Scope
Comparison of products without electrical function or without function for the end user to similar electrical and electronic equipment within the scope
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Products not within the scope |
Electrical and electronic equipment within the scope |
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solar heat collectors (no electrical function) |
photovoltaic modules |
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purely passive toner cartridge and printer cartridges such as ‘containers/tanks’ to hold e.g. ink, toner (no electrical function) |
toner cartridges and printer cartridges with chip, sensor or LED status display for communicating with the printer or to show the filling level printer cartridges with integrated electrically functioning printing jets |
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magnetic card (without a chip, only magnetic strip, no electrical function) |
chip card (with integrated circuit, e.g. chip card to control access) |
| purely optical fibre cable and adapters (LWL cable and adapters, no electrical function) | optical HDMI cable (with integrated electrooptical converters) |
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RFIDs without function for the end user, e.g. clothing/packaging with RFIDs to protect from theft: The RFIDs are to control the goods |
RFIDs as transponders with a function for the end user (e.g. in/on clothing to track time or for protection measures, etc.) |
Exceptions
Comparison of products that fulfill an exception according to § 2 paragraph 2 to similar electrical and electronic equipment within the scope
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Products not within the scope |
Electrical and electronic equipment within the scope |
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§ 2 paragraph 2 number 3 ElektroG: filament bulbs, halogen lamps |
LED lamps, energy saving lamps, |
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§ 2 paragraph 2 numbers 5 und 6 ElektroG (large-scale stationary industrial tools or large-scale industrial fixed installations): large wind power plants, stationary assembly cranes such as e.g. in container ship building |
small wind turbines, by hand navigable mobile assembly cranes |
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§ 2 paragraph 2 number 7 ElektroG: means of transport that require type approval, e.g. e-bikes, with pedalling support, even at speeds above 25 km/h (S-pedelecs up to 45 km/h) or motor independent of pedalling, E-skateboards, wheel chairs, mobility scooters, electric unibikes, tricylcles |
two-wheeled electric bikes (pedelecs with pedalling support up to 25 km/h), hoverboards with 2 wheels, scooters with 2 wheels, children’s motorbikes, toy vehicles |
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§ 2 paragraph 2 number 8 ElektroG: mobile machinery (b2b equipment with on-board electricity supply) such as fork-lift trucks, pallet trucks, street building machinery |
lawnmower /vacuum cleaner robots b2c |
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§ 2 paragraph 2 number 9 ElektroG (research and development): specially developed analytical device, designed and used within a university |
commercially marketed serial analytical device for the pharmaceutical industry |
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§ 2 paragraph 2 number 10 ElektroG (infectious, implantable equipment): implantable pace-maker |
blood sugar measuring equipment (esp. with test strips) |