The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006

PART 4 Requirements for approval of a proposed scheme and for continued approval of a scheme

1.  That the rules or regulations of the proposed scheme or scheme provide—

(a) that a scheme member must apply to join the scheme for a minimum period of one relevant compliance period; except in the case of a producer who does not become a producer until after the start of a relevant compliance period and who will be expected to join that scheme for the remainder of the relevant compliance period during which he has commenced putting EEE on the market in the United Kingdom; and

(b) that where a scheme member’s membership of the scheme is cancelled, any such cancellation cannot take effect until the end of the current compliance period.

2.  That the proposed scheme or scheme has the necessary resources and systems in place to—

(a) maintain up to date records of its scheme members, including—

(i) their names and addresses;

(ii) their EEE producer registration numbers; and

(iii) the producer identification marks used by each member in compliance with regulation 16;

(b) handle WEEE from private households, if it proposes to do so, (including collection and transportation to ATFs and funding of treatment, recovery and recycling) in order to discharge the operator of the scheme’s notified obligation under regulation 22 in an appropriate and timely manner;

(c) handle WEEE from users other than private households, if it proposes to do so, (including collection and transportation to ATFs and funding of treatment, recovery and recycling) in order to discharge the operator of the scheme’s obligations under regulation 23 in an appropriate and timely manner;

(d) where a proposed scheme is the subject of an application for approval made under regulation 41, or where a scheme is approved under that regulation for the purposes of regulation 22, accept return of WEEE from private households from distributors free of charge in accordance with regulation 32;

(e) keep, update and supply records to the appropriate authority as required under regulation 30;

(f) supply information to the appropriate authority as required under regulations 27 and 28;

(g) submit declarations of compliance and supporting evidence notes as required under regulation 29;

(h) check that the information supplied to it by its scheme members under regulation 11 is as accurate as reasonably possible and that the operator of the scheme’s submission of that information to the appropriate authority will meet a similar standard of accuracy; and

(i) maintain good environmental practices.

3.  That the operator of the proposed scheme or scheme will co-operate with other operators of schemes in relation to developing working relationships with operators of designated collection facilities.

4.  That the operator of the proposed scheme or scheme has viable plans to collect an amount of WEEE that is equivalent to the amount of WEEE for which it will be responsible for financing under these Regulations.

5.  That the operator of the proposed scheme or scheme is likely to be able to meet his expected treatment, recovery and recycling obligations for the three compliance periods in respect of which an application for approval is being made or has been granted under regulation 41.

6.  That the proposed scheme or scheme is likely to assist in meeting the United Kingdom’s obligations in relation to the recovery of WEEE in respect of which an application for approval is being made or has been granted under regulation 41.

7.  In the event that the operator of the proposed scheme or scheme contravenes any of the obligations placed on him under these Regulations, that it is likely that enforcement proceedings could be taken against the operator of the proposed scheme under these Regulations without a disproportionate cost to the enforcement authority.