Product Stewardship

To improve the product stewardship profile at the company level, products/services marketed by Telecom Italia S.p.A. are also examined under the following criteria:

• health and safety of consumers;
• labelling of products and services;
• marketing communications;
• respect for privacy;conformity with applicable regulations;
• environmental impact of the product.

Marketed products are subject to a technical test aimed at ensuring their conformity with European directives and national laws, in particular:

• the EU regulations on the protection and safety of customers in using the equipment;
• the RoHS regulation which prohibits the use of certain substances in electrical and electronic equipment;
• the WEEE regulation on the disposal of electrical and electronic products at the end of their life cycle;
• European regulations nos. 1275/2008 and 278/2009 which implement the EuP (Energy-using Products) directive for terminals and their respective external power supplies.