Small IT and telecommunication equipment with no external dimension more than 50 centimetres
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
- Cash registers
- Card readers
- GPS equipment
- GPS equipment for cars (e.g. operated via plug & play)
- Microchip scanners
- Navigation devices
- Personal computers
- Printers
- Routers
- Scanners for documents, data, barcodes
- Smart cards
- Telephones
Small IT and telecommunication equipment, that can be used in private households
- Answering machines
- Beacons
- Computer mice
- Copiers
- CPU fans
- Data recording equipment
- Dongles
- Expansion cards for computers
- Fax machines
- Global finders (Paging devices)
- Graphics cards
- Hard drives
- ITK equipment with integrated solar cells
- ITK equipment for cars (e.g. operated via plug & play)
- Keyboards
- Memory cards
- Mobile phones
- Modems
- Motherboards
- Personal computers
- Phablets
- Pocket calculators
- Power supplies of personal computers
- Processors to insert in a base
- Radar warning equipment
- RAMs
- RFID protection cards (blocking cards) with chip or antenna
- Satellite telephones
- Servers
- Smartphones
- TV cards
- Typewriters (electric)
- USB Hubs
- USB Sticks
- USB Extension cabels
- WLAN devices
Small IT and telecommunication equipment for use in other than private households only
- Operating desks (meaning input keypad)
- Small industrial PCs
- Small medical PCs
- Medical ITK small appliances also with MPG approval
Small ’Passive’ ITC equipment in scope since 1st May 2019
+++++++ allocated to the respective type of equipment category 6 +++++++++
- Antennae, exclusively for communication or IT use
- Display port cables
- DVI cables
- ITK (extension) cables
- ITK adapters, e.g. USB to Micro USB, Display port to DVI
- LAN cables
- Network sockets
- Network cables
- Telephone adapters
- Telephone connection cables, see
- Telephone outlet/sockets, see
- Telephone junction boxes, see
- USB cables
For more informationen see
Misinterpretation/Electrical and electronic equipment that does not fall into category 6
- Large ITK equipment
- Large printers
...are allocated to category 4.
Small equipment (with and without ITK technology):
- Household appliances (also with smart functions)
- Cameras (also with WLAN, GPS, etc.)
- MP3 players
- Radios
- Watches, wearables (also with additional functions, such as GPS, SIM card, WLAN, etc.)
...are allocated to category 5.
equipment containing screens having a surface greater than100 cm² :
- Ebook readers
- E readers
- Laptops
- Tablets
...are allocated to category 2.
Passive small appliances (with and without ITK technology)
- Antennae for radio / TV
- HDMI adapters
- HDMI cables
...are in scope from 1st May 2019 and are allocated to category 5