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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)
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, 201 2. 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.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/legis_en.htm
Battery Directive
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's Environmental Compliance Statement at the following location:
http://www.harmonicinc.com/sites/default/filesEnvironmental%20Compliance%20Statement.pdf
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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