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Draft Legal Notice for Out of Court Settlement for Producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment MEUSAC Session 10 January 2017 Background This measure had been proposed by the Government during the 2015 WEEE Reform discussions.


  1. Draft Legal Notice for Out of Court Settlement for Producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment MEUSAC Session – 10 January 2017

  2. Background  This measure had been proposed by the Government during the 2015 WEEE Reform discussions.  Draft LN is a remedial framework, in lieu of taking legal action against non-complaint producers.  It is being suggested that all revenue generated through the proposed mechanisms is to be directed to the Waste Management Fund .

  3. Out of Court Settlement mechanism (1)  The Authority may enter into agreement with a EEE Producer who prior to 1 September 2015 failed to apply for registration/renewal and/or failed to fulfil other obligations emanating under the WEEE Regulations, provided that by the end of December 2015:- - The producer applied for registration/renewal; AND - The producer set up/financed systems for the collection and treatment of WEEE.  The producer must pay a penalty prescribed by the Authority by not later than 28 th February 2019 .

  4. Out of Court Settlement mechanism (2)  After 1 January 2016, the Authority, may enter into an agreement with producers of EEE who fail to apply for registration or renewal with the Authority, provided that:- Such producers pay the sum of € 750 per tonne of EEE i. placed on the market until the producer applies for registration or renewal; and Upon entering into agreement with the Authority, ii. such producers would have applied for registration/renewal with the Authority.

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