EU regulation No. 1907/2006 effective June 1^st 2007

Registration obligation for Chemistries - For Kolb chemistries the process is in progress.

Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11^th march 1999

on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations

The user must  proof which total VOC consumption he has in his factory.

VOC percentages of cleaning fluids, auxiliary materials, fuels and coatings can be demanded from the manufacturer of respective products.

The loss arising from the use of the product is applicable for the survey of the respective VOC part.

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VOC( = volatile organic compound) =loss * VOC (content in product in %) / 100

When a user has > 1t / year VOC loss he is obliged to obey the council directive.

Alternatively he can take measures to reduce such losses < 1t /year with respective technologies as well as products.

e.g. replacement of IPA for cleaning against water-based cleaning chemistry.

Or reduction of VOC substances

As  in our MultiEX N7 mod 2 which is presently under long-term testing with a company of the Siemens group of companies in Germany.

Deviations may be applicable from country to country. Needs to be verified.

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Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances

It prohibits the use of substances as of July 2006

Cadmium (Cd), Quecksilber (Hg), sechswertiges Chrom (Cr (VI)), polybromierte Biphenyle (PBBs) ,polybromierte Diphenyläther (PBDEs) sowie Blei (Pb).

WEEE
Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräte).

Recycling, classification and handling

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This is the lowest temperature when a substance develops enough gases for an oxydation (flame).This flame however will stop right away even when the source of flame will not be removed. The gas volume emitting from the substance is not high enough to ensure a permanent flame.

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A few degrees above the flash point is the focal point from this temperature on a permanent flame is possible even when removing the source of flame, as the surface of the substance supply flammable gases in sufficient volume.

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The igniting point is the temperature, at which substances at hot products show self ignition. The igniting temperature is thus the lowest temperature at which flammable gases, fumes, dust or fine particles mixed with air start to burn.

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The WEEE- directive ( Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is the EU directive 2002/96  to reduce the  increasing amount of electronic waste out of non-used or non-usable electrical and electronic appliances.

Objective is the avoidance, the reduction as well as the environment-friendly disposal  of the increasing amount of e-waste by a widened manufacturer responsibility.

For the kolb cleaning systems / cleaning detergents the EU directive as per § 2 “ field of application” is not applicable.

Kolb acts in ful conformity with the WEEE directive for all its products.