This document specifies a marking

— of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) with a view to minimizing the disposal of waste EEE (WEEE) as unsorted waste and to facilitating its separate collection.

NOTE 1 This is in accordance with Article 14(4) of Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE, recast)

— that serves to clearly identify the producer of the equipment and
— that the equipment has been put on the market after 13 August 2005.

NOTE 2 This is in accordance with Articles 12(3) and 15(2) of Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE, recast)

— that applies to categories of electrical and electronic equipment subject to WEEE collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal as defined by European and national regulations, provided the equipment concerned is not part of another type of equipment that does not fall within the scope of above mentioned regulations.

NOTE 3 This is in accordance with Article 2 and Annexes I - IV of Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE, recast) [1]

The definition of a technical carrier medium for machine based identifying the producer, such as a barcode, electronic data medium or microchip, is not covered by this document.