrated by the procedure referred to in point (b), manufacturers draw up an EU …”

• Hold a declaration: manufacturers keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the EEE has been placed on the market

  “(d) manufacturers keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the EEE has been placed on the market; …”

• Label: type, batch or serial number or other element allowing identification

  “(g) manufacturers ensure that their EEE bears a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing its identification, or, where the size or nature …”

• Label: manufacturer name, registered trade name or trade mark; postal address (single contact point)

  “(h) manufacturers indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the address at which they can be contacted on the EEE or, …”

• Notify competent national authorities: non-compliance and corrective measures taken, when the manufacturer has reason to believe EEE placed on the market is not in conformity

  “immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made the EEE available to that effect …”

• Keep di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) within 0.1 %

  “Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (0,1 %)”

• Keep butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) within 0.1 %

  “Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) (0,1 %)”

• Keep cadmium within 0.01 %

  “Cadmium (0,01 %)”

• Keep di n butyl phthalate (DBP) within 0.1 %

  “Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (0,1 %)”

• Keep diisobutyl phthalate within 0.1 %

  “Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (0,1 %)”

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• Label: crossed-out wheeled bin symbol (Annex IX), preferably per EN 50419:2022; on packaging, instructions and warranty where size or function requires

  “Member States shall ensure that producers appropriately mark – preferably in accordance with the European standard EN 50419:2022 – EEE placed on the market with the symbol shown in Annex IX.”

• Disclose: in order to facilitate the preparation for re-use and the correct and environmentally sound treatment of WEEE, including maintenance, upgrade …

  “In order to facilitate the preparation for re-use and the correct and environmentally sound treatment of WEEE, including maintenance, upgrade, refurbishment and recycling, Member States …”

• Label: mark showing the EEE was placed on the market after 13 August 2005 (EN 50419:2022 preferred)

  “Member States shall ensure that a mark on the EEE specifies that the latter was placed on the market after 13 August 2005.”

• Register: WEEE producer register of the Member State the distance seller sells to, through an authorised representative if not registered there

  “Producers supplying EEE by means of distance communication as defined in Article 3(1)(f)(iv) shall be registered in the Member State that they sell to.”

• Register as an electrical-equipment (WEEE) producer in each EU country where you sell; if you sell from abroad, through an authorized representative

  “each producer, or each authorised representative where appointed under Article 17, is registered as required and has the possibility of entering online in their national …”

• Notify national WEEE producer register: EEE producer reporting of quantities placed on market

  “Quantity of EEE placed on the national market, by weight …”

• Disclose: EEE information for private-household users

  “Member States shall ensure that users of EEE in private households are given the necessary information about …”

• Register: article 17(2)

  Only if Sold online to consumers: Yes

  “which sells EEE to another Member State in which it is not established, appoints an authorised representative in that Member State as the person respo …”

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• Disclose: where economic operators make products available on the market online or through other means of distance sales, the offer of those products …

  “Where economic operators make products available on the market online or through other means of distance sales, the offer of those products shall clearly and visibly indicate at least the following information: (a) name, registered trade name or registered trade mark of the manufacturer, as well as the postal and electronic address at which they can be contacted; …”

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• Keep mercury and mercury compounds within 0.0005 %

  “Batteries, whether or not present in and incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, shall not contain more than 0,0005 % of mercury (expressed as mercury metal) by weight.”

• Keep cadmium and cadmium compounds within 0.002 %

  Only if Battery category: Portable battery

  “Portable batteries, whether or not present in and incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, shall not contain more than 0,002 % of cadmium (expressed as cadmium metal) by weight.”

• Keep lead and lead compounds within 0.01 %

  Only if Battery category: Portable battery

  “From 18 August 2024, portable batteries, whether or not present in and incorporated into appliances, shall not contain more than 0,01 % of lead (expressed as lead metal) by weight.”

• Batteries do not contain substances restricted by Annex I unless the conditions of the restriction are met

  “batteries shall not contain substances for which Annex I to this Regulation contains a restriction unless the conditions of that restriction are complied with.”

• Portable batteries incorporated in the product are readily removable and replaceable by the end-user at any time during the product's lifetime (commercially available tools; entire batteries, not cells)

  Only if Battery category: Portable battery

  “products incorporating portable batteries shall ensure that those batteries are readily removable and replaceable by the end-user at any time during the lifetime of the product.”

• Disclose: instructions and safety information on use, removal and replacement of the portable battery, permanently available online

  Only if Battery category: Portable battery

  “Those instructions and that safety information shall be made available permanently online, on a publicly available website, in an easily understandable way for end-users.”

• LMT batteries and their cells are readily removable and replaceable by an independent professional at any time during the product's lifetime

  Only if Battery category: LMT battery (e-bike, e-scooter)

  “shall ensure that those batteries, as well as individual battery cells included in the battery pack, are readily removable and replaceable by an independent professional …”

• Batteries available as spare parts for at least five years after the last unit of the model is placed on the market, at a reasonable and non-discriminatory price

  Only if Battery category: Portable battery or LMT battery (e-bike, e-scooter)

  “those batteries are available as spare parts of the equipment that they power for a minimum of five years after placing the last unit of the equipment model on the market …”

• Not allowed: banned

  Only if Battery category: Portable battery or LMT battery (e-bike, e-scooter)

  “Software shall not be used to impede the replacement of a portable battery or LMT battery, or of their key components, with another compatible battery or key components.”

• Register as a battery producer in each EU country where you sell, including batteries built into appliances

  “Producers shall only make available batteries, including those incorporated in appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, on the market of a Member State …”

• Extended producer responsibility (Arts. 56 to 76)

  “Producers shall have extended producer responsibility for batteries that they make available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State.”

• Financial contributions covering separate collection, transport and treatment of waste batteries, compositional survey of mixed municipal waste, information under Art. 74 and data reporting under Art. 75

  “The financial contributions to be paid by the producer shall cover the following costs for the products that the producer makes available on the market in the Member State concerned …”

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• Hold a declaration: technical documentation with declared parameter values (Annex II point 2(c)); internal design control or management system conformity assessment (Art. 4)

  “the technical documentation shall contain the declared values of parameters listed in Annex II, point 2(c).”

• Label: nameplate: output power (W), output voltage (V), output current (A)

  “from 1 April 2020, the nameplate shall include the following information: …”

• Disclose: manufacturer name and address, model identifier, input voltage and frequency, output voltage/current/power, average active efficiency, no-load power, in manuals and on a free-access website

  “from 1 April 2020, instruction manuals for end-users (where applicable), and free access websites of manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall include the following information, …”

• Meet the no load power w requirement (at most 0.21 W)

  Only if External power supply output type: AC to AC

  “PO ≤ 49,0 W 0,21 W 0,10 W 0,10 W 0,30 W …”

• Meet the no load power w requirement (at most 0.1 W)

  Only if External power supply output type: AC to DC and Power supply nameplate output power (W): below 49.01

  “PO ≤ 49,0 W 0,21 W 0,10 W 0,10 W 0,30 W …”

• Meet the no load power w requirement (at most 0.21 W)

  Only if External power supply output type: AC to DC and Power supply nameplate output power (W): 49.01 or more

  “PO > 49,0 W 0,21 W 0,21 W 0,21 W 0,30 W …”

• Meet the no load power w requirement (at most 0.1 W)

  Only if External power supply output type: Low voltage and Power supply nameplate output power (W): below 49.01

  “PO ≤ 49,0 W 0,21 W 0,10 W 0,10 W 0,30 W …”

• Meet the no load power w requirement (at most 0.21 W)

  Only if External power supply output type: Low voltage and Power supply nameplate output power (W): 49.01 or more

  “PO > 49,0 W 0,21 W 0,21 W 0,21 W 0,30 W …”

• Meet the no load power w requirement (at most 0.3 W)

  Only if External power supply output type: Multiple voltage outputs

  “PO ≤ 49,0 W 0,21 W 0,10 W 0,10 W 0,30 W …”

• Meet the average active efficiency requirement (at least 0.88 ratio)

  Only if External power supply output type: AC to AC or AC to DC and Power supply nameplate output power (W): 49.01 or more

  “PO > 49,0 W 0,880 0,880 0,870 0,860 …”

• Meet the average active efficiency requirement (at least 0.87 ratio)

  Only if External power supply output type: Low voltage and Power supply nameplate output power (W): 49.01 or more

  “PO > 49,0 W 0,880 0,880 0,870 0,860 …”

• Meet the average active efficiency requirement (at least 0.86 ratio)

  Only if External power supply output type: Multiple voltage outputs and Power supply nameplate output power (W): 49.01 or more

  “PO > 49,0 W 0,880 0,880 0,870 0,860 …”

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• Must meet the conditions of Annex I Part I essential cybersecurity requirements: no known exploitable vulnerabilities, secure by default configuration, security updates, access control, data confidentiality and integrity, minimisation, resilience

  “manufacturers shall ensure that it has been designed, developed and produced in accordance with the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Part I of Annex I …”

• Must meet the conditions of Art. 13(8): support period of at least five years, or the expected use time where shorter

  “Manufacturers shall ensure, when placing a product with digital elements on the market, and for the support period, that vulnerabilities of that product, including its components, are handled effectively …”

• Hold a declaration: technical documentation (Art. 31, Annex VII) including cybersecurity risk assessment, kept at least 10 years or the support period

  “Before placing a product with digital elements on the market, manufacturers shall draw up the technical documentation referred to in Article …”

• Label: CE marking (Art. 29-30)

  “manufacturers shall draw up the EU declaration of conformity in accordance with Article 28 and affix the CE marking in accordance with Article 30 …”

• Label: type, batch or serial number or other identification element

  “Manufacturers shall ensure that their products with digital elements bear a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing their identification …”

• Label: manufacturer name or trade mark; postal address, email address or other digital contact; website where applicable

  “Manufacturers shall indicate the name, registered trade name or registered trademark of the manufacturer, and the postal address, email address or other digital contact details …”

• Must meet the conditions of Art. 13(17): single point of contact for users and vulnerability reports, easily identifiable and listed in the Annex II information

  “manufacturers shall designate a single point of contact to enable users to communicate directly and rapidly with them …”

• Disclose: annex II information and instructions: manufacturer contact, vulnerability contact point, intended purpose, support period end date, secure installation, update and decommissioning instructions

  “Manufacturers shall ensure that products with digital elements are accompanied by the information and instructions to the user set out in Annex II …”

• Disclose: end date of the support period (at least month and year) at the time of purchase and on the product, packaging or digitally

  “the end date of the support period referred to in paragraph 8, including at least the month and the year, is clearly and understandably specified at the time of purchase …”

• Notify CSIRT designated as coordinator and ENISA via the single reporting platform: early warning within 24 hours, vulnerability notification within 72 hours, final report within 14 days after a corrective measure for any actively exploited vulnerability

  “A manufacturer shall notify any actively exploited vulnerability contained in the product with digital elements that it becomes aware of simultaneously to the CSIRT designated as coordinator …”

• Notify CSIRT designated as coordinator and ENISA via the single reporting platform: early warning within 24 hours, incident notification within 72 hours, final report within one month for any severe incident affecting product security

  “A manufacturer shall notify any severe incident having an impact on the security of the product with digital elements that it becomes aware of simultaneously to the CSIRT designated as coordinator …”

• Hold a declaration: EU declaration of conformity (Art. 28, Annex V); copy or simplified declaration supplied with the product

  “The EU declaration of conformity shall be drawn up by manufacturers in accordance with Article 13(12)”

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• As the manufacturer, make sure the design and production meet the Radio Equipment Directive essential requirements before you place it on the market

  “1. When placing their radio equipment on the market, manufacturers shall ensure that it has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the essential requirements …”

• Hold a declaration: EU declaration of conformity (Annex VI) kept 10 years

  “Where compliance of radio equipment with the applicable requirements has been demonstrated by that conformity assessment procedure, manufacturers shall draw up an EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking.”

• Hold a declaration: Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the radio equipment has been …

  “4. Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the radio equipment has been placed on the market.”

• Label: type, batch or serial number or other identification element

  “6. Manufacturers shall ensure that radio equipment which they have placed on the market bears a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing …”

• Label: manufacturer name, registered trade name or trade mark; single postal contact address

  “7. Manufacturers shall indicate on the radio equipment their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal address at which they can …”

• Disclose: frequency band(s) in which the equipment operates and maximum radio-frequency power transmitted, in the instructions

  “8. Manufacturers shall ensure that the radio equipment is accompanied by instructions and safety information. Instructions shall include the information required to use radio equipment …”

• Hold a declaration: copy of the EU declaration of conformity, or simplified declaration with internet address, accompanying each item

  “9. Manufacturers shall ensure that each item of radio equipment is accompanied by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity or by a simplified …”

• Label: identification on the packaging of Member States or areas where restrictions on putting into service or authorisation requirements exist

  “information available on the packaging shall allow the identification of the Member States or the geographical area within a Member State where restrictions on putting into service or requirements for authorisation of use exist …”

• Notify competent national authorities of the Member States where the equipment was made available: non-compliance and corrective measures, where the radio equipment presents a risk

  “where the radio equipment presents a risk, manufacturers shall immediately inform the competent national authorities …”

• Must meet the conditions of Art. 3(1)(a)-(b): health and safety (LVD objectives, no voltage limit) and electromagnetic compatibility

  “Radio equipment shall be constructed so as to ensure: …”

• Must meet the conditions of Art. 3(2): effective and efficient use of radio spectrum to avoid harmful interference

  “Radio equipment shall be so constructed that it both effectively uses and supports the efficient use of radio spectrum in order to avoid harmful interference.”

• Label: CE marking visibly, legibly and indelibly on the radio equipment or its data plate (on the packaging and accompanying documents where that is not possible)

  “1. The CE marking shall be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly to the radio equipment or to its data plate, unless that is not possible …”

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• As the manufacturer, make sure the design and production meet the EMC essential requirements before you place it on the market

  “1. When placing their apparatus on the market, manufacturers shall ensure that they have been designed and manufactured in accordance with the essential requirements set …”

• Hold a declaration: EU declaration of conformity, kept 10 years

  “Where compliance of apparatus with the applicable requirements has been demonstrated by that procedure, manufacturers shall draw up an EU declaration of conformity and affix …”

• Hold a declaration: Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the apparatus has been placed on the market.

  “3. Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the apparatus has been placed on the market.”

• Label: type, batch or serial number or other identification element

  “5. Manufacturers shall ensure that apparatus which they have placed on the market bear a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing their …”

• Label: manufacturer name, registered trade name or trade mark; single postal contact address

  “6. Manufacturers shall indicate, on the apparatus, their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal address at which they can be contacted or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the apparatus.”

• Disclose: Manufacturers shall ensure that the apparatus is accompanied by instructions and the information referred to in Article 18 in a language …

  “7. Manufacturers shall ensure that the apparatus is accompanied by instructions and the information referred to in Article 18 in a language which can be easily understood by consumers and other end-users, as determined by the Member State concerned.”

• Meet the EMC essential requirements: keep the electromagnetic disturbance it causes within the limits, and make sure it works despite normal disturbance

  “The equipment shall meet the essential requirements set out in Annex I.”

• Label: The CE marking shall be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly to the apparatus or to its data plate. Where that is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature of the apparatus, it shall be affixed to the packaging and to the accompanying documents.

  “1. The CE marking shall be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly to the apparatus or to its data plate. Where that is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature of the apparatus, it shall be affixed to the packaging and to the accompanying documents.”

• Disclose: instructions and information on precautions for assembly, installation, maintenance or use, and any restriction of use in residential areas

  “Apparatus shall be accompanied by information on any specific precautions that must be taken when the apparatus is assembled, installed, maintained or used …”

• Label: clear indication of restriction of use, where appropriate also on the packaging

  “shall be accompanied by a clear indication of such restriction of use, where appropriate also on the packaging …”

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• Must meet the conditions of 1. When placing their electrical equipment on the market, manufacturers shall ensure that it has been designed and manufactured in accordanc

  “1. When placing their electrical equipment on the market, manufacturers shall ensure that it has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the safety objectives …”

• Hold a declaration: EU declaration of conformity (Annex IV model), kept 10 years

  “Where compliance of electrical equipment with the safety objectives referred to in Article 3 and set out in Annex I has been demonstrated by the conformity assessment procedure referred to in the first subparagraph, manufacturers shall draw up an EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking.”

• Hold a declaration: Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation referred to in Annex III and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the …

  “3. Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation referred to in Annex III and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the electrical equipment …”

• Label: type, batch or serial number or other identification element

  “5. Manufacturers shall ensure that electrical equipment which they have placed on the market bears a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing …”

• Label: manufacturer name, registered trade name or trade mark; single postal contact address

  “6. Manufacturers shall indicate on the electrical equipment their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal address at which they can …”

• Disclose: instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers, as determined by the Member State

  “7. Manufacturers shall ensure that the electrical equipment is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language which can be easily understood by consumers …”

• Notify competent national authorities of the Member States where the equipment was made available: non-compliance and corrective measures taken, where the equipment presents a risk

  “where the electrical equipment presents a risk, manufacturers shall immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made the electrical equipment available on the market …”

• Label: essential characteristics for safe use marked on the equipment or an accompanying document

  “the essential characteristics, the recognition and observance of which will ensure that electrical equipment will be used safely and in applications for which it was made, shall be marked on the electrical equipment …”

• Must meet the conditions of Art. 3 and Annex I safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU (50-1000 V AC, 75-1500 V DC)

  “Electrical equipment may be made available on the Union market only if, having been constructed in accordance with good engineering practice in safety matters in force in the Union, it does not endanger the health and safety of persons and domestic animals, or property …”

• Label: The CE marking shall be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly to the electrical equipment or to its data plate. Where that is not possible …

  “1. The CE marking shall be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly to the electrical equipment or to its data plate. Where that is not possible …”

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• Appliances are designed so that waste batteries and accumulators can be readily removed (by the end-user, or where not, by independent qualified professionals)

  “Member States shall ensure that manufacturers design appliances in such a way that waste batteries and accumulators can be readily removed.”

• Disclose: instructions on how the incorporated batteries and accumulators can be safely removed by the end-user or by independent qualified professionals; where appropriate, the types of battery incorporated

  “Appliances in which batteries and accumulators are incorporated shall be accompanied by instructions on how those batteries and accumulators can be safely removed by either the end-user or by independent qualified professionals.”

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• Make sure the device does not harm the network or misuse network resources

  “1. The essential requirement set out in Article 3(3), point (d), of Directive 2014/53/EU shall apply to any radio equipment that can communicate itself over …”

• Must meet the conditions of Article 3(3)(e) of Directive 2014/53/EU: safeguards to ensure the personal data and privacy of the user and subscriber are protected

  Only if Processes personal or traffic data: Yes

  “The essential requirement set out in Article 3(3), point (e), of Directive 2014/53/EU shall apply to any of the following radio equipment, if that radio …”

• Must meet the conditions of Art. 3(3)(f) of Directive 2014/53/EU: features ensuring protection from fraud

  Only if Enables transfer of money or virtual currency: Yes

  “3. The essential requirement set out in Article 3(3), point (f), of Directive 2014/53/EU shall apply to any internet-connected radio equipment, if that equipment enables …”