Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Austria

Under the Austrian Ordinance on Waste Prevention, Collection and Treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE Ordinance) that came into force on August 13th 2005, for equipment that you buy from Gatan after August 13th 2005, Gatan is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of WEEE that your new purchase replaces, on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. The old equipment that your new purchase from Gatan replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.

Under the WEEE Ordinance, Gatan is also required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from them after August 13th 2005 when that equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.

Gatan products are very competitively priced. Any new increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as Gatan is normally reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing the prices of our products, Gatan has decided to share these new environmental costs directly with our customers. We believe in being transparent with you on any new environmental costs that our products need to address.

Our approach to sharing these new environmental costs is:

• Gatan pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the WEEE Ordinance;
• Gatan pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the WEEE Ordinance;
• you pay for transportation of your WEEE to Gatan's appointed recycler in Austria.

Gatan has established a recycling contract with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the equipment on arrival at the EARN recycling facility in Austria. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of Gatan products is classed as non-hazardous waste.

It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to the recycler. Under Austrian waste management regulations, you are free to use any carrier you wish to collect and transport the Historic and New WEEE to the EARN recycler.

For larger quantities of waste, you may want to contact the recycler directly to arrange and pay for alternative collection methods. The EARN recycling facility in Austria is:

Recycler	Telephone Number	Website
Stena Ecotronics (Austria)	+43 78646 03	www.stenametall.com

In order to help EARN identify Gatan equipment upon arrival at the recycler's address, please download the Recycling Label for Austrian Customers. Complete the label with your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.

Recycling Label for Austrian Customers

WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for Gatan Equipment in Austria

Under Article 24 of of the WEEE Ordinance, Gatan must provide annual information on the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Austria. The WEEE Ordinance states that Gatan must report under five collection and treatment categories.

The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period from August 2007 and be available from April 2008. EARN will prepare the recycling data report for Gatan. Information in the EARN recycling data report will be summarised on the Gatan website when it becomes available.

Equipment	Sold:	Collected:	Reused:		Recovered:		Recycled:
Category	kg:	kg:	kg:	%:	kg:	%:	kg:	%:
1: Large Appliances	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2: Cooling Appliances, Refrigerators & Freezers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3: Display Screen Equipment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4: Small Electrical Appliances	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5: Gas Discharge Lamps	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0