11.—(1) A site licence which is granted or varied by the waste regulation authority and which authorises the storage or treatment (or both) of WEEE must contain such conditions as it considers necessary to ensure that storage or treatment (or both) of WEEE is carried out in accordance with the requirements in paragraph (2).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the requirements are—
(a)in relation to treatment other than preparation for re-use, all fluids are removed and further relevant treatment is carried out in accordance with Annex VII to the WEEE Directive,
(b)best available treatment, recovery and recycling techniques are used,
(c)the waste is stored in accordance with paragraph 1 of Annex VIII to the WEEE Directive,
(d)the waste is treated in accordance with paragraph 2 of Annex VIII to the WEEE Directive, and
(e)the minimum recovery targets set out in Annex V to the WEEE Directive are met.
(3) In this regulation, “best available treatment, recovery and recycling techniques” has the same meaning as in the document published jointly by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Scottish Executive on 27th November 2006, entitled “Guidance on Best Available Treatment, Recovery and Recycling Techniques (BATRRT) and Treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) F2”.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/26), regs. 1, 11(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2See http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/producer/electrical/documents/weee-batrrt-guidance.pdf. Paper copies can be obtained from the SEPA National Waste Team, Strathallan House, Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TZ.