“with respect to the year of manufacture of the EEE included [in the criteria] although it can be difficult to determine, it is a parameter that can be useful to determine its viability of reuse, or to determine if it is constructed with technologies not clean, Too obsolete or inadequate, so it is considered advisable to maintain it.”

English translation of p. 2 of response by Colombia to Basel Secretariat. 2015. ‘Decision BC-12/5 | Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movements of Electrical and Electronic Waste and Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment, in Particular Regarding the Distinction between Waste and Non-Waste under the Basel Convention’. http://www.basel.int/TheConvention/ConferenceoftheParties/Meetings/COP12/tabid/4248/mctl/ViewDetails/EventModID/8051/EventID/542/xmid/13027/Default.aspx.

"We agree with you that residual lifetime of used E-equipments [sic] should be counted
from the first day of manufacturing."

From p. 2 of response by State of Palestine to Basel Secretariat. 2015. ‘Decision BC-12/5 | Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movements of Electrical and Electronic Waste and Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment, in Particular Regarding the Distinction between Waste and Non-Waste under the Basel Convention’. http://www.basel.int/TheConvention/ConferenceoftheParties/Meetings/COP12/tabid/4248/mctl/ViewDetails/EventModID/8051/EventID/542/xmid/13027/Default.aspx.