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4.—(1) Manufacturers, their authorised representatives or importers of welding equipment must provide the information specified in sub-paragraph (2) for each piece of equipment—
(a)in instruction manuals for installers and end-users; and
(b)for at least 10 years after the first unit of a model is placed on the market, on a website which is accessible to the public without charge.
(2) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is—
(a)idle state power consumption (in watts);
(b)indicative shielding gas utilisation for representative welding schedules and programmes;
(c)indicative welding wire or filler material utilisation for representative welding schedules and programmes,
(d)information relevant to recycling and disposal at end-of-life;
(e)a list of critical raw materials present in indicative amounts higher than 1 gram at component level, if any, and an indication of the component(s) in which these critical raw materials are present;
(f)a list of equivalent models;
(g)manufacturer’s name, registered trade name and registered address at which they can be contacted;
(h)power source efficiency (in per cent);
(i)product model identifier;
(j)product type.
(3) The year of manufacture must be provided on the rating plate of welding equipment.
(4) The instruction manuals referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) must be provided with the product when it is placed on the market.
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