{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-669/annex/division-3/division-5",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/669",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 6 April 2004 establishing revised ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to refrigerators and amending Decision 2000/40/EC (notified under document number C(2004) 1414) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/669/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-669",
  "path": "annex/division/3/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Take-back and recycling",
  "text": "The manufacturer shall offer free of charge, the take-back for recycling of the appliance and of components being replaced, except for items contaminated by users (e.g. appliances originating from medical or nuclear establishments).\nIn addition, the appliance shall meet the following criteria:\n5.1. The manufacturer shall take into account the disassembly of the appliance and provide a disassembly report. Amongst others, the report shall confirm that:\njoints are easy to find and accessible,\nelectronic assemblies are easy to find and to dismantle,\nthe product is easy to dismantle by using commonly available tools,\nincompatible and hazardous materials are separable.\n5.2. Plastic parts heavier than 50 grams shall have a permanent marking identifying the material, in conformity with ISO 11469. Excluded from this criterion are extruded plastic parts.\n5.3. Plastic parts shall not contain PBB or PBDE flame retardants. Plastic parts shall not contain chloroparaffin flame retardants with chain length 10-13 carbon atoms and chlorine content > 50 % by weight (CAS No 85535-84-8). The applicant shall declare compliance with this requirement.\n5.4. Plastic parts heavier than 25 grams shall not contain flame retardant substances or preparations that are assigned at the time of applying for the ecolabel any of the risk phrases:\nDangerous for health:\nR45 (may cause cancer)\nR46 (may cause heritable genetic damage)\nR60 (may impair fertility)\nR61 (may cause harm to the unborn child)\nDangerous for the environment:\nR50 (very toxic to aquatic organisms)\nR50/R53 (very toxic to aquatic organisms, may cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic environment )\nR51/R53 (toxic to aquatic organisms, may cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic environment)\nas defined in Council Directive 67/548/EEC.\nThis requirement does not apply to flame retardants that on application change their chemical nature to no longer warrant classification under any of the R-phrases listed above, and where less than 0.1 % of the flame retardant in the treated part remains in the form as before application. All flame retardants used shall be identified in the ecolabel application documentation submitted to the awarding competent body (by name and CAS no).\n5.5. The type of refrigerant and foaming agent used for the insulation shall be indicated on the appliance, near to or on the rating plate, to facilitate possible future recovery.\nWith reference to criteria 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.5, the applicant shall declare compliance of the appliance with these requirements. The applicant shall provide the Competent Body assessing the application with a copy of the disassembly report. The applicant and/or his supplier or suppliers, as appropriate, shall indicate to this Competent Body, which refrigerants and foaming agents have been used.\nWith reference to criterion 5.4, the flame retardants that are used, if any, shall not have been assigned any of the above risk phrases nor shall they be named in Annex 1 to Directive 67/548/EEC or its subsequent amendments regarding the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances. Any flame retardants that are used in plastic parts >25 g must be specified in the application documentation by giving their name and CAS number.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/73/EC (OJ L 152, 30.4.2004, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/669/annex/division/3/division/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:07.662289+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}