Act

Governing the Sale, Return and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and electronic Equipment
(Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act - ElektroG)
As of: 23 March 2005 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I p. 762-774).

Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

The Annex to the Annex on the uses of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) which are exempt from the requirements of Article 4 para. 1 applies mutatis mutandis to Article 5 para. 2 of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG). Therefore, before the expiry of the respective deadlines the prohibition of the use of certain substances pursuant to Article 5 para. 1 of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act does not apply to the substances listed in the Annex. In its ruling of 1 April 2008 the European Court of Justice annulled the exemption from the prohibition of use for DecaBDE in polymeric applications as of 1 July 2008 (point 2 of the Annex to Commission Decision 2005/717/EC of 13 October 2005 adding point 9a to the Annex of Directive 2002/95/EC).

Objectives and Contents

of the Act Governing the Sale, Return and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act - ElektroG)
As of: 27 January 2005

Further Information:

• Press Statement: Fewer hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
• Second Amending Ordinance on the Cost Ordinance on the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act
• First Amending Ordinance on the Cost Ordinance on the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act
• Cost Ordinance on the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act
• Directive 2003/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the council