Division 1 Design for dismantling, recycling and recoveryF1

Manufacturers, importers or their authorised representatives shall ensure that joining, fastening or sealing techniques do not prevent the removal, using commonly available tools, of the components indicated in point 1 of Annex VII of Directive 2012/19/EU on WEEE or in Article 11 of Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, when present.

Manufacturers, importers or their authorised representatives shall, without prejudice to point 1 of Article 15 of Directive 2012/19/EU, make available, on a free-access website, the dismantling information needed to access any of the products components referred to in point 1 of Annex VII of Directive 2012/19/EU.

This dismantling information shall include the sequence of dismantling steps, tools or technologies needed to access the targeted components.

The end of life information shall be available until at least 15 years after the placing on the market of the last unit of a product model.