2005/369/EC: Commission Decision of 3 May 2005 laying down rules for monitoring compliance of Member States and establishing data formats for the purposes of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 1355)

• CELEX: Directive 2002/96/EC
• Articles: 5

Article 1

Member States shall report the information required in Article 12(1) of Directive 2002/96/EC using the data formats set out in Table 1 of the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

1.   Member States shall demonstrate compliance with the recovery, reuse and recycling rates set out in Article 7(2) of Directive 2002/96/EC by completing Table 2 set out in the Annex to this Decision.

When completing that table, Member States may use an estimate as to the average percentage of reused, recycled and recovered materials, such as metals, glass and plastics, and components of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

2.   Where waste electrical and electronic equipment is exported for treatment in a third country, or is sent for treatment in another Member State in accordance with Article 6(5) of Directive 2002/96/EC, only the Member State which has collected and exported that waste equipment may count it towards the targets set out in Article 7(2) of that Directive.

3.   Member States shall determine whether documentary evidence additional to the proof required under the second subparagraph of Article 6(5) of Directive 2002/96/EC is necessary.

Article 3

When transmitting Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex to the Commission, Member States shall provide the Commission with a detailed description of how the data have been compiled, and shall give an explanation of estimates and methodology used.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Table 1

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) collected and exported (Articles 5 and 12 of Directive 2002/96/EC)

Column number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Product category

Put on the market

Collected from private households

Collected other than from private households

Total WEEE collected

Treated in the Member State

Treated in another Member State

Treated outside the EC

Total weight  ( 1 )

tonnes

Total weight

tonnes

Total weight

tonnes

Total weight

tonnes

Total weight

tonnes

Total weight

tonnes

Total weight

tonnes

1.

Large household appliances

2.

Small household appliances

3.

IT and telecommunications equipment

4.

Consumer equipment

5.

Lighting equipment

5a.

Gas discharge lamps

6.

Electrical and electronic tools

7.

Toys, leisure and sports equipment

8.

Medical devices

9.

Monitor and control instruments

10.

Automatic dispensers

Table 2

Recovery, recycling and reuse, targets (Article 7(2) of Directive 2002/96/EC)

Column number

1

2

3

4

5

Product category

Recovery

Recovery rate

Reuse and recycling

Reuse and recycling rate

WEEE reused as whole appliance

Total weight  ( 2 )

tonnes

%

Total weight

tonnes

%

Total weight

tonnes

1.

Large household appliances

2.

Small household appliances

3.

IT and telecommunications equipment

4.

Consumer equipment

5.

Lighting equipment

5a.

Gas discharge lamps

n/a

n/a

6.

Electrical and electronic tools

7.

Toys, leisure and sports equipment

8.

Medical devices

9.

Monitor and control instruments

10.

Automatic dispensers

NB: Grey boxes mean that the data need only be reported on a voluntary basis.

( 1 )   If this is not possible, by numbers.

( 2 )   If this is not possible, by numbers.