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• TCO'99

Information

•TCO'99

Environmental

Information for

Customers

•

CE Declaration

of Conformity

•

Energy Star

Declaration

•Commission

Federale de la

Communication

(FCC

Declaration)

•EN 55022

Compliance

(Czech Republic

•MIC Notice

(South Korea

Only)

•Polish Center

for Testing and

Certification

Notice

•North Europe

•Ergonomie

Hinweis (nur

Deutschland)

•Philips End-of-

Life Disposal

Regulatory Information

TCO '99 Information

Congratulations! You have just purchased a TCO '99 approved

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 viewpoints of both the work (internal) and natural (external) environments. Since all methods of

electricity generation have a negative effect on the environment (e.g. acidic and climate-influencing

emissions, radioactive waste), it is vital to save energy. Electronics equipment in offices is often left running

continuously and thereby consumes a lot of energy.

Approval requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment, ergonomics, usability, emission of electric

and magnetic fields, energy consumption and electrical and fire safety.

The environmental demands impose restrictions on the presence and use of heavy metals, brominated and

chlorinated flame retardants, CFCs (freons) and chlorinated solvents, among other things. The product must

be prepared for recycling and the manufacturer is obliged to have an environmental policy which must be

adhered to in each country where the company implements its operational policy.

The energy requirements include a demand that the computer and/or display, after a certain period of

inactivity, shall reduce its power consumption to a lower level in one or more stages. The length of time to

reactivate the computer shall be reasonable for the user.

Labeled products must meet strict environmental demands, for example, in respect of the reduction of