1、raising standards worldwideNO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBSI British StandardsWB9423_BSI_StandardColCov_noK_AW:BSI FRONT COVERS 5/9/08 12:55 Page 1Environmental Information on Electrical and ElectronicEquipment (EIEEE)DD IEC/PAS 62545:2008National forewordThis
2、 Draft for Development is the UK implementation of IEC/PAS 62545:2008.This publication is not to be regarded as a British Standard.It is being issued in the Draft for Development series of publications and is ofa provisional nature. It should be applied on this provisional basis, so thatinformation
3、and experience of its practical application can be obtained.A PAS is a Technical Specification not fulfilling the requirements for a standard, but made available to the public and established in an organizationoperating under a given procedure.A review of this Draft for Development will be carried o
4、ut not later than threeyears after its publication.Notification of the start of the review period, with a request for the submission of comments from users of this Draft for Development, will bemade in an announcement in the appropriate issue of Update Standards.According to the replies received, th
5、e responsible BSI Committee will judgewhether the validity of the PAS should be extended for a further three yearsor what other action should be taken and pass their comments on to the relevant international committee.Observations which it is felt should receive attention before the official callfor
6、 comments will be welcomed. These should be sent to the Secretary of theresponsible BSI Technical Committee at British Standards House, 389 ChiswickHigh Road, London W4 4AL.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeGEL/111, Electrotechnical environment committee.A l
7、ist of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained onrequest to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of acontract. Users are responsible for its correct application. BSI 2009ISBN 978 0 580 62211 3ICS 13.020.01; 43.040.10Compliance wi
8、th a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations.This Draft for Development was published under the authority of theStandards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 July 2009Amendments issued since publicationAmd. No. Date Text affectedBRITISH STANDARDDD IEC/PAS 62545:2008IEC/PAS 6254
9、5Edition 1.0 2008-01PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SPECIFICATIONEnvironmental Information on Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EIEEE) INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION RICS 13.020, 43.040.10 PRICE CODEISBN 2-8318-9583-9DD IEC/PAS 62545:2008 2 PAS 62545 IEC:2008(E) CONTENTS FOREWORD.3 INTRODUCTION.4 1
10、 Scope.5 2 Normative references .5 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations 5 4 Methodology and rules to be followed in order to build up environmental information on electrical and electronic equipment (EIEEE) 9 4.1 General .9 4.2 EIEEE for an environmentally homogeneous product category (EHPC) 11 5
11、Description of items to be considered when establishing an EIEEE frame.11 5.1 Information about the producer11 5.2 Description of the product .12 5.3 Environmental aspect identification : reference product and methodology .12 5.4 Constitutive materials12 5.5 Manufacturing process 12 5.6 Distribution
12、12 5.7 Use phase.13 5.8 End of life13 5.9 Environmental impacts 13 5.10 Eco-solutions 15 5.11 Date of elaboration of the EIEEE.15 Annex A (informative) Life cycle impact category indicators 16 Bibliography19 Figure 1 General structure of the environmental information on electrical and electronic equ
13、ipment.10 DD IEC/PAS 62545:2008PAS 62545 IEC:2008(E) 3 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (EIEEE) FOREWORD 1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising all n
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24、s for a standard, but made available to the public. IEC-PAS 62545 has been processed by IEC technical committee 111: Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems. The text of this PAS is based on the following document: This PAS was approved for publication by the
25、 P-members of the committee concerned as indicated in the following document Draft PAS Report on voting 111/86/NP 111/93/RVN Following publication of this PAS, the technical committee or subcommittee concerned will investigate the possibility of transforming the PAS into an International Standard. T
26、his PAS shall remain valid for an initial maximum period of 3 years starting from the date of publication. The validity may be extended for a single three-year period, following which it shall be revised to become another type of normative document, or shall be withdrawn. DD IEC/PAS 62545:2008 4 PAS
27、 62545 IEC:2008(E) INTRODUCTION Global awareness of the urgency of preserving the natural environment has been resulting in the developments of local, national, and/or international regulations on products, a growing consciousness of consumers of products environmental impacts, and generally speakin
28、g a growing involvement of every stakeholder in these matters. This is resulting in an increasing need of exchanges of environmental information between all actors of the product life cycle, from the raw material provider to the recycler, through the manufacturer and the finished product end user. A
29、t every stage, needs in terms of content and format of environmental information are different, and possible solutions to fit these needs are multiple. But the key actor of this chain is definitely the producer, who must put on the market products, which: are in conformity with the relevant environm
30、ental regulations, fulfil the technical and environmental requirements/expectations of users. Every producer is then led to collect the necessary information upstream of the manufacturing stage, and deliver product-related environmental information downstream. Upstream information is so far being co
31、llected by individual producers from their numerous suppliers. This means that every supplier is receiving as many requests as he has customers. Though these requests generally deal with the same items, they are all different and require customized answers. In the same way, producers have to answer
32、as many questionnaires as they have customers, or to provide consumers with the information they are expecting. This long-standing situation is more and more difficult to manage for companies because of the growing number of questionnaires, most often very different in contents and format, and the i
33、ncreasing number of answers to be provided. It is thus costly and burdensome for: every supplier to reply to a lot of different questionnaires, every producer to manage a huge quantity of data, and to deliver proper information. But the main concern about the current situation is that it doesnt ensu
34、re a level playing field on the market. Current rules of play appear insufficient to avoid misunderstanding between stakeholders, mistakes, false claims, which eventually lead to market distortion. There are therefore clear and urgent needs for standardization to structure and harmonize these exchan
35、ges of information. At that time, many different ways of meeting these needs for providing environmental product information exist. But existing systems all present some deficiencies (see Annex A), that this PAS claims to solve. DD IEC/PAS 62545:2008PAS 62545 IEC:2008(E) 5 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
36、ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (EIEEE) 1 Scope This PAS provides guidelines on generic environmental attributes to be considered by product committees when preparing a declaration frame suited to a concerned product category to disclose credible, relevant, and harmonized product related envi
37、ronmental information to who needs or requests it. As a result, generic requirements to be followed by upstream suppliers to deliver necessary information to downstream producers are also specified. This PAS is stand-alone and only applicable if relevant requirements on environmental aspects and imp
38、acts information does not exist in relevant product standard. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document
39、(including any amendments) applies. IEC/TR 62139:2004, Guidelines for the addition of environmental aspects in product standards specific to TC23 ISO 8601, Data elements and interchange formats Information interchange Representation of dates and times ISO 14001:2004, Environmental management systems
40、 Requirements with guidance for use ISO 14020:2000, Environmental labels and declarations General principles ISO 14040:2006, Environmental management Life cycle assessment Principles and framework ISO 14050:2002, Environmental management Vocabulary IEC Guide 109:2003, Environmental aspects Inclusion
41、 in electrotechnical product standards IEC Guide 114:2005, Environmentally conscious design - Integrating environmental aspects into product design and development of electrotechnical products 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations For the purposes of this document, the following terms, definitions
42、and abbreviations are used. NOTE In this PAS, the word “product” can be used in place of, and to mean “product family”, whose products have no significant difference from an environmental point of view. 3.1 Terms and definitions 3.1.1 manufacturer any person, company or organisation with ultimate re
43、sponsibility DD IEC/PAS 62545:2008 6 PAS 62545 IEC:2008(E) to verify compliance with the appropriate standard(s), to provide product information 3.1.2 producer any person who puts electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) on the market, i.e. either manufactures and sells EEE under his own trademark,
44、 or re-sells EEE manufactured by others, under his own trademark, or imports or exports EEE 3.1.3 distributor any person who provides EEE on a commercial basis to the party who is going to use it 3.1.4 end-user any person who uses an EEE 3.1.5 stakeholder any person or institution having a stake in
45、the outcome of a situation or decision NOTE Stakeholders may include: employees, labour unions, government agencies, regulators, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions, research groups, customers, suppliers, religious groups, indigenous people, youth, and media. 3.1.6 bill of m
46、aterials list of constitutive elements of a product / subassembly / component / material 3.1.7 environmental aspect element of an organizations activities, products or services that can interact with the environment NOTE 1 A significant environmental aspect is an environmental aspect that has, or ca
47、n have, a significant environmental impact. NOTE 2 For example, energy consumption is, in many cases, the major environmental aspect of electrical or electronic products. IEC Guide 109, definition 3.4, as taken from ISO 14001 3.1.8 environmental impact change to the environment, whether adverse or b
48、eneficial, wholly or partly resulting from an organizations activities, products or services. NOTE For example, energy consumption of a product has several environmental impacts through the energy production process, such as contributions to the greenhouse effect or to acidification of the environme
49、nt. IEC Guide 109, definition 3.5, as taken from ISO 14001 3.1.9 life cycle consecutive and interlinked stages of a product system, from raw material acquisition or generation of natural resources to the final disposal DD IEC/PAS 62545:2008PAS 62545 IEC:2008(E) 7 IEC Guide 109, definition 3.8, as taken from ISO 14040 3.1.10 life cycle thinking LCT consideration of all relevant environmental aspects (of a product) during the entire (product) life cycle IEC Guide 109, definition 3.10 3
