An evidence note may be issued only in relation to WEEE that —
(a) has arisen as waste in the United Kingdom;
(b) is to be exported for reuse as a whole appliance;
(c) is to be export to an establishment or undertaking located outside the United Kingdom that has been notified to the appropriate authority in accordance with regulation 61 and paragraph 7(a) or regulation 62;
(d) is to be exported in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste .
The amount of WEEE recorded on an evidence note must be recorded in tonnes but any fraction of a whole tonne must be recorded in kilograms and such a fraction must be—
(a) rounded up to the nearest whole kilogram where the part kilogram is 0.5 or more; and
(b) rounded down to the nearest whole kilogram where the part kilogram is less than 0.5.
Where—
(a) the result of rounding up under paragraph 29(a) is 1000 kilograms; or
(b) the result of rounding down under paragraph 2(b) is 0 kilograms, the total amount must be recorded in tonnes.
Duplicate copies of an evidence note issued under these Regulations must be retained by an approved exporter and made available for inspection by the appropriate authority at all reasonable times.
An evidence note must not be issued by an approved exporter—
(a) for more than the total amount of WEEE received for export by that exporter in the relevant approval period; and
(b) for WEEE that is or will be partially treated in the United Kingdom before being exported by that exporter.
An evidence note must only be issued by an approved exporter in a format approved by the Secretary of State.
An evidence note must only be issued by an approved exporter to—
(a) an operator of a scheme; or
(b) a producer to whom regulation 14(10) applies.
An evidence note must not be issued by an approved exporter after the 31st January in the year immediately following the end of the relevant approval period.
The approved exporter must comply with the requirements of regulation 66.
The approved exporter has systems and procedures in place to ensure that data included in reports produced under regulation 66 are accurate.
The approved exporter must comply with the requirements of Schedule 9.
Where an exporter has submitted an application for approval under regulation 61(1) which was accompanied by the fee specified in regulation 65(1)(a) and he subsequently issues evidence notes for in excess of 400 tonnes of WEEE in the approval period to which the application relates, the exporter must pay the fee specified in regulation 65(1)(b) in the period to which the approval relates, less the amount of the fee already paid which is specified in regulation 65(1)(a).
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