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Finance household WEEE management |
Other |
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- Description:
- Finance at least the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE)
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of market placement and financing arrangements
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 12 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall ensure that producers provide at least for the financing of the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households that has been deposited at collection facilities set up under Article 5(2).
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Finance waste from own products |
Other |
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- Description:
- Finance management of waste from the company’s own products individually or through a collective scheme.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Products placed on the market after 13 August 2005
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of financing and the chosen individual or collective scheme
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 12 Absatz 3
- Source excerpt:
- For products placed on the market later than 13 August 2005, each producer shall be responsible for financing the operations referred to in paragraph 1 relating to the waste from his own products. The producer may choose to fulfil this obligation either individually or by joining a collective scheme.
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Provide a financial guarantee |
Other |
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- Description:
- Provide a guarantee when placing each product on the market showing that management of all WEEE will be financed.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- EEE placed on the market
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of the guarantee when placing products on the market
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 12 Absatz 3
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall ensure that each producer provides a guarantee when placing a product on the market showing that the management of all WEEE will be financed
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Mark EEE |
Other |
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- Description:
- Mark EEE visibly, legibly and indelibly with the separate-collection symbol; exceptionally print it on the packaging, instructions or warranty.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- EEE placed on the market
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Visual review of product marking
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 14 Absatz 4
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall ensure that producers appropriately mark — preferably in accordance with the European standard EN 50419 — EEE placed on the market with the symbol shown in Annex IX.
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Provide treatment information |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- Within one year after placing equipment on the market, provide free information on preparation for re-use and treatment, including components, materials and dangerous substances and mixtures.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- New EEE placed for the first time on the Union market
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review whether information was provided within one year
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 15 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that producers provide information free of charge about preparation for re-use and treatment in respect of each type of new EEE placed for the first time on the Union market within one year after the equipment is placed on the market.
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Register as a producer |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- Register in the relevant national register and provide and update the required information.
- Frequency:
- One-time
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- EEE producers and authorised representatives
- Checking responsibility:
- National registers and competent authorities
- Check method:
- Cross-check against the national producer register
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 16 Absatz 2 Buchstabe a
- Source excerpt:
- each producer, or each authorised representative where appointed under Article 17, is registered as required and has the possibility of entering online in their national register all relevant information reflecting that producer’s activities in that Member State
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Report producer information |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- Provide the registration and reporting information required by Annex X.
- Frequency:
- Other
- Check frequency:
- Other
- Products/Services:
- EEE producers and authorised representatives
- Checking responsibility:
- National registers and competent authorities
- Check method:
- Review of submitted register and activity information
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 16 Absatz 2 Buchstabe c
- Source excerpt:
- each producer, or each authorised representative where appointed under Article 17, provides the information set out in Annex X, Part B
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Treat WEEE in accordance with technical requirements |
Due Diligence |
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- Description:
- Store and treat WEEE during collection or treatment in compliance with the technical requirements in Annex VIII.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- WEEE and treatment facilities
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authorities
- Check method:
- Inspection of facilities, processes and technical equipment
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 8 Absatz 3
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall ensure that any establishment or undertaking carrying out collection or treatment operations stores and treats WEEE in compliance with the technical requirements set out in Annex VIII.
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Obtain a treatment permit |
Approval |
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- Description:
- Obtain a permit from the competent authorities before carrying out treatment operations, or complete the required registration.
- Frequency:
- One-time
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Companies carrying out treatment operations
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authorities
- Check method:
- Review of permit or registration
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 9 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall ensure that any establishment or undertaking carrying out treatment operations obtains a permit from the competent authorities in compliance with Article 23 of Directive 2008/98/EC.
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Keep weight records |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- Keep weight records when WEEE leaves collection facilities, enters and leaves treatment facilities, and enters recovery, recycling or preparation-for-reuse facilities.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- WEEE and its components, materials or substances
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authorities
- Check method:
- Review of weight records at collection, treatment and recovery facilities
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 11 Absatz 4
- Source excerpt:
- producers or third parties acting on their behalf keep records on the weight of WEEE, its components, materials or substances when leaving (output) the collection facility, entering (input) and leaving (output) the treatment facilities and when entering (input) the recovery or recycling/preparing for re-use facility.
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Maintain shipment evidence for used EEE |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- When arranging a shipment, keep the required sale, testing, functionality, transport and liability evidence available and protect the load against transport damage.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Used EEE shipped as EEE rather than WEEE
- Checking responsibility:
- Member State authorities
- Check method:
- Document review, functionality testing and review of transport records
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Anhang VI Nummer 1
- Source excerpt:
- In order to distinguish between EEE and WEEE, where the holder of the object claims that he intends to ship or is shipping used EEE and not WEEE, Member States shall require the holder to have available the following to substantiate this claim:
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Collect non-household WEEE |
Other |
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- Description:
- Provide for the collection of WEEE from users other than private households directly or through third parties.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- WEEE from users other than private households
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of collection arrangements and contractual responsibility
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 5 Absatz 5
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall ensure that producers or third parties acting on their behalf provide for the collection of such waste.
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Set up WEEE recovery systems and meet targets |
Governance |
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- Description:
- Set up systems for the recovery of WEEE and meet the minimum recovery targets in Annex V; systems may be operated individually or collectively.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Separately collected WEEE sent for treatment
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authorities
- Check method:
- Review of treatment and recovery evidence
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 8 Absatz 3 und Artikel 11 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall ensure that producers or third parties acting on their behalf set up systems to provide for the recovery of WEEE using best available techniques. The systems may be set up by producers individually or collectively.
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Appoint an authorised representative |
Governance |
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- Description:
- Where required, appoint an authorised representative in the Member State of sale by written mandate.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Producers selling EEE cross-border
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of the written mandate and representative appointment
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 17 Absatz 3
- Source excerpt:
- Appointment of an authorised representative shall be by written mandate.
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