EN
L 214/64
Official Journal of the European Union
31.8.2023
1.3.
Marking of plastic components From 20 June 2025, plastic components heavier than 50 g shall be marked by specifying the type of polymer with the appropriate standard symbols or abbreviated terms set between the punctuation marks ‘>’ and ‘<’ as specified in available standards.
The marking shall be legible.
Plastic components shall be exempt from marking requirements provided the following conditions are fulfilled: (i)
the marking is not possible because of the shape or size;
(ii) the marking would impact on the performance or functionality of the plastic component; (iii) marking is technically not possible because of the molding method.
For the following plastic components no marking shall be required: (i)
packaging, tape, labels and stretch wraps;
(ii) wiring, cables and connectors, rubber parts and any other component where not enough appropriate surface area is available for the marking to be of a legible size; (iii) PCB assemblies, PMMA boards, optical components, electrostatic discharge components, electromagnetic interference components, speakers; (iv) transparent parts where the marking would obstruct the function of the part in question.
1.4.
Recyclability requirements From 20 June 2025: (1) Manufacturers, importers or their authorised representatives shall, without prejudice to Article 15(1) of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), make available, on a free access website, the dismantling information needed to access any of the products components referred to in Annex VII, point 1, of Directive 2012/19/EU.
(2) The information referred to in point (1) shall include the sequence of dismantling steps, tools or technologies needed to access the targeted components.
(3) The information referred to in point (1) shall be available until at least 15 years after the placing on the market of the last unit of a product model.
2.
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS From 20 June 2025: (1) Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide in the technical documentation and make publicly available on free access websites of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative the following information: (a) compatibility with removable memory cards, if any; (b) indicative weight range of the following critical raw materials and environmentally relevant materials: (i)
cobalt in the battery (weight range: less than 2 g, between 2 g and 5 g, above 5 g);
(ii) tantalum in capacitors (weight range: less than 0,05 g, between 0,05 g and 0,2 g, above 0,2 g); (iii) neodymium in loud speakers, vibration motors, and other magnets (weight range: less than 0,05 g, between 0,05 g and 0,2 g, above 0,2 g); (iv) gold in all components (weight range: less than 0,02 g, between 0,02 g and 0,1 g, above 0,1 g).
(c) the indicative value of the recyclability rate Rcyc; (2) Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 38).