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EN - INFORMATION FOR USERS OF PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT
From “Actuaon of Direcve 2012/19/EU regarding Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE)”
The symbol of a crossed waste bin found on equipment or its packing indicates that at the end
of the product’s useful life it must be collected separately from other waste so that it can be
properly treated and recycled.In parcular, separate collecon of this professional equipment
when no longer in use is organised and managed:
a) directly by the user when the equipment was placed on the market before 31 De-
cember 2010 and the user personally decides to eliminate it without replacing it with
new equivalent equipment designed for the same use;
b) by the manufacturer, that is to say the subject which was the rst to introduce and
market new equipment that replaces previous equipment, when the user decides to
eliminate equipment placed on the market before 31 December 2010 at the end of
its useful life and replace it with an equivalent product designed for the same use. In
this laer case the user may ask the manufacturer to collect the exisng equipment;
c) by the manufacturer, that is to say the subject which was the rst to introduce and
market new equipment that replaces previous equipment, if it was placed on the mar
ket aer 31 December 2010;
With reference to portable baeries/accumulators, when such products are no longer in use
the user shall take them to suitable authorised waste treatment facilies.
Suitable separate collecon for the purpose of forwarding discarded equipment and baeries/
accumulators for recycling, treatment or disposal in an environmentally friendly way helps to
avoid possible negave eects on the environment and human health and encourages re-use
and/or recycling of the materials making up the equipment.
To remove baeries/accumulators, consult the manufacturer’s specic instrucons: (see rele-
vant chapter in the users’ manual).
The sancons currently provided for by law shall apply to users who dispose of equipment, bat-
teries and accumulators in unauthorised ways.