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<p><del class="ministerial">No consideration has been given as internet search engines
are not within the defined scope of the Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment
Directive. The scope of the WEEE Directive is restricted to equipment which is dependent
on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work properly or equipment
for the generation, transfer and measurement of such currents and fields.</del></p><p>
</p><p><ins class="ministerial">No consideration has been given to either computer
software or internet search engines because they do not fall within the definition
of electrical and electronic equipment specified in the WEEE Directive. Software is
normally either downloaded to equipment or purchased on CDs. It is the equipment that
is used to run the software that would fall in scope since that equipment is dependent
on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work properly. An internet
search engine is a service, not a piece of equipment, and so is also outside the scope
of the Directive.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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