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WEEE in the EU

a. Technical Adaptation Committee Meetings

 

At EU level the TAC (Technical Adaptation Committee) chaired by the European Commission and comprising of Member State representatives, considers follow up issues for the WEEE and RoHS Directive.

BERR has produced an unofficial notes of the TAC meeting, these can be viewed from the RoHS website.  

 
 b. Amendment to Article 9 of the WEEE Directive

Following concerns raised by business about the potential negative effects of financing rules on historic waste from non-household sources, the European Commission proposed a draft Directive to amend Article 9 of the WEEE Directive.  The text of the proposal is below.

Amendment of Article 9 of the WEEE Directive  

c. Transposition in Other Member States

The following report produced on behalf of BERR by consultants Perchards details other Member States preparations for WEEE and RoHS.  It was published in November 2005. 

Transposition of the WEEE and RoHS directives in other EU member states: November 2005.

 

The text of the WEEE Directive is available here.

WEEE EU Directive 2002/96/EU

The Commission has also produced non-legally binding Frequently Asked Questions document:

Commission FAQ document

Contacts 

For further information on the WEEE Directive, please contact:

weee@dti.gsi.gov.uk

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