PD CLC/TS 50625-4:2017

European foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Administrative and organisational requirements
5 Technical requirements
6 Documentation
Bibliography

Pertains to the following processes: collection, handling, sorting, storage, preparation for transport and transport of WEEE.

This Technical Specification applies to the following processes: collection, handling, sorting, storage, preparation for transport and transport of WEEE. It is applicable to all WEEE prior to arriving at the treatment facility or arriving at a preparing for re-use facility. This Technical Specification addresses all operators that perform collection and logistics processes. This Technical Specification does not cover treatment of WEEE. In the case of treatment activities undertaken at collection or logistics facilities, the EN50625-series applies. NOTE1 Treatment activities include any form of dismantling, including the removal of cabling, components, such as circuit boards, compressors or parts of equipment (e.g. doors). Sorting is not considered a treatment activity as long as no physical alterations to the WEEE take place. WEEE can potentially enter the logistics chain at any of the identified locations below. [Image removed.] NOTE2 The Technical Specification does not cover activities at the preparing for re-use facility and the treatment facility; these are covered in the EN50625-series and prEN50614 . NOTE3 National law may specify which operators are allowed to collect WEEE.