To fulfil your obligations you will have to:
- register with an approved producer compliance scheme[1] by 15 March 2007. The compliance scheme will, in return for a fee, issue a WEEE producer registration number. You must give this number to anyone who distributes or sells your products from 1 April 2007.
- provide information on how much EEE you placed on the market in 2006 (household and business use). You must also provide information in respect of new types of EEE to assist treatment and re-use, for example information on the components and materials in the EEE, and the location of any hazardous substances.
- mark all new products placed on the market after 13 August 2005 with a crossed out ‘wheelie bin’ symbol from 1 April 2007. This includes EEE you import directly from abroad.
- retain records for four years of the EEE you place on the market
You must make sure that all separately collected WEEE is taken only to approved, authorised treatment facilities (AATF). You can ask your compliance scheme to collect, treat and recycle WEEE on your behalf, or arrange for it yourself. In the latter case you have to provide evidence (standard evidence note) to your compliance scheme, which can only be obtained from AATF and approved exporters.
WEEE collection and recycling requirements for products sold to businesses (known as business-to-business or B2B) is fundamentally different from requirements for products sold to households (known as business-to-consumer or B2C).
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