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9. Repair
Repairs are to be conducted by ecom instru-
ments GmbH or by personnel or service centres
authorised by ecom instruments GmbH, because
the safety of the unit needs to be tested after
repairs are implemented.
10. Disposal
Old electrical devices as well as „historical“ old
electrical devices from ecom instruments GmbH
are supplied for disposal at our expense and
disposed of free of charge in accordance with
European Directive 2002/96/EC and the German
electrical law of 16/03/2005. The costs associ-
ated with returning devices to ecom instruments
GmbH are to be borne by the sender.
In accordance with Article 1, Section 18 and
Article 2 of the Act revising the law of Waste-
Related Product Responsibility for Batteries and
Accumulators (Gesetz zur Neuregelung der ab-
fallrechtlichen Produktverantwortung f¸r Batterien
und Akkumulatoren) dated 25 June 2009, we are
obligated to provide the following information.
Your device contains an alkaline battery.
Depleted batteries should never be disposed
of along with normal or household waste. Old
batteries can contain harmful substances that
are hazardous to health and damaging to the
environment. Please return the batteries. Return
is free of charge and required by law. Please
only dispose of discharged batteries in the desi-
gnated containers or take precautions to prevent
short circuits.
Note: The battery used in this unit poses a fire
