WEEE Transposition Status of Member States
(Status implementation date per Jan 2007)
Note: Romania and Bulgaria become EU member states since 1 January 2007
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Transposed |
In Progress |
(Note : Based on latest information available, last update in Jan 2007)
WEEE Schedule
| Milestone |
RoHS (Endorsed) |
| Became European Law |
13 February 2003 |
| Transposition of WEEE and RoHS Directives into national laws |
13 August 2004 |
| Producer responsibility for separate collection, recovery and recycling |
13 August 2005 |
| EEE put on the market after the date should have appropriate markings (e.g. producer identification, date put on the market, crossed-out wheeled bin) |
13 August 2005 |
| Achievement of separate collection of 4kg/per inhabitant per year of WEEE from private households (collection target) |
31 December 2006 |
| Achievement of recovery targets and recycling targets | 31 December 2006 |
Highlights of some EU Member States
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National Legislation |
Implementation Date |
National Register |
Collective Systems |
Penalties |
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| Austria | - Waste Management Law - Waste Treatment Obligation Ordinance - Electro Ordinance |
13 August 2005 | Environmental Agency | UFH Altlampen, UFH Elektroaltgeraet, ERA, EVA, ERP | Fine may up to Euro 7,270 |
| Belgium | - Conventions on the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment | 7 August 2004 | - Brussels Waste Department - Flemish Waste Department - Walloon Waste Department |
Recupel |
Imprisonment up to five years and fine may exceed Euro 250,000 |
| Cyprus | Administrative Act No 668 | 13 August 2005 | The Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment, Environment Service | EDHHA | Imprisonment up to three years and/or fine may up to Euro 35,000 |
| Czech Republic | Waste Act Amendment | 12 October 2005 | Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic | Elektrowin, Ekolamp, Retela, REMA, Asekol | Fine may up to Euro 1,000,000 |
| Denmark | Environmental Protection Act | 1 June 2005 | - The WEEE System - Danish Environmental Protection Agency |
EPA Elretur Denmark | Imprisonment up to two years |
| Estonia | - Waste Act - Regulation No. 376 of the Government of the Republic - Minister of Environment Regulation No. 9 - Regulation on the Central Register of Producers |
13 August 2005 | The Ministry of Environment | EES-Ringlus, Elektroonikaromu | Fine may up to Euro 3,200 |
| Finland | - Waste Act 1072/1993 - Government Decree on Electrical and Electronic Waste 852/2004 |
15 May 2005 | Pirkanmaa Regional Environmental Centre | SER-Ty, Elker Oy, FLIP ry, ICT Producer Cooperative, SELT ry, NERA | Conditional fine or even imprisonment |
| France | - Decree 2005/829 on the Design of EEE and the Elimination of WEEE | 13 August 2005 | - Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Development - The French Environment Agency |
Recylum, ECO-Systemes, Eco-Logic, ERP | Fine may up to Euro 1,500 |
| Germany | - Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act, or ElektroG - Cost Ordinance to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act, or ElektroGKostV |
13 August 2005 | - Federal Environmental Office, Umweltbundesamt - Clearing-house, Stiftung Elektro-Altgerate Register |
ENE, ERP, RNE, LARS, ProReturn, Olav, BSH-Miele-Philips, Quelle, ALBA, DSD, DHL, e-back, EGR, Entec, AVR, Fliege Cleanaway, Hellmann, Interseroh, Landbell, Pape, Remondis, TechProtet/RENE, Take-E-Way, Vfw, Zentek | Fine may up to Euro 50,000 |
| Greece | The Presidential Decree No 117/2004 | 13 August 2005 | Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works | Recycling of Appliances S.A. | Imprisonment up to three years and/or fine may up to Euro 150,000 |
| Hungary | - Government Decree 264/2004 - Ministerial Decree 15/2004 - Product Fee Act LVI |
1 January 2005 | National Directorate for the Environment, Nature and Water | Electro-Coord Kht., Electro-Waste Kht., Re-Electro Kht, Okomat Kht | Fine may up to 350,000 HUF |
| Ireland | - Waste Management Act - Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2005 |
20 July 2005 | Environmental Protection Agency | ERP, WEEE Ireland | Imprisonment up to ten years and/or fine up to Euro 15,000,000 |
| Italy | Legislative Decree No. 151 | 13 August 2006 | Supervision and Control of WEEE Management Committee | ERP, ecoR'it | Fine may up to Euro 100,000 |
| Latvia | - Law on Waste Management - Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers |
13 August 2005 | The Ministry of Environment | LZE, CECED | Fine may up to Euro 720 |
| Lithuania | - Waste Management Law - WEEE Management Rules - National Strategic Waste Management Plan - Adminstrative Code |
24 August 2005 | The Ministry of Environment | INFOBALT, CECED, Zaliasis Taskas | Fine may up to Euro 29,000 |
| Luxembourg | Grand-Duke's Decree | 1 April 2006 | The Ministry of the Environment | Ecotrel asbl | Imprisonment up to six months and/or a fine up to Euro 123,950 |
| Malta | L.N. 63 of 2007 - Environment Protection Act (CAP. 345) – Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations, 2007 | No timetable yet | The Malta Environment and Planning Authority | WasteServ Malta Ltd | Imprisonment may up to two years and/or fine up to Lm2,000 |
| Netherlands | EEE Management Regulation | 13 August 2005 | VROM Inspection | ICT-Milieu, VLEHAN, FIAR, VLA, SVEG, SMR | Fine may up to Euro 450,000 |
| Poland | WEEE Act | 21 October 2005 | General Inspector for Environmental Protection | Elektro-Eko, ERP | Fine may up to Euro 125,000 |
| Portugal | Decree-Law 230/2004 | 13 August 2005 | The National Waste Institute | Amb3E, ERP | Fine may up to Euro 44,800 |
| Slovakia | - Act 733/2004 - Ministerial Decree 208/2005 - Government Ordinance 388/2005 - Ministerial Decree 359/2005 |
1 January 2005 | The Ministry of the Environment of hte Slovak Republic | Ekolamp, Envidom, SEWA, Etalux | Fine may up to 5,000,000 Slovak crowns |
| Slovenia | Decree 4871 | 13 August 2005 | - The Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) - The Inspectorate for the Environment and Spatial Planning |
Ekolamp, ZEOS, Slopak, Interseroh | Fine may up to Euro 40,000 |
| Spain | Royal Decree 208/2005 | 27 February 2005 | The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Environment | Ecolec, Tragamovil, Ambilamp, ERP, Ecotic, Ecolum | Fine may up to Euro 1,200,000 |
| Sweden | Statutory Order SFS 2005:209 | 13 August 2005 | The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency | EI-Kretsen | Fine may up to Euro 10,800 |
| United Kingdom | The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations are yet to be finalised | No timetable yet | The Environment Agency | Gambica's B2B compliance scheme, Repic | The penalties are not yet known |