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Definition,
codification and classification of WEEE |
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| Definitions |
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Electric and electronic appliances:
Appliances that need
electric current or electromagnetic fields
to work, destined for use with a nominal
voltage of not more than 1,000 V with alternating
current and 1,500 V with direct current,
and appliances necessary for generating,
transmitting and measuring said currents
and fields. Waste
from electric and electronic equipment
(WEEE):
electric and electronic equipment, its
materials, components, consumables and
sub-units thereof, from both private households
and professional uses, from the moment
they become waste.
Producer
of electric and electronic equipment:
Any individual or legal entity that, regardless
of sales technique,
- Manufactures and sells
electric and electronic equipment using
its own brand names.
- Places on the market,
using its own brand names, equipment
manufactured by third parties.
- Imports from or exports
to third countries.
Any distributor who sells
equipment that features the brand name
of its producer when this producer is
not entered on the National Register,
will be considered to be the producer
and liable as such for the obligations
established by legislation. |
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| Codification
and classification in the European Waste
Catalogue for WEEE considered to be hazardous
waste |
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Waste from selective collection, (WEEE from private households and commercial waste similar to municipal waste)
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20 |
MUNICIPAL WASTES (household waste and similar commercial, industrial and institutional wastes), INCLUDING SEPARATELY COLLECTED FRACTIONS |
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20 01 |
Separately collected fractions (except 15 01) |
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CER |
Description |
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01 21 |
Fluorescent
tubes and other mercury-containing
waste |
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01 23 |
Discarded equipment
containing chlorofluorocarbons |
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20 01 35 |
Discarded electrical
and electronic equipment other than
those mentioned in 200121 that contain
hazardous components.(1) |
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hazardous components of electric and
electronic equipment may include batteries
and accumulators classified as hazardous
in sub-section 16 06, as well as mercury
switches, glass waste from cathode
ray tubes and other activated glass. |
Waste from industry (WEEE not from private households and commercial waste no similar to municipal waste)
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16 |
WASTES NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE LIST |
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16 02 |
Wastes from electrical and electronic equipment |
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CER |
Description |
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16 02 09 |
Transformers
and capacitors containing PCBs |
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16 02 10 |
Discarded equipment
containing or contaminated by PCBs
other than those mentioned in 160209
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16 02 11 |
Discarded equipment
containing chlorofluorocarbons, HCFC,
HFC |
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16 02 12 |
Discarded equipment
containing free asbestos |
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16 02 13 |
Discarded equipment
containing hazardous components other
than those mentioned in 160209 to
160212 |
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hazardous components of electric and
electronic equipment may include batteries
and accumulators classified as hazardous
in sub-section 16 06, as well as mercury
switches, glass waste from cathode
ray tubes and other activated glass. |
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| Codification
and classification in the European Waste
Catalogue for WEEE considered to be non-hazardous
waste |
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Waste from selective collection, (WEEE from private households and commercial waste similar to municipal waste)
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20 |
MUNICIPAL
WASTES (household waste and similar
commercial, industrial and institutional
wastes), INCLUDING SEPARATELY COLLECTED
FRACTIONS |
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20 01 |
Separately
collected fractions (except 15 01) |
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CER |
Description |
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01 36 |
Discarded
electrical and electronic equipment
other than those mentioned in 200121
200123 and 200135 |
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Waste from industry (WEEE not from private households and commercial waste no similar to municipal waste))
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16 |
WASTES
NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE LIST |
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| Subgroup
16 02 |
Wastes
from electrical and electronic equipment |
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CER |
Description |
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16 02 14 |
Discarded
equipment other than those mentioned
in 160209 to 160213 |
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