Appendix B: Safety and regulatory compliance information
Other RoHS and REACH type regulations
Harmonic will comply with RoHS and REACH type regulations evolving in other countries, if they become
relevant to our products or in markets where we sell our products.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Review the European Union’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.
European Parliament and the Council of the European Union’s WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC) came into
force on August, 2005 and, were more recently amended in July, 2012. This directive encourages the
reuse, recycling, and recovery of WEEE and to improve the environmental performance of all operators
involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment, especially those dealing with WEEE.
Harmonic ensures that all requirements for registration, reporting, design and data tracking are complied
with to meet the objectives of the WEEE directive.
For more information, please visit WEEE directive page at official EU website:
environment/waste/weee/legis_en.htm
Battery directive
Review the European Union legislation on waste batteries.
In September 2006, the European Union’s Directive 2006/66/EC (Battery Directive) came into force with
an aim to prohibit the sale of batteries and accumulators containing hazardous substances and to set
rules and promote collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of waste batteries and accumulators. This
directive applies to spent batteries collected together with WEEE and requires their removal and separate
collection. Once removed from WEEE, spent batteries are governed by the Battery Directive. Harmonic
uses lithium batteries in its products and our responsibility under the Battery Directive is taken care of
under our WEEE Take-Back program.
For more information, please visit Batteries and Accumulators directive page at official EU website.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/batteries/
Harmonic is committed to manufacturing environmentally safe products for the community, and will
make reasonable efforts and required adjustments to its practices, if necessary, to comply with various
environmental directives and industry initiatives on the elimination of hazardous substances, labeling,
marking, certification and registration as required in markets where we sell our products.
Download Harmonic Environmental Compliance Statement at the following location:
http://www.harmonicinc.com/content/green-policy
WEEE Take-Back Request Program
In order to assist EU member states to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment,
protect human health and utilize natural resources prudently and rationally, Harmonic strives to recycle in
compliance with the WEEE Directive any of its products that cannot be re-used.
Harmonic's customers should:
• Not discard equipment in household or office garbage
• Arrange proper recycling of unneeded equipment. For the take-back of Harmonic equipment,
customers must:
◦ Collect the information required to complete Harmonic's WEEE Take-Back Request form
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