SIST-TS CLC/TS 50625-3-5:2018

Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 3-5: Technical specification for de-pollution - Photovoltaic panels

Clause 1 is replaced with the following:
This European Technical Specification is intended to be used in conjunction with the WEEE Treatment Standard for photovoltaic panels, FprEN 50625-2-4 and Technical Specification for de-pollution - General CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015.

Sammlung, Logistik und Behandlung von Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräten (WEEE) - Teil 3-5: Technische Spezifikation der Schadstoffentfrachtung Photovoltaik-Module

Exigences de collecte, logistique et traitement pour les DEEE - Partie 5: Spécification relative au traitement final des fractions de DEEE - Cuivre et métaux précieux

L'Article 1 est remplacé par ce qui suit:
La présente Spécification technique européenne est destinée à être utilisée conjointement avec la norme de traitement des DEEE pour les panneaux photovoltaïques FprEN 50625-2-4 et la Spécification technique pour la dépollution - Généralités CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015.

Zahteve za zbiranje, logistiko in obdelavo odpadne električne in elektronske opreme (WEEE) - 3-5. del: Tehnična specifikacija za preprečevanje onesnaženja - Fotonapetostne plošče

Točko 1 nadomešča naslednje besedilo:
Ta evropska tehnična specifikacija je namenjena uporabi skupaj s standardom za obdelavo odpadne električne in elektronske opreme (WEEE) za fotonapetostne plošče, standardom FprEN 50625-2-4 in tehnično specifikacijo za preprečevanje onesnaženja General CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 10-Dec-2017
• ICS: 13.020.40 - Pollution, pollution control and conservation
• ICS: 13.030.99 - Other standards related to wastes
• ICS: 27.160 - Solar energy engineering
• Technical Committee: ITIV - Electronics assembly technology and Environmental standardization
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 28-Nov-2017
• Due Date: 02-Feb-2018
• Completion Date: 11-Dec-2017
• Directive: 2012/19/EU - Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
• Mandate: M/518 - Mandate to the European standardisation organisations for standardisation in the field of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE))
• Ref Project: CLC/TS 50625-3-5:2017 - Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 3-5: Technical specification for de-pollution - Photovoltaic panels

Overview

CLC/TS 50625-3-5:2017 is a CENELEC Technical Specification that defines de-pollution (hazardous substance removal) monitoring and analysis requirements for photovoltaic (PV) panels treated as WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment). It is intended to be used in conjunction with the PV treatment standard EN 50625-2-4 and the general de-pollution specification CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015. The document sets sampling and chemical-analysis protocols, limit values for key toxic elements in glass fractions, and laboratory competence expectations to verify de-pollution performance.

Key topics and requirements

• Scope & relationship: Replaces Clause 1 to explicitly require use alongside EN 50625-2-4 and CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015.
• De-pollution monitoring approach: Establish limit values, obtain representative samples (per Annex AA), perform standardized chemical analysis, and compare results with limits to evaluate performance.
• Sampling protocols: Annex AA specifies methods for sampling during and after treatment processes. Sampling is based on EN 14899 principles to produce representative mixed samples of PV glass fractions.
• Analysis methodology and laboratory competence:
  • Sample preparation/homogenization: EN ISO 15587-1/2, EN 15002, EN 13650.
  • Chemical analysis: EN ISO 17852 (Hg), EN ISO 17294-2 (ICP‑MS), EPA Method 6020A, etc.
  • Laboratories should comply with EN ISO/IEC 17025; if not, duplicate samples must be regularly checked by an accredited lab.
• Limit values for residual hazardous elements in glass fractions:
  • Silicon-based PV panels: Cd = 1 mg/kg, Se = 1 mg/kg, Pb = 100 mg/kg (dry matter).
  • Non-silicon-based PV panels: Cd = 10 mg/kg, Se = 10 mg/kg, Pb = 100 mg/kg.
  • Cadmium and selenium limits act as indicators of semi-conductor removal efficiency (e.g., CdTe, CIGS). Lead indicates removal of metals from electrical connections.

Practical applications & users

• Who uses it:
  • WEEE recyclers and PV treatment operators (process control and acceptance criteria).
  • Analytical laboratories (testing protocols, accreditation requirements).
  • Compliance schemes, auditors and regulators (verification of de-pollution performance).
  • Smelters and material buyers (quality of recycled glass feedstock).
• Why it matters:
  • Ensures hazardous semiconductors and heavy metals are reduced to acceptable levels for safe recycling or material recovery.
  • Provides standard sampling and analysis methods to demonstrate compliance, optimize sorting and treatment technologies, and reduce environmental risk.

Related standards

• EN 50625-2-4 (Treatment requirements for photovoltaic panels)
• CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015 (General de-pollution specification)
• EN 50625-1:2014 (General WEEE treatment requirements)
• EN 14899, EN ISO 15587‑1/2, EN 15002, EN ISO 17852, EN ISO 17294‑2, EN ISO/IEC 17025

Keywords: CLC/TS 50625-3-5:2017, WEEE, photovoltaic panels, de-pollution, sampling protocol, limit values, cadmium, selenium, lead, EN 50625-2-4, EN ISO/IEC 17025.

Standards Content (Sample)

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Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 3-5: Technical
specification for de-pollution - Photovoltaic panels
Exigences de collecte, logistique et traitement pour les DEEE - Partie 5: Spécification
relative au traitement final des fractions de DEEE - Cuivre et métaux précieux
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CLC/TS 50625-3-5:2017
ICS:
13.020.40 Onesnaževanje, nadzor nad Pollution, pollution control
onesnaževanjem in and conservation
ohranjanje
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.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CLC/TS 50625-3-5

SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
November 2017
ICS 13.030.99; 27.160
English Version
Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part
3-5: Technical specification for de-pollution - Photovoltaic panels
Exigences de collecte, logistique et traitement pour les Sammlung, Logistik und Behandlung von Elektro- und
DEEE - Partie 5: Spécification relative au traitement final Elektronik-Altgeräten (WEEE) - Teil 3-5: Spezifikation für
des fractions de DEEE - Cuivre et métaux précieux die Endbehandlung der Fraktionen von Elektro- und
Elektronik-Altgeräten - Kupfer und Edelmetalle
This Technical Specification was approved by CENELEC on 2017-09-18.

CENELEC members are required to announce the existence of this TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the TS available promptly
at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force.

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
© 2017 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. CLC/TS 50625-3-5:2017 E

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 De-pollution monitoring . 6
4.1 Introduction . 6
4.2 Target value methodology . 6
4.3 Mass Balance methodology. 6
4.4 Analysis methodology . 6
5 Overview of the applicable methodologies . 7
5.1 Applicable methodologies . 7
6 Large appliances . 7
7 Cooling and freezing appliances . 7
8 CRT Display /FPD appliances . 7
9 Lamps . 7
10 Small appliances . 7
11 Protocol for components removed during a batch process . 7
12 Photovoltaic panels . 7
12.1 Introduction . 7
12.2 Analysis methodology . 7
Annex A (normative) Sampling protocol for the physically smallest non-metallic mechanical treatment fraction
........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Annex B (normative) Sampling protocol for plastics . 10
Annex C (normative) Targets . 11
Annex D (informative) Target calculation example . 12
Annex AA (normative) Sampling protocol for photovoltaic panel treatment fractions . 13
AA.1 Introduction . 13
AA.2 Number and size of samples . 13
Table AA.1 — Sample size . 13
AA.3 Principles of sampling . 14
AA.3.1 Sampling during treatment process . 14
AA.3.2 Sampling after a treatment process . 14
AA.4 Mixed sample preparation . 14
AA.5 Mixed sample reduction . 15
AA.6 Packaging of samples . 15
Bibliography . 16

European foreword
This document (CLC/TS 50625-3-5:2017) has been prepared by CLC/TC 111X “Environment”.
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.
This document is to be used in conjunction with CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015.
CLC/TS 50625-3-5 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015, so as to
convert that publication into the Technical Specification: Treatment specification for photovoltaic panels.
When a particular subclause of part 3-1 is not mentioned in this part 3-5, that subclause applies as far as is
reasonable. When this standard states “addition”, “modification” or “replacement”, the relevant text in part 3-1
is to be adapted accordingly.
NOTE The following numbering system is used:
– Subclauses, tables and figures that are numbered starting from 101 are additional to those in Part 1;
– unless notes are in a new subclause or involve notes in Part 1, they are numbered starting from 101, including
those in a replaced clause or subclause;
– additional annexes are lettered AA, BB, etc.
Introduction
In order to support EN 50625-2-4, Collection, logistics and Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 2:
Treatment requirements for photovoltaic panels, covering treatment of WEEE and thereby fulfil the requirement
of the European Commission’s Mandate M/518 it is necessary to include normative requirements, such as
target values and limit values for the analysis, into a document that is able to be revised to take into account
both practical experience and changes in treatment technologies.
1 Scope
Clause 1 is replaced with the following:
This European Technical Specification is intended to be used in conjunction with the WEEE Treatment
Standard for photovoltaic panels, EN 50625-2-4 and Technical Specification for de-pollution – General
CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015.
2 Normative references
Clause 2 is replaced with the following:
EN 13650, Soil improvers and growing media - Extraction of aqua regia soluble elements
EN 14899, Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste materials - Framework for the preparation and
application of a Sampling Plan
EN 15002, Characterization of waste - Preparation of test portions from the laboratory sample
CEN/TR 15310-1, Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste materials - Part 1: Guidance on selection and
application of criteria for sampling under various conditions
CEN/TR 15310-2, Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste materials - Part 2: Guidance on sampling
techniques
CEN/TR 15310-3, Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste materials - Part 3: Guidance on procedures
for sub-sampling in the field
CEN/TR 15310-4, Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste materials - Part 4: Guidance on procedures
for sample packaging, storage, preservation, transport and delivery
CEN/TR 15310-5, Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste materials - Part 5: Guidance on the process
of defining the sampling plan
EN 50625-1:2014, Collection, logistics & Treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 1: General treatment
requirements
EN 50625-2-4:2017, Collection, logistics & treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 2-4: Treatment
requirements for photovoltaic panels
CLC/TS 50625-3-1:2015, Collection, logistics & treatment requirements for WEEE - Part 3-1: Specification for
de-pollution - General
EN ISO 15587-1, Water quality - Digestion for the determination of selected elements in water - Part 1: Aqua
regia digestion (ISO 15587-1)
EN ISO 15587-2, Water quality - Digestion for the determination of selected elements in water - Part 2: Nitric
acid digestion (ISO 15587-2)
EN ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
(ISO/IEC 17025)
EN ISO 17294-2, Water quality - Application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) - Part
2: Determination of selected elements inclu
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