Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Waste Management Licensing) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 c.3315

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Waste Management Licensing) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 No. 3315

Summary:	These Regulations transpose the permit requirements of Article 6 and Annexes II and III of Council Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (OJ No. L37, 13.2.2003, p.24) as amended by Council Directive 2003/108/EC (OJ No. L345, 31.12.2003, p.106). These Regulations amend the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994. They provide for exemptions from permit requirements for treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment ("WEEE"), together with exemptions from the permit requirements of Council Directive 2006/12/EC on waste (OJ No. L114, 27.4.2006, p.9) for the purposes of storing WEEE. Regulation 3 and Schedule 1 amend the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 for the purposes of providing new exemptions for the treatment and for the storage of WEEE, amending existing exemptions and making other amendments to the Regulations. Regulation 4 and Schedule 2 set out the transitional arrangements for existing licence holders and establishments and undertakings that have extant registrations. A transposition note setting out how the Government will transpose the permitting requirements of Article 6 and Annexes II and III of the WEEE Directive into law has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. It is available at http://defraweb/environment/waste/topics/electrical/index.htm.
Made Under:	Environmental Protection Act 1990 (C. 43) - sections 33(3), 34(5), and 35(6) having had regard in particular in exercising their powers under section 33(3) of that Act to the matters specified in section 33(4) of that Act:
Amending:	Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994/1056

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