Product Regulatory Support
CE Compliance for Europe
"ww5 hereby declares that this equipment complies with the applicable European Union Council Directives, including the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive 2014/30/EU and the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 2011/65/EU, as amended by Directive (EU) 2015/863.
The full text of the EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC) is available for review in the EU DoC section below. This declaration affirms our commitment to meeting the highest safety standards, environmental responsibility, and electromagnetic compatibility, ensuring that our products align with EU regulatory requirements."
ww5 Technologies Inc, PO Box 13379, Swords, Co Dublin, Ireland
ww5 (UK) PO Box 81046, London, EC2P 2UH, UK
RoHS
The European Union (EU) Directive on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS, 2002/95/EU) was released in 2006. This environmental directive is designed to restrict the use of some heavy metals and halogenated flame retardants (PBBs and PBDEs) in electronic products. All ww5 products sold in the EU after July 1, 2006 comply with the EU RoHS requirements.
The EU RoHS2 Recast Directive (2011/65/EU) was released in 2011. All of ww5’s products comply with the RoHS2 directive along with subsequent amendments.
EU REACH
The European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulates the handling of sensitive chemicals and the phase-in of alternatives for the most dangerous chemicals used within EU commerce. The European Chemicals Agency, (the EU agency responsible for implementing REACH), publishes the names of substances that are candidates for its Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) list. As provided for by REACH, ww5 reviews its products to determine if any ww5 products contain more than 0.1% by weight per article of any substance on the SVHC candidate list.
As part of the European Union (EU) Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC (WFD), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has built a database for storing safe-use information for substances of very high concern (SVHCs) present in articles placed on the market in the EU. It is referred to as the Substances of Concern In articles, as such or in complex objects (Products) (SCIP) database.
The EU WFD and SCIP database add to existing reporting requirements managed under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation. From 5 January 2021, suppliers of articles containing a SVHC on the Candidate List in a concentration above 0.1% weight by weight on the EU market need to submit that information via the new database to ECHA under the Waste Framework Directive.
We have undertaken a review of all our product components in order to assess the extent to which they contain the relevant concentration of SVHCs. Our EU established subsidiaries have submitted SCIP reports for affected products, which they sell in the EU market so that we are fully compliant with our reporting obligation. In order to equip our EU customers with the required information to submit SCIP reports, or provide information to our customer’s own EU customers to do the same, the relevant SVHC information for our products is available upon request.
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive was created by the EU and is designed to minimize the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment into landfills. The WEEE Directive requires that a specific marking be included on certain end-user products to identify them as items covered by this legislation. ww5 encourages users of its products to not disassemble products into components, and to dispose of products in accordance with local laws. ww5 products include the WEEE symbol in support of this directive.
French Triman Logo
The French Circular Economy Law requires the Triman logo plus the accompanying sorting/recycling information to be provided with packaged products, including electrical and electronic equipment.ww5 has implemented the Triman logo in its products, packaging, manuals and/or website, as and when applicable, and encourages users of its products to follow the sorting/recycling information provided on the label.
Japan Energy Conservation Act Information
ww5 must ensure environmental compliance with all materials, parts, products, and product protective packaging and materials used during the manufacturing of its products. This document describes ww5’s specifications for prohibiting, restricting, and reporting certain chemical compounds, materials, or substances in ww5’s products or manufacturing processes. This document describes ww5’s supplier’s requirements for compliance with ww5’s Product Environmental Compliance Engineering Specification.
All suppliers are required to provide the following documents for every part supplied to ww5 (including all indirect materials):
- Material declaration data sheet (MDDS) in ww5 format
- Environmental Declaration of Conformity (EDoC) embedded in MDDS template
- Homogeneous material level lab test reports (ICP) are required for all the homogenous materials declared in the MDDS template