Do you need to take a closer look at the specific legislation on producer responsibility? We have compiled the key directives, laws and executive orders for you here.
Electronics (WEEE) legislation
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
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