S.L. 427.57 Art. 4ACompetent authority.

(1) The competent authority shall ensure that users of

EEE in private households are given the necessary information about the meaning of the symbol shown in Schedule VII.

(2) In order to enable the date upon which the EEE was placed on the market to be determined unequivocally, the competent authority shall ensure that a mark on the EEE specifies that the latter was placed on the market after 13 August 2005. Preferably, the European Standard EN 50419 shall be applied for this purpose.

(3) With a view to minimising the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to facilitating its separate collection, the competent authority shall ensure that producers appropriately mark - preferably in accordance with the European standard EN 50419 - EEE placed on the market with the symbol shown in Schedule VII. In exceptional cases, where this is necessary because of the size or the function of the product, the symbol shall be printed on the packaging, on the instructions for use and on the warranty of the EEE.