Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Germany

Under the Germany Act Governing the Sale, Return and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (ElektroG) which came into force on August 13th 2005, the financing of collection and recycling of any waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) arising from equipment bought before March 24th 2006 is the customer's responsibility. This is regardless of whether the old equipment is being replaced by a new item of equipment purchased from Gatan. Waste arising from equipment purchased before March 24th 2006 is referred to as Historic WEEE.

Under the ElektroG Act, Gatan is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from them after March 24th 2006, when that new 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 ElektroG.
• Gatan pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of ElektroG.
• you pay for transportation of your WEEE to Gatan's appointed recycler in Germany.

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 Germany. 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 German waste management regulations, you are free to use any carrier you wish to collect and transport non-hazardous 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 Germany is:

Recycler	Telephone Number	Website
Electrocycling	+49 (0)5321 336724	www.electrocycling.de - English contact page www.electrocycling.de - German contact page

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

Recycling Label for German Customers

WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for Gatan Equipment in Germany

Under Part 2, Section 13 of ElektroG, Gatan must provide annual information on the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Germany.

The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period March 2008 to February 2009. 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	Tonnes:	Tonnes:	Tonnes:	%:	Tonnes:	%:	Tonnes:	%:
1: Large Household Appliances	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2: Small Household Appliances	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3: IT & Telecom's Equipment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4: Consumer Equipment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5: Lighting Equipment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6: Electrical & Electronic Tools	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7: Toys, Leisure & Sports Equipment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8: Medical Devices	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9: Monitoring & Control Equipment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10: Automatic Dispensers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0