Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment)

L.N. 200 of 2025

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 of

the Environment Protection Act, the Minister responsible for the

environment, after consultation with the Environment and Resources

Authority, has made the following regulations

The title of these regulations is the Waste Management

(Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025

and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Waste

Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations".

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal

regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation

"(1) These regulations bring into effect the provisions of

Directive 2012/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic

equipment and repealing Directive 2002/96/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 as amended by

Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directives 2000/53/EC on end-

of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and

waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste

electrical and electronic equipment and Directive (EU) 2024/884

of the European parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2024

amending Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic

equipment (WEEE).".

Regulation 12 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a) sub-regulation (1) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-regulation

"(1) Each producer or authorised representative

appointed under regulation 17 shall provide for the financing

of the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally

sound disposal of WEEE from private households that has

been deposited at collection facilities either set up under

regulation 5(2) or operated by either Local Councils or by

any other local agency as follows

(a) for WEEE resulting from EEE referred to

in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 2,

other than photovoltaic panels, where such EEE was

placed on the market after 13 August 2005;

(b) for WEEE resulting from photovoltaic

panels where such photovoltaic panels were placed

on the market from 13 August 2012;

(c) for WEEE resulting from EEE referred to

in paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 2

and which does not fall within the scope of paragraph

(a) of such sub-regulation, where such EEE was

placed on the market from 15 August 2018.";

(b) sub-regulation (3) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-regulation

"(3) Each producer or authorised representative

appointed under regulation 17 shall be responsible for

financing the operations referred to in sub-regulation (1)

relating to the waste from his own products. The producer

or authorised representative appointed under regulation 17

may choose to fulfil all the obligations either individually

or by joining a producer responsibility organisation.";

(c) in sub-regulation (4) thereof the words "from

products placed on the market" shall be substituted by the words

"from products referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3)

of regulation 2, other than photovoltaic panels, placed on the

market".

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 13 of the principal Amends

regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation: regulation

the principal

regulations.

"(1) The financing of the costs for the collection,

treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of

WEEE from users other than private households is to be

provided for by producers or authorised representatives

appointed under regulation 17 as follows

(a) for WEEE resulting from EEE referred to in

paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 2, other

than photovoltaic panels, where such EEE was placed on

the market after 13 August 2005;

(b) for WEEE resulting from photovoltaic panels

where such photovoltaic panels were placed on the market

from 13 August 2012;

(c) for WEEE resulting from EEE referred to in

paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 2, which

does not fall within the scope of paragraph (a) of such sub-

regulation, where such EEE was placed on the market from

15 August 2018

Provided that for historical waste from EEE

referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3) of

regulation 2, other than photovoltaic panels being replaced

by new equivalent products or by new products fulfilling

the same function, the financing of the costs of such

products shall be provided for by producers or authorised

representatives appointed under regulation 17 when

supplying them

Provided further that for other historical waste

from EEE referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3)

of regulation 2, other than photovoltaic panels, the

financing of the costs shall be provided for by the users

other than private households.".

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