The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006

Made: 11th December 2006

Laid before Parliament: 12th December 2006

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) to (4)

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PART 1 — GENERAL

Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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Service of documents

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Amendments to the Environment Act 1995

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• (1) The following amendments to the Environment Act 1995 shall have effect.

• (2) In section 56 (interpretation of Part 1), in subsection (1)—

• (a) in the definition of “environmental licence” in the application of Part 1 of that Act in relation to the Environment Agency, after paragraph (k) insert—

(l) approval of a scheme under regulation 41 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 (“the WEEE Regulations”); (m) compliance with the condition in regulation 43(e)(i) of the WEEE Regulations in relation to a scheme mentioned in paragraph (l); (n) approval of an authorised treatment facility or exporter under regulation 47 of the WEEE Regulations; and (o) extension of approval of an exporter under regulation 48 of the WEEE Regulations.

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• (b) in the definition of “environmental licence” in the application of Part 1 of that Act in relation to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, after paragraph (k) insert—

(l) approval of a scheme under regulation 41 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 (“the WEEE Regulations”); (m) compliance with the condition in regulation 43(e)(i) of the WEEE Regulations in relation to a scheme mentioned in paragraph (l); (n) approval of an authorised treatment facility or exporter under regulation 47 of the WEEE Regulations; and (o) extension of approval of an exporter under regulation 48 of the WEEE Regulations.

PART 2 — APPLICATION

Application

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First compliance period

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Existing Community legislation

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PART 3 — PRODUCER OBLIGATIONS

Financing: WEEE from private households

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Financing: WEEE from users other than private households

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Obligation to join a scheme

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Information provided to operators of schemes

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Declaration of compliance

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Record keeping

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Declaration of EEE producer registration number

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Marking EEE with the crossed out wheeled bin symbol

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Marking EEE with a producer identification mark and a date mark

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Information on new types of EEE

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Producers supplying EEE by means of distance communication

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PART 4 — SCHEME OBLIGATIONS

Registration of producers

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Application to register producers

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Notification of new scheme members

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Financing: WEEE from private households

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Financing: WEEE from users other than private households

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Prioritise the reuse of whole appliances

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Treatment

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Recovery

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Reporting: WEEE

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Reporting: EEE put on the market

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Declaration of compliance

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Record keeping

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PART 5 — DISTRIBUTOR OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS: WEEE FROM PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS

Take back

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Return

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Information

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Record keeping

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Exemption for members of a distributor take back scheme

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PART 6 — MISCELLANEOUS

Final user financing obligation: WEEE from users other than private households

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Obligation to optimise reuse and recycling of WEEE

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WEEE from private households that presents a health and safety risk

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Take back: WEEE from private households

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Prohibition on showing the costs of financing the collection, treatment and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households

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PART 7 — APPROVAL OF PROPOSED SCHEMES AND WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL OF SCHEMES

Application for approval of a proposed scheme

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Notification of a decision to refuse to approve a proposed scheme

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Conditions of approval

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Withdrawal of approval of a scheme

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Charges

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PART 8 — APPROVAL OF AUTHORISED TREATMENT FACILITIES AND EXPORTERS

Requirement for approval

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Application for approval

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Application for extension of approval of an exporter to an additional site

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Conditions of approval

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Suspension and cancellation of approval

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Charges

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Reporting

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Record keeping

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PART 9 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Distributor take back scheme

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Approval of designated collection facilities

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Withdrawal of approval of designated collection facilities

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Code of practice

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Evidence notes

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Product design

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PART 10 — DUTIES OF THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES

Registration of producers

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Monitoring

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Approval of schemes

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Information

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Approval of authorised treatment facilities and exporters

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PART 11 — DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Disclosure of information

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PART 12 — APPEALS

Right of appeal

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Procedure of appeals

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Determination of appeals

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Status of a decision pending appeal

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PART 13 — ENFORCEMENT

Enforcement

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Enforcement notice

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Entry and inspection

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PART 14 — OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

Offences

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Penalties

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Commencement of proceedings

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SCHEDULE 1 — Categories of EEE covered by these Regulations

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SCHEDULE 2 — List of products which fall under the categories in Schedule 1

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SCHEDULE 3 — First compliance period

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Producer obligations

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Scheme obligations

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Scheme approval

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Duties of the appropriate authorities

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Offences and penalties

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SCHEDULE 4 — Crossed out wheeled bin symbol

SCHEDULE 5 — Declaration of compliance

PART 1 — Information to be included in a declaration of compliance by a producer

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PART 2 — Information to be included in a declaration of compliance by an operator of a scheme

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SCHEDULE 6 — Information to be included in an application for registration of producers and notification of new scheme members

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SCHEDULE 7 — Approval of proposed schemes and schemes

PART 1 — Information to be included in an application for approval

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PART 2 — Information to be included in the constitution

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PART 3 — Information to be included in the operational plan

The operational plan referred to in regulation 41(4)(b)(iii) must include the following information in relation to each of the three compliance periods in respect of which the application for approval has been made—

• (a) details of the financial resources and technical expertise that will be available to enable the performance of the obligations of the operator of the proposed scheme under regulations 22 and 23;

• (b) details of the proposed arrangements for collection, treatment, recovery and recycling that will be or are in place to ensure that the operator of the proposed scheme will be able to comply with his obligations under Part 4 in relation to—

• (i) WEEE from private households in accordance with regulation 22;

• (ii) WEEE from users other than private households in accordance with regulation 23; or

• (iii) both (i) and (ii);

• (c) where it is available to the operator of the proposed scheme, the information referred to in paragraph (b) must include—

• (i) the names and addresses of the designated collection facilities from whom the proposed scheme intends to obtain WEEE from private households and the estimated amounts in tonnes of WEEE to be collected from each;

• (ii) the names and addresses of the AATFs that the operator of the proposed scheme intends to use to treat WEEE and the estimated amounts in tonnes of WEEE to be treated by each such AATF;

• (iii) the names and addresses of the approved exporters that the operator of the proposed scheme intends to use to treat, recover and recycle WEEE and the estimated amounts in tonnes of WEEE to be treated, recovered and recycled by each such approved exporter; and

• (iv) in the case of the collection of WEEE from designated collection facilities, details of any contingency plans;

• (d) a statement indicating the nature of the anticipated relationship of the operator of the proposed scheme with—

• (i) designated collection facilities;

• (ii) AATFs; and

• (iii) approved exporters,

in the three compliance periods in respect of which an application for approval is made;

• (e) how the operator of the proposed scheme will meet the conditions of approval set out in regulation 43;

• (f) how the operator of the proposed scheme will comply with the reporting requirements under regulations 27 and 28;

• (g) how the operator of the proposed scheme will comply with the obligation to submit a declaration of compliance under regulation 29;

• (h) where an operator of a proposed scheme is intending to collect WEEE from private households in accordance with regulation 22, details of the proposed arrangements to accept return of WEEE from private households from distributors free of charge in accordance with regulation 32;

• (i) how the operator of the proposed scheme will prioritise, where appropriate, the reuse of whole appliances in a manner consistent with the objectives of the Directive and in accordance with regulation 24; and the relationships it intends to develop with those persons carrying out reuse activities, including making use of the existing voluntary and community sector infrastructure; and

• (j) how the operator of the proposed scheme will adopt and comply with the code of practice issued by the Secretary of State under regulation 57.

PART 4 — Requirements for approval of a proposed scheme and for continued approval of a scheme

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SCHEDULE 8 — Approval of authorised treatment facilities and exporters

PART 1 — Information to be included in an application for approval

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PART 2 — Conditions of approval of authorised treatment facilities

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Signed

Malcolm Wicks — Minister of State for Science and Innovation — Department of Trade and Industry — 2006-12-11

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2003/2901 and S.I. 2004/706.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68. Under section 57 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under Community law in respect of devolved matters, the function of the Secretary of State in relation to implementing those obligations continues to be exercisable by him as regards Scotland.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L37, 13.2.2003, p.24.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L345, 31.12.2003, p.106.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L196, 16.8.1967, p.1. Directive 2006/12/EC repealed and replaced Directive 75/442/EEC, which is referred to in Directive 2002/96/EC.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L200, 30.7.1999, p.1.

[^f00007]: OJ No. L114, 27.04.2006, p. 9.

[^f00008]: 1995 c.25.

[^f00009]: 1985 c.6 as amended by the Companies Act 1989 (1989 c.40).

[^f00010]: S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6).

[^f00011]: The application of the Directive was extended to Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein by Decision 82/2004 of the European Economic Area Joint Committee of 8th June 2004 (OJ No. L349, 25.11.2004, p. 39).

[^f00012]: S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 19) as amended by S.I. 1999/663 and S.I. 2003/430 (N.I. 8).

[^f00013]: OJ No. L144, 4.6.1997, p.19.

[^f00014]: OJ No. L271, 9.10.2002, p.16.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2000/1973 as amended by the Solvent Emissions (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/107). There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00016]: S.S.I. 2000/323 as amended by the Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/26). There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00017]: 1990 c.43.

[^f00018]: S.I. 1994/1056 as amended by the Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/606), the Waste Management Licensing (England and Wales) (Amendment and Related Provisions) (No. 3) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1728) and the Waste Management Licensing Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/541). There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00019]: S.R. 2003 No. 46.

[^f00020]: S.R. 2003 No. 493.

[^f00021]: S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19).

[^f00022]: 1978 c.30.

[^f00023]: S.R. 2006 No. 509.

[^f00024]: 1994 c.23.

[^f00025]: 1995 c.25.

[^f00026]: 1989 c. 40.

[^f00027]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.).

[^f00028]: 2002 c.26.

[^f00029]: 1994 c. 23.

[^f00030]: OJ No. L30, 6.2.1993, p.1.

[^f00031]: OJ No. L349, 31.12.2001, p.1.

[^f00032]: 1995 c.25.

The operational plan referred to in regulation 41(4)(b)(iii) must include the following information ...—

• (a) details of the financial resources and technical expertise that will be available to enable the performance of the obligations of the operator of the proposed scheme under regulations 22 and 23;

• (b) details of the proposed arrangements for collection, treatment, recovery and recycling that will be or are in place to ensure that the operator of the proposed scheme will be able to comply with his obligations under Part 4 in relation to—

• (i) WEEE from private households in accordance with regulation 22;

• (ii) WEEE from users other than private households in accordance with regulation 23; or

• (iii) both (i) and (ii);

• (c) where it is available to the operator of the proposed scheme, the information referred to in paragraph (b) must include—

• (i) the names and addresses of the designated collection facilities from whom the proposed scheme intends to obtain WEEE from private households and the estimated amounts in tonnes of WEEE to be collected from each;

• (ii) the names and addresses of the AATFs that the operator of the proposed scheme intends to use to treat WEEE and the estimated amounts in tonnes of WEEE to be treated by each such AATF;

• (iii) the names and addresses of the approved exporters that the operator of the proposed scheme intends to use to treat, recover and recycle WEEE and the estimated amounts in tonnes of WEEE to be treated, recovered and recycled by each such approved exporter; ...

• (iv) in the case of the collection of WEEE from designated collection facilities, details of any contingency plans; and

• (v) the names and addresses of the AATFs and approved exporters that the operator of the proposed scheme intends to use to obtain evidence of WEEE reused as a whole appliance and the estimated amounts in tonnes of WEEE in respect of which such evidence is expected to be issued by each such AATF and approved exporter;

• (d) a statement indicating the nature of the anticipated relationship of the operator of the proposed scheme with—

• (i) designated collection facilities;

• (ii) AATFs; and

• (iii) approved exporters

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• (e) how the operator of the proposed scheme will meet the conditions of approval set out in regulation 43;

• (f) how the operator of the proposed scheme will comply with the reporting requirements under regulations 27 and 28;

• (g) how the operator of the proposed scheme will comply with the obligation to submit a declaration of compliance under regulation 29;

• (h) where an operator of a proposed scheme is intending to collect WEEE from private households in accordance with regulation 22, details of the proposed arrangements to accept return of WEEE from private households free of charge from—

• (i) distributors in accordance with regulation 32; and

• (ii) final holders in accordance with regulation 40A;

• (i) how the operator of the proposed scheme will prioritise, where appropriate, the reuse of whole appliances in a manner consistent with the objectives of the Directive and in accordance with regulation 24; and the relationships it intends to develop with those persons carrying out reuse activities, including making use of the existing voluntary and community sector infrastructure; and

• (j) how the operator of the proposed scheme will adopt and comply with the code of practice issued by the Secretary of State under regulation 57.

Editorial notes

[^key-759e6c7dade91ff82ef25667c9c4802b]: Regulations revoked (subject to a saving for reg. 4) (1.1.2014) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3113), reg. 96(2) (with reg. 96(3)-(5))

Prioritisation of the reuse of whole appliances

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