Legal provisions of COM(2023)63 - Amendment of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2023)63 - Amendment of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). |
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| document | COM(2023)63  |
| date | March 13, 2024 |
Contents
Article 1 - Amendment of Directive 2012/19/EU
(1) Article 12 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. 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) according to the following:
(a)for WEEE resulting from EEE referred to in Article 2(1)(a) other than photovoltaic panels where such EEE was placed on the market after 13 August 2005;
(b)for WEEE resulting from photovoltaic panels where such photovoltaic panels were placed on the market from 13 August 2012; and
(c)for WEEE resulting from EEE referred to in Article 2(1)(b) and which does not fall within the scope of Article 2(1)(a) where such EEE was placed on the market from 15 August 2018.’;
(b) in paragraph 3, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘3. 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.’;
(c)paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. The responsibility for the financing of the costs of the management of WEEE from products referred to in Article 2(1)(a) other than photovoltaic panels placed on the market on or before 13 August 2005 (‘historical waste’) shall be borne by one or more systems to which all producers existing on the market when the respective costs occur contribute proportionately, e.g. in proportion to their respective share of the market by type of equipment.’;
(2) in Article 13, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Member States shall ensure that the financing of the costs for the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from users other than private households is to be provided for by producers according to the following:
(a)for WEEE resulting from EEE referred to in Article 2(1)(a) other than photovoltaic panels where such EEE was placed on the market after 13 August 2005;
(b)for WEEE resulting from photovoltaic panels where such photovoltaic panels were placed on the market from 13 August 2012; and
(c)for WEEE resulting from EEE referred to in Article 2(1)(b) which does not fall within the scope of Article 2(1)(a) where such EEE was placed on the market from 15 August 2018’;
(3) in Article 14, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. With a view to minimising the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to facilitating its separate collection, Member States shall ensure that producers appropriately mark — preferably in accordance with the European standard EN 50419:2022 — EEE placed on the market with the symbol shown in Annex IX. In exceptional cases, where this is necessary because of the size or the function of the product, the symbol shall be printed on the packaging, on the instructions for use and on the warranty of the EEE.’;
(4) in Article 15, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. In order to enable the date upon which the EEE was placed on the market to be determined unequivocally, Member States shall ensure that a mark on the EEE specifies that the latter was placed on the market after 13 August 2005. Preferably, the European Standard EN 50419:2022 shall be applied for this purpose.
For photovoltaic panels, the obligation referred to in the first subparagraph shall only apply to photovoltaic panels placed on the market from 13 August 2012.
For EEE referred to in Article 2(1)(b) and which do not fall within the scope of Article 2(1)(a) the obligation referred to in the first subparagraph shall only apply to the EEE placed on the market from 15 August 2018.’
Article 2 - Transposition
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.