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Regulatory Information

TCO '99 Information • TCO Environmental Requirements • CE Declaration of Conformity • Energy

Star Declaration • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice (U.S. Only) • Commission

Federale de la Communication (FCC Declaration) • EN 55022 Compliance (Czech Republic Only) •

VCCI Class 2 Notice (Japan Only) • MIC Notice (South Korea Only) • Polish Center for Testing and

Certification Notice • North Europe (Nordic Countries) Information • BSMI Notice (Taiwan Only) •

Ergonomie Hinweis (nur Deutschland) • Philips End-of-Life Disposal • Information for UK only

reducing the burden on the environment and also to the further

development of environmentally adapted electronics products.

Why do we have environmentally labeled computers?

In many countries, environmental labeling has become an established method for encouraging the adaptation of

goods and services to the environment. The main problem, as far as computers and other electronics equipment

are concerned, is that environmentally harmful substances are used both in the products and during their

manufacture. Since it is not so far possible to satisfactorily recycle the majority of electronics equipment, most of

these potentially damaging substances sooner or later enter nature.

There are also other characteristics of a computer, such as energy consumption levels, that are important from the

labeling of personal computers. The labeling scheme was developed as a joint effort by the TCO (The Swedish

Confederation of Professional Employees), Svenska Naturskyddsforeningen (The Swedish Society for Nature

Conservation) and Statens Energimyndighet (The Swedish National Energy Administration).