The Netherlands

Under the Dutch Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Management Regulations which came into force on January 1st 2005, TE is responsible for the financing of collection and recycling of the following equipment:

• Any electrical and electronic equipment that you bought from TE before August 13th 2005 (referred to as Historic WEEE), which is being replaced by a new piece of equipment bought from TE; and
• Any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from TE after August 13th 2005, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste (referred to as New WEEE).

For any other waste electrical and electronic equipment bought before August 13th 2005 which is being replaced by an item of TE electrical and electronic equipment, the environmentally sound disposal of this other equipment is the customers responsibility.