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which offer electrical and electronic equipment and make electrical and electronic equip-
ment available on the market several times a year, or on a permanent basis, are obliged
to accept returns. This also applies for cases of sales using telecommunication means if
the storage and shipping areas for electrical and electronic equipment are at least 400
m² or the total storage and shipping areas are at least 800 m². Distributors must general-
ly ensure returns by providing suitable return facilities at a reasonable distance from the
respective end user. The possibility to return an end-of-life device free of charge exists for
distributors who are obliged to accept a return, if, for example, a new device of the same
type, which essentially fulfills the same functions, is supplied to a consumer.
If a new device is delivered to a private household, the similar end-of-life device may
also be handed over there for collection free of charge; in the case of distribution using
telecommunication means, this applies to devices in categories 1, 2 or 4 as defined in
Section 2, para. 1 of the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act, that is, "heat
transmitters", "display equipment" or "large-scale devices" (the latter must have at least
one external dimension of more than 50 centimetres). Consumers are asked about their
intention to return goods when they conclude a purchase contract. There is also the opti-
on of a free return to a distributor's collection point, regardless of the purchase of a new
device, for end-of-life devices which do not measure more than 25 centimetres in any
external dimension; this limited to three end-of-life devices per type of device.
4. Data protection note
End of life devices often contain sensitive personal data. This applies in particular to
information and telecommunications technology devices, such as computers and smart-
phones. In your own interest, please note that end users are responsible for deleting the
data on the end of life devices to be disposed of.
5. Meaning of the "crossed out dustbin" icon
The icon with a crossed-out dustbin regularly displayed on electrical and electronic
equipment indicates that the device in question must be collected separately from
unsorted domestic waste at the end of its service life.
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