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Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 14U.K.Information for users
1.Member States may require producers to show purchasers, at the time of sale of new products, the costs of collection, treatment and disposal in an environmentally sound way. The costs mentioned shall not exceed the best estimate of the actual costs incurred.
2.Member States shall ensure that users of EEE in private households are given the necessary information about:
(a)the requirement not to dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to collect such WEEE separately;
(b)the return and collection systems available to them, encouraging the coordination of information on the available collection points irrespective of the producers or other operators which have set them up;
(c)their role in contributing to re-use, recycling and other forms of recovery of WEEE;
(d)the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in EEE;
(e)the meaning of the symbol shown in Annex IX.
3.Member States shall adopt appropriate measures so that consumers participate in the collection of WEEE and to encourage them to facilitate the process of re-use, treatment and recovery.
4.With a view to minimising the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to facilitating its separate collection, Member States shall ensure that producers appropriately mark — preferably in accordance with the European standard EN 50419(1) — EEE placed on the market with the symbol shown in Annex IX. In exceptional cases, where this is necessary because of the size or the function of the product, the symbol shall be printed on the packaging, on the instructions for use and on the warranty of the EEE.
5.Member States may require that some or all of the information referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall be provided by producers and/or distributors, e.g. in the instructions for use, at the point of sale and through public awareness campaigns.
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Adopted by Cenelec in March 2006.
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