Legislation and more information

The producer responsibility for electrical and electronic equipment was introduced in Denmark in 2006 based on Eu’s WEEE directive. The EU directive includes the common EU rules, while within the framework of the directive, the individual EU countries can create their own national legislation. In practice, therefore, producer responsibility differs across the various EU countries. In Denmark, the producer responsibility for WEEE is regulated by the following legislation:

• EU WEEE Directive
• The Environmental Protection Act
• Act amending the Environmental Protection Act (Implementation of the Waste Directive’s minimum requirements for existing extended producer responsibility schemes, introduction of extended producer responsibility for packaging and modernisation of the collection and processing of electronic waste)
• Executive Order on placing electrical and electronic equipment on the market and the handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment

The extended producer responsibility for batteries was introduced in Denmark on the basis of the EU Battery Directive with effect from 1 January 2009. The EU directive includes the common EU rules, while within the framework of the directive, individual EU countries can create their own national legislation. In practice, therefore, producer responsibility differs across the various EU countries. In Denmark, the extended producer responsibility for batteries is regulated by the following legislation:

• EU Battery Directive
• The Environmental Protection Act
• Act amending the Environmental Protection Act (Implementation of the Waste Directive’s minimum requirements for existing extended producer responsibility schemes, introduction of extended producer responsibility for packaging and modernisation of the collection and processing of electronic waste)
• The Executive Order on Batteries
• Executive Order on import and sale, as well as export of batteries and accumulators