Shane McEntee (Meath, Fine Gael)
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Question 290: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the approved national or international standards that apply to washing machines sold here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3175/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has no function in the approval of standards applying to washing machines. However, the Waste Management (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2005 which transpose Directive 2002/95/EC prohibits electrical and electronic equipment, including washing machines, that contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) from being placed on the Community Market with the exception of exemptions listed in the Annex to the Directive.