Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Directives of the European Parliament and Council 2012/19/EU „Restriction on waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

This page only serves for general information. It neither implements issues bound by law nor asserts one’s claim to completeness or correctness. For statements bound by law we kindly refer you to the respective institutions.

Statement to the WEEE-directive

Marking of waste electrical and electronic equipment

According to the WEEE directive (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment), electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market after 13 August 2005 has to be marked. Thereby, the manufacturer must be clearly identifiable. Also it must be clearly identifiable that the equipment was placed on the market after that point of time. Electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market after 13 August 2005 has to be marked with a symbol (a crossed-out wheeled bin) by the manufacturer.

Disposal and recycling of Sprecher Automation products

Austria: All electrical systems and electronic equipment (which are subsystems of industrial applications) manufactured by Sprecher Automation are provided for industrial and commercial manners only.We therefore point out that the national WEEE regulations (EAG-VO BGBI. II, Nr. 121/2005 which are in compliance with the EU directive 2003/108/EG [RL2002/96/EG] WEEE - Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment) are applied, i.e. elimination has to be accomplished according to the EGA-VO. The customer may dispose waste electrical and electronic equipment either at Sprecher Automation or at a different disposal contractor with costs. Gas-discharging lamps (fluorescent tubes) are excluded but may be directly delivered to a disposal contractor free of charge.Our product documentations and provided CD ROMs include all relevant information regarding disposal or substances restrictions and preventions.

EU member states: All electrical systems and electronic equipment (which are subsystems of industrial applications) manufactured by Sprecher Automation are provided for industrial and commercial manners only.

We therefore point out that the regulations of the respective member state, which are in compliance with the EU directive 2012/19/EU WEEE - Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment, are applied.

Furthermore, the prohibitions and preventions of certain hazardous substances according to EU-Directive 2011/65/EU RoHS „Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances must be considered.
Our product documentations and provided CD ROMs include all relevant information regarding disposal or substances restrictions and preventions.

Non EU member states: All electrical systems and electronic equipment (which are subsystems of industrial applications) manufactured by Sprecher Automation are provided for industrial and commercial manners only.
Therefore we point out that the national WEEE regulations of the respective country are relevant to waste disposal.
Furthermore possible national prohibitions and prevention of certain hazardous substances must be considered.
Our product documentations and provided CD ROMs include all relevant information regarding disposal or substances restrictions and preventions.


The current documents can be found here.