Categories of the electrical equipment

A new categorization of electrical equipment came into force since August 15th, 2018 pursuant to the Waste Act No. 79/2015 Coll., Annex No. 6, section  II. – the number of categories changed from 10 categories to 6 categories:

CATEGORIES OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

(since August 15th 2018)

  1. Heat exchange devices
  2. Screens, monitors and devices containing screens with a surface larger than 100 cm2
  3. Light sources
  4. Large appliances (whichever of the outer dimensions is equal to or higher than 50 cm) 
  5. Small appliances (whichever of the outer dimensions is equal to or higher than 50 cm) 
  6. Small IT and telecommunication devices (no outer dimension is greater than 50 cm)

Informative list of electrical and electronic equipment belonging to the categories listed in the Part II of the Annex No. 6 to the Act No. 79/2015 Coll.,