In 2013, the Commission requested the European Standardization Organisations to develop European standards for the treatment of WEEE. CECED has been actively participating in the CEN/CENELEC working groups that has been drafting the set of standards related to Article 8 of the new WEEE Directive. 

• EN 50574 on the collection, logistics & treatment requirements for end-of-life household appliances containing volatile fluorocarbons or volatile hydrocarbons. Published 2012
• EN 50625-1 on Collection, logistics & treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 1: General treatment requirements. Published March 2014
• EN 50614 on Requirements for the preparation for re-use of waste electrical and electronic equipment. In preparation with work starting in March 2014 and due to be completed December 2015.

Contact to CENELEC, the relevant European Standardisation Organisation, can be made through their infodesk. 

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