The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013

Application for extension of approval of an exporter to an additional siteU.K.

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62.—(1) An application to extend a grant of approval of an exporter made by an appropriate authority under regulation 61 during a relevant approval period to include an additional site to which he wants to export WEEE for reuse, F1... [F2must] be made to that appropriate authority and [F2must]—

(a)be made in writing;

(b)contain the information referred to in Part 1 of Schedule 11, which [F2must] be submitted in the format published by the appropriate authority under regulation 81; and

(c)be accompanied by—

(i)where the appropriate authority is the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources body for Wales or SEPA the extension of approval charge specified in regulation 65(2), and

(ii)where the appropriate authority is the [F3Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs], the extension of approval charge specified in [F4The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014].

(2) An application to extend an exporter’s approval to include an additional site located within the EEA [F5must] be granted by the appropriate authority where it is satisfied that the application has been made in accordance with regulation 61, and [F5must] otherwise be refused.

(3) An application to extend an exporter’s approval to include an additional site located outside the EEA [F6must] be granted by the appropriate authority where it is satisfied that that site meets the requirements of Article 9(3) of the Directive and is satisfied that the application was made in accordance with regulation 61, and [F6must] otherwise be refused.

(4) The appropriate authority [F7must] notify the applicant in writing of a decision made under paragraph (2) or (3) no later than 12 weeks after the application was made and, if the decision is a decision to refuse approval, such a notification [F7must] state—

(a)the reasons for the decision; and

(b)the right of appeal under Part 12.

(5) Subject to regulation 64, where an application is granted under paragraph (2) or (3), it will take effect from the date of that decision or the date that the applicant’s grant of approval under regulation 61 took effect, whichever is the later date, and will remain in force until the date that the applicant’s approval granted under regulation 61 expires.

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Commencement Information

I1Reg. 62 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)