EN DE CN YOU ARE HERE: HOME >> SERVICE >> REACH & WEEE REACH - The EU chemicals legislation WEEE - The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive What is REACH? REACH is a EU law on chemicals and their safe use. It deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. REACH replaces numerous EU laws related to chemicals and is complementary to other environmental and safety legislation but it will not replace sector specific legislation (for example on cosmetics or detergents). Reference sources: http://echa.europa.eu/ REACH: Rutroniks point of view To our current understanding registration of products applies only to banned substances which are exposed under regular conditions of usage of the products during life time (disposal not included) and which exceed defined quantity limits. Therefore, we are not obliged to registrate. Of course we will fulfil our information obligations according to article 33 of REACH based on the candidate list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). Please note that Rutronik being a distributor without any development and manufacturing responsibility totally relies on the publications of the manufacturers. Of course, we will make the manufacturers’ declarations available for our customers as soon they have arrived. Considering the complexity of the issue and the number of products and manufacturers, we count on you to accept that we cannot answer customer-specific questionnaires or sign any general and comprehensive statement on our behalf. Information on WEEE According to the legal provisions of the Directive 2012/19/EC (WEEE – Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment) Owners of old electronic devices are obliged to dispose of them separately from municipal waste. Consumers have several options such as collection points at the public bodies responsible for waste management. In the case of devices, where none of the outer dimensions are longer than 25 cm, there is also the possibility to give them back to us. If you want to make use of this option, please contact us via the contact information below. Before returning a device, all removable batteries and accumulators have to be removed and disposed of separately. It is the consumer’s own responsibility to delete data securely and permanently from the old device before returning it, especially personal data. All devices covered by the WEEE Directive which must be disposed of separately, are marked with the following sign: Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH Industriestrasse 2 D-75228 Ispringen Tel. +49 (0)7231 801-0 or -9100 Fax +49 (0)7231 822-82 rutronik(at)rutronik.com / lutz.miegel(at)rutronik.com or the respective branch office in your country. https://www.rutronik.com/company/contact.html Rutronik Company Logistics Worldwide Contact Sponsoring Components Categories Innovation and future DNA Internet of Things Supplierpages News & Media Corporate News Downloads Newsletter Social Media Knowledge Events Exhibitions Seminars Techmessen Career Your Career at Rutronik Shop Rutronik24 Supplier News Amphenol ICC Asus AVX DLC Displays Infineon Intel Kontron Diodes Molex Nordic Semiconductor Panasonic Recom Samsung Electro-Mechanics Samwha Electric STMicroelectronics Swissbit TDK-Micronas Transcend Vishay Yageo © 2020 Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH Terms and conditions Privacy Certificates Reach & Weee Legal Sitemap Your privacy is important to us! In order to provide you with detailed information, advice and to be able to make selected recommendations for you, we use cookies and tracking methods on our website. In the privacy settings you can see which services we use and decide at any time, including by changing the settings, whether and to what extent you would like to agree to them. Accept essential settings Accept Privacy statement Settings