EN 50625-2-4:2017

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2018
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Collection, logistics & treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 2-4: Treatment
requirements for photovoltaic panels
Exigences de collecte, logistique et traitement pour les déchets d'équipements
électriques et électroniques (DEEE) - Partie 2-4: Exigences de traitement des panneaux
photovoltaïques
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50625-2-4:2017
ICS:
13.030.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
odpadki wastes
27.160 6RQþQDHQHUJLMD Solar energy engineering
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 50625-2-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2017
ICS 13.030.99; 27.160
English Version
Collection, logistics & treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 2-
4: Treatment requirements for photovoltaic panels
Exigences de collecte, logistique et traitement pour les Sammlung, Logistik und Behandlung von Elektro- und
déchets d'équipements électriques et électroniques (DEEE) Elektronik-Altgeräten (WEEE) - Teil 2-4: Anforderungen an
- Partie 2-4: Exigences de traitement des panneaux die Behandlung von Photovoltaikmodulen
photovoltaïques
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2017-09-18. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Administrative and organizational requirements . 6
4.1 Technical and infrastructural pre-conditions . 6
5 Technical requirements . 6
5.1 General . 6
5.2 Receiving of WEEE at treatment facility . 7
5.3 Handling of WEEE . 7
5.4 Storage of WEEE prior to treatment . 7
5.5 De-pollution. 7
5.6 De-pollution monitoring . 7
5.7 Treatment of non-de-polluted WEEE and fractions . 8
5.8 Storage of fractions . 8
5.9 Recycling and recovery targets . 8
5.10 Recovery and disposal of fractions . 8
6 Documentation . 8
Annex A (normative) De-pollution . 9
Annex B (normative) De-pollution monitoring. 10
Annex C (normative) Determination of recycling and recovery rates . 11
Annex D (normative) Requirements concerning processing of a batch . 12
Annex E (Void) . 13
Annex F (informative) Materials and components of WEEE requiring selective treatment . 14
Annex G (informative) Documentation for downstream monitoring and establishment of recycling and
recovery rates . 15
Annex AA (informative) Documentation of distinction criteria on product attributes for silicon based and non-

silicon based PV panels . 16
AA.1 Product attributes for silicon based PV Panels . 16
AA.1.1 General . 16
AA.1.2 Mono- and multi-crystalline silicon panels . 16
AA.1.3 Thin film silicon panels . 17
AA.2 Product attributes for non-silicon based PV Panels . 19

European foreword
This document (EN 50625-2-4:2017) has been prepared by CLC/TC 111X “Environment”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2018-06-18
implemented at national level by publication of an
identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2020-09-18
conflicting with this document have to
be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under mandate M/518 given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights
of which they are aware and to provide supporting documentation.
This part 2 is to be used in conjunction with the latest edition of EN 50625-1.
NOTE 1 When “Part 1” is mentioned in this standard, it refers to EN 50625-1.
This part 2 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in EN 50625-1, so as to convert that
publication into the European Standard: Treatment requirements for photovoltaic panels.
When a particular subclause of Part 1 is not mentioned in this Part 2, that subclause applies as far as is
reasonable. When this standard states “addition”, “modification” or “replacement”, the relevant text in Part
1 is to be adapted accordingly.
NOTE 2 The following numbering system is used:
— additional annexes are lettered AA, BB, etc.
NOTE 3 The following print types are used:
— requirements: in roman type
— changes compared to part 1: in italic type
Introduction
This clause of Part 1 is replaced with the following:
This European Standard aims to assist organisations in:
— achieving effective and efficient treatment of waste photovoltaic panels in order to prevent pollution and
minimize emissions;
— promoting increased material recycling;
— promoting high quality recovery operations;
— preventing inappropriate disposal of photovoltaic panels and fractions thereof;
— assuring protection of human health and safety, and the environment;
— preventing shipments of waste photovoltaic panels to operators whose operations fail to comply with this
normative document or a comparable set of requirements.
This European Standard supports the objectives of the Community's environment policy. These aim to
preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment, protect human health and utilize natural
resources prudently and rationally. That policy is based on the precautionary principle and the maxims that
preventive action to minimize environmental damage should, where possible, be rectified at source and the
polluter should pay.
This European Standard contains requirements applicable to the treatment of photovoltaic panels and is a
Part 2 of EN 50625-1, Collection, logistics and Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 1: General
treatment requirements.
This European Standard has been prepared in order to support European legislation under European
Commission mandate M/518 and so uses some of the terms defined in European law.
1 Scope
This clause of part 1 is replaced with the following:
This European Standard is applicable to the treatment of photovoltaic panels as mentioned in the WEEE
Directive under Annex 4.
The scope of this document is limited to photovoltaic panels with a minimum surface area of 0,2 m .
This European Standard applies to the treatment of photovoltaic panels until end-of-waste status is fulfilled,
or photovoltaic panel fractions are recycled, recovered or disposed.
This European Standard addresses all operators involved in the treatment including related handling, sorting
and storage of photovoltaic panels. This European Standard applies to all facilities including those whose
treatment operations using mobile treatment installation.
2 Normative references
This clause of Part 1 is applicable.
3 Terms and definitions
This clause of Part 1 is applicable except as follows.
Clause 3.26 of part 1 is replaced with the following:
3.26
photovoltaic panel
(PV panel)
electrical equipment or component with the sole purpose to generate electricity from solar light for public,
commercial, industrial, rural and residential applications
The following additions are made to this clause of part 1:
3.41
silicon based photovoltaic panel
(Si PV panel)
PV panel utilizing different forms of silicon as semiconductor material
Note 1 to entry: Semiconductor material of Si PV panels may consist of electrically interconnected mono- or multi-
crystalline silicon cells or microcrystalline or amorphous silicon. Silicon can be P-type or N-type silicon.
Note 2 to entry: The Si based PV panel can consist of a framed or un-framed glass-glass laminate or a framed or
unframed glass-polymer laminate. Electrical co
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