TANDBERG equipment is sold in Austria by dealers. The dealer imports the equipment into Austria. Thus the dealer has the legal responsibility to:

• Register as the WEEE producer in Austria
• provide arrangements for arrangements for collection and recycling of WEEE arising from TANDBERG equipment that the dealer sells in Austria

Under the Austrian Ordinance on Waste Prevention, Collection and Treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE Ordinance) that came into force on August 13th 2005, for equipment that you buy from a TANDBERG distributor after August 13th 2005, the distributor is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of WEEE that your new purchase replaces, on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. The old equipment that your new purchase from the TANDBERG distributor replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.

Under the WEEE Ordinance, the distributor is also required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from the distributor after August 13th 2005 when that equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.

TANDBERG has decided to provide WEEE collection and recycling on behalf of its dealers in Austria.

TANDBERG products are very competitively priced. Any new increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as TANDBERG is normally reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing the prices of our products, TANDBERG has decided to share these new environmental costs directly with our customers. We believe in being transparent with you on any new environmental costs that our products need to address.

Our approach to sharing these new environmental costs is:

• TANDBERG pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the WEEE Ordinance;
• TANDBERG pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the WEEE Ordinance;
• you pay for transportation of your WEEE to TANDBERG's appointed recycler in Austria.

TANDBERG has established a recycling contract with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the equipment on arrival at the EARN recycling facility in Austria. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of TANDBERG products is classed as non-hazardous waste.

It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to the recycler. Under Austrian waste management regulations, you are free to use any carrier you wish to collect and transport the Historic and New WEEE to the EARN recycler.

For larger quantities of waste, you may want to contact the recycler directly to arrange and pay for alternative collection methods. The EARN recycling facility in Austria is:

In order to help EARN identify TANDBERG equipment upon arrival at the recycler's address, please download the Recycling Label for Austrian Customers. Complete the label with your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.

Recycling Label for Austrian Customers

Under Article 24 of of the WEEE Ordinance, TANDBERG distributors must provide annual information on the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Austria. The WEEE Ordinance states that TANDBERG distributors must report under five collection and treatment categories.

The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period from August 2008 and be available from April 2009. EARN will prepare the recycling data report for TANDBERG. Information in the EARN recycling data report will be summarised on the TANDBERG website when it becomes available.