These Regulations may be cited as the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 and come into force on 2nd January 2013.

In these Regulations—

• F4“2002 Directive” means Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment4

• “2008 Regulations” means the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 20083;

• “authorised person” means a person authorised by the market surveillance authority in accordance with regulation 35(2);

• “authorised representative” means a person appointed in accordance with regulation 22(1);

• “cables” means all cables with a rated voltage of less than 250 volts that serve as a connection or an extension to connect EEE to the electrical outlet or to connect two or more items of EEE to each other;

• “CE marking” means a marking by which a manufacturer indicates that a product complies with the applicable requirements set out in these Regulations and which takes the form set out in Annex II of RAMS;

• “compliance notice” means a notice given under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3;

• “conformity assessment” means the process demonstrating whether the requirements of these Regulations are met in relation to EEE;

• “the Directive” means Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment4F1, as last amended by F5Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/178;

• “distributor” means a person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes EEE available on the market;

• “economic operator” means a manufacturer, authorised representative, importer or distributor;

• “EEE” means electrical and electronic equipment as defined in regulation 4;

• “enforcement notice” means a notice given under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3;

• “harmonised standard” means a standard adopted by one of the European standardisation bodies listed in F2Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European standardisation on the basis of a request made by the European Commission in accordance with F3Article 10 of that Regulation, the reference of which standard has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

• “importer” means a person established within the EU who places EEE from a third country on the EU market;

• “industrial monitoring and control instruments” means monitoring and control instruments designed for exclusively industrial or professional use;

• “infringing EEE” means EEE that does not comply with the requirements of these Regulations;

• “make available on the market” means to supply in the course of a commercial activity (whether in return for payment or free of charge) for distribution, consumption or use on the EU market, and related expressions are to be construed accordingly;

• “manufacturer” means a person who manufactures EEE or who has EEE designed or manufactured, and markets it under that person’s name or trademark;

• “market surveillance authority” has the meaning given in regulation 35(1);

• “medical device”, “active implantable medical device”, and “in vitro diagnostic medical device” have the meanings given in regulation 2(1) of the Medical Devices Regulations 20026;

• “notice” means a notice in writing;

• “place on the market” means to make EEE available on the EU market for the first time, and related expressions are to be construed accordingly;

• “RAMS” means Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/937;

• “recall” means to take any measure aimed at achieving the return of EEE that has already been made available to the end user;

• “recall notice” means a notice given under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3;

• “spare part” means a separate part of an item of EEE that can replace a part of an item of EEE and—

  1. a

     the item of EEE cannot function as intended without that part; and

  2. b

     the functionality of the item of EEE is restored or upgraded when the part is replaced by the spare part;

• “technical documentation” has the meaning given in Module A of Annex II to Decision 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common framework for the marketing of products8;

• “withdraw” means to take any measure aimed at preventing an item of EEE in the supply chain from being made available on the market.

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