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Legislation
Country Adoption Date Details
Italy July 2005 Italian law establishes a Supervision and Control of WEEE
Management Committee that oversees a central Italian register and
clearing house.
Manufacturers fund the program according to their market share.
Italian law also requires information to be supplied to consumers,
such as the penalties for incorrect disposal.
Producers must ensure recovery of at least 80 percent of end-of-
life goods listed.
Producers are required to register at their local Chamber of
Commerce before placing equipment on the market. They must
also provide a guarantee to ensure the financing of the proper
disposal of EEE placed on the market after August 13, 2005.
Lithuania November 2005 Lithuanian WEEE legislation requires producers to register with the
Environmental Protection Agency. Lithuania has been granted a
grace period through December 30, 2008, to meet collection and
recovery targets.
Luxembourg January 2005 Luxembourg law requires all producers to register and provide a
bank guarantee to cover WEEE management costs.
Malta August 2004 Maltan law requires producers to finance collection, recovery,
and recycling of WEEE. It also requires providing information to
consumers about treatment sites. Producers should be able to
fulfill obligations individually or through a collective.
The July 19, 2004 The Netherlands requires that producers guarantee they will
Netherlands finance the management of WEEE from private households for EEE
placed on the market after August 13, 2005. Producers also must
pay the costs of WEEE management in proportion to their market
share for products placed on the market before August 13, 2005.
Norway January 24, Norway had enacted WEEE legislation in 1998, but amended its
2005 preexisting law with the EU’s RoHS and WEEE.
The law requires reporting obligations on manufacturers and
importers.
Producers and importers must be members of a takeback company
that has been approved by the Norwegian Pollution Control
Authority. Businesses can bring WEEE to dealers selling the same
types of products, only if they make a new purchase. Businesses
can also deliver WEEE to municipalities.
Consumers can deliver WEEE free of charge to dealers selling the
same types of products and can bring WEEE to municipalities, free
of charge.

TABLE 2-3 Variances in European RoHS and WEEE Laws (Continued)