BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The deadline for EU member states to transpose the new WEEE Recast Directive 2012/19/EU into national WEEE Regulations has now passed.

Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and the UK have transposed the WEEE Recast Directive so far.

Draft legislation to transpose the WEEE Recast has been released by 18 EEA member states.

The current product scope of 10 categories of Electrical and Electronic Equipment will remain in place during the transitional period: Aug. 13, 2012 to Aug. 14, 2018.
An open scope of products within six EEE categories will then apply from Aug. 15, 2018.

From 2016, member states must achieve a collection target of 45% of the average annual weight of EEE placed on the market in the three preceding years. These annual collection targets will then rise further in 2019 to a rate of 65% of the average annual weight of EEE placed on the market in the three preceding years, or alternatively 85% of WEEE generated in that member state.

Derogations from the collection targets have been set for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to address difficulties faced by these member states in meeting the collection targets. These countries must achieve at least a 40% collection rate no later than 2016 (rather than 45%) and achieve an increased rate (65% to 85%) by 2021.

Article 16 of the WEEE Recast Directive requires member states to ensure that producers or authorized representatives can register and report information at online websites, and a member state’s registration website provides web links to the national registers in other member states.

The WEEE Recast Directive is implemented through national regulations in each country. As a result, there are different requirements in each member state.

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