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Note: The latest independent TAC (Technical Adaptation Committee) report has
recognized that many Member States are facing serious problems with the implementation of this Directive even though most had now transposed its requirements into domestic legislation.
The following sources
of information may be useful:
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the UK has played a major part in the original proposal, development and implementation of the WEEE Directive. The DTI web site includes non-statutory guidance notes for the WEEE Directive (includes the WEEE decision tree).
This is a useful document.
WEEE
Non-statutory Guidance Notes.pdf
You can find out more
about the WEEE Directive on the
DTI web site -
http://www.dti.gov.uk/innovation/sustainability/weee/page30269.html
Full text of the
European Union WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32002L0096:EN:HTML
The DTI site also
includes an up to date guide to the transposition of the WEEE and RoHS
Directives for each EU Member State. Click here for a copy of the latest
Perchards Report.
The
US Commercial Service provides some useful information
www.buyusa.gov/europeanunion/weee.html
European
Commission Guidance Notes
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/pdf/faq_weee.pdf
Companies which serve the instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory technology industry in the UK can use the services of B2B Compliance (an initiative of GAMBICA) to handle their WEEE compliance.
http://www.b2bcompliance.org.uk/
Legal guidance and advice is available from Eversheds LLP covering Environmental and Regulatory compliance for the WEEE Directive.
www.eversheds.com/serv_and_sec/service01.asp?idProduct=22
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