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Appendix C – Environmental Information
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
WEEE Directive
The WEEE Directive places an obligation on EU-based manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and importers
to take-back electronics products at the end of their useful life. A sister directive, ROHS (Restriction of
Hazardous Substances) complements the WEEE Directive by banning the presence of specific hazardous
substances in the products at the design phase. The WEEE Directive covers all MultiTech products
imported into the EU as of August 13, 2005. EU-based manufacturers, distributors, retailers and importers
are obliged to finance the costs of recovery from municipal collection points, reuse, and recycling of
specified percentages per the WEEE requirements.
Instructions for Disposal of WEEE by Users in the European Union
The symbol shown below is on the product or on its packaging, which indicates that this product must not
be disposed of with other waste. Instead, it is the user’s responsibility to dispose of their waste equipment
by handing it over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic
equipment. The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will
help to conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health
and the environment. For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for
recycling, please contact your local city office, your household waste disposal service or where you
purchased the product.
July, 2005
REACH Statement
Registration of Substances
After careful review of the legislation and specifically the definition of an “article” as defined in EC
Regulation 1907/2006, Title II, Chapter 1, Article 7.1(a)(b), it is our current view Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.
products would be considered as “articles”. In light of the definition in § 7.1(b) which requires registration
of an article only if it contains a regulated substance that “is intended to be released under normal or
reasonably foreseeable conditions of use,” Our analysis is that Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. products
constitute nonregisterable articles for their intended and anticipated use.
Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)
Per the candidate list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) published October 28, 2008 we have
reviewed these substances and certify the Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. products are compliant per the EU
“REACH” requirements of less than 0.1% (w/w) for each substance. If new SVHC candidates are published
