Equipment with no external dimension more than 50 centimetres (Small equipment)
The following examples apply to products that are electrical and electronic equipment according to (§ 3 number 1 ElektroG).
Electrical and electronic equipment that can be both b2c, as well as b2b equipment
- Automatic dispensers
- Cameras
- Consumer equipment
- Equipment reproducing sound or images
- Equipment to generate electric currents
- Fans
- Heating equipment
- Heating regulators
- Hot plates
- Household appliances
- Irons
- Leisure and sports equipment
- Luminaires
- Medical devices
- Microwaves
- Monitoring and control instruments
- Music equipment
- Musical instruments
- OBD diagnosis equipment, OBD testers
- Oscilloscopes
- Power cables with a plug and socket
- Radios
- Small appliances with integrated photovoltaic panels
- Smoke detectors
- Scales
- Thermostats
- Toasters
- Tools
- Toys
- Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
Small equipment, that can be used in private households
- AC adapters, except power supplies of personal computers
- Active hearing protection
- Appliances for hair and body care
- Ash vacuum cleaners
- Auxiliary products for bicycles
- Baby monitors
- Bicycle lighting
- Blood glucose meters
- Charging equipment, also with solar cells
- CD/DVD/MP3 players
- Clocks and watches
- Computers for biking
- Computers for diving
- Computers for running
- Computers for rowing
- Circuit breakers
- Clothing with electrical functions (heating/massage/lighting function, etc)
- Detectors
- Digital cameras
- Dimmers
- Diving computers
- Door bells (also intercom systems, if applic. with video)
- Drones
- DSLR cameras
- Electric motors
- Electric kettles
- Electric knives
- Electric shavers
- Electric timer switches
- Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, vapes)
- Electronic safes
- Equipment reproducing sound or images
- External flash units
- Fitness trackers and health watches
- Foldable solar panels, not directly connected
- Game consoles
- Gas boilers
- Generators
- Gimbals
- Glucose measuring equipment
- Ink/toner cartridges with chip or sensor
- Illuminated tiles
- Inverters
- Heating blankets
- Heating foils
- Headphones
- Hi-fi equipment
- House automation equipment
- Humidifiers
- Insulin equipment
- Inverters
- IP and surveillance cameras
- Knives
- KNX equipment
- Laser pointers
- Loudspeakers
- Luminescent globes
- Measuring equipment
- Medical thermometers
- Model construction equipment
- Microphones, not exclusively for communication or IT use
- Mirrors, illuminated
- Motion detectors
- Multimeters
- Night vision equipment
- Network cameras
- Pictures, illuminated
- Powerbanks with additional function
- Printer/toner cartridges with electric function (e.g. chip)
- Projectors
- Pumps
- Radios, radio sets
- Receivers for radio, TV
- Residual current operated circuit breaker
- Remote controls
- Riflescopes with electrical function
- RGB controller
- Selfie sticks
- Sewing eqipment
- Shoes with illumination
- Small appliances for cars (e.g. operated via plug & play)
- Small pieces of furniture with integrated electric function
- Smart watches
- Sockets with additional function (also web and IP sockets)
- Solar lights
- Solar fans
- Teddies with a growling voice
- Timers
- Torches
- Toy robots
- Video cables
- Video recorders
- Voltage testers
- Voltage converters
- Vacuum cleaners
- Ventilation equipment
- Video cameras
- Video lights
- VR headsets
- Wall box chargers
- Water heaters (instant, tankless)
- Wearables
- Weather stations
- Webcams
- Wildlife cameras
Small photovoltaic panels, that can be used in private households
- Photovoltaic panels on house roofs, caravans, boats, etc.
Small equipment for use in other than private households only
- Industrial cameras
- Inverters
- Measuring/analysing equipment for laboratories and industry
- Profile rail equipment for exclusively industrial or medical use
- Product dispensing machines without cooling function
Small ’Passive’ equipment, in scope since 1st May 2019
+++++++ allocated to the respective type of equipment category 5 +++++++++
- Antennas for radio/TV/cars
- Antennas, not exclusively for communication or IT use
- Audio cables
- Audio adapters
- Cable reels
- Cold-device cables
- Extension cables (audio, electricity)
- HDMI adapters
- HDMI cables
- Light switches, see
- Low-voltage couplers
- Safety fuses
- Small appliance cables
- Sockets (Schuko etc.), see
- Travel plugs
For more information see
Misinterpretation/Electrical and electronic equipment that does not fall into category 5
IITK equipment that has no external dimension more than 50 centimetres:
- GPS and navigation devices
- Mobile phones
- Smartphones
- Phablets
- Printers
- Routers
...are allocated to category 6.
- Gas-discharge lamps
- Compact fluorescent lamps
- Cooling appliances
- LCD/LED/OLED photo frames
- LED lamps
- Monitors
- Screens
....are allocated to categories 1-3
- Solar heat units without electrical function
Passive ITK equipment that has no external dimension more than 50 centimetres
- Network cables
- Telephone cables
- USB cables
...are in scope from 1st May 2019 and are allocated to category 6