The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006

Application for extension of approval of an exporter to an additional site

48.—(1) An application to extend a grant of approval of an exporter made by an appropriate authority under regulation 47 during a relevant approval period to include an additional site to which he wants to export WEEE for treatment, recovery or recycling shall be made to that appropriate authority and shall—

(a) be in writing;

(b) contain the information referred to in Part 1 of Schedule 8, which shall be submitted in the format published by the appropriate authority under regulation 64; and

(c) be accompanied by—

(i) where the appropriate authority is the Environment Agency or SEPA, the extension of approval charge specified in regulation 51(2); and

(ii) where the appropriate authority is the Department of the Environment, the extension of approval charge specified in the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.

(2) An application to extend an exporter’s approval to include an additional site located within the EEA shall be granted by the appropriate authority where it is satisfied that the application has been made in accordance with regulation 47, and shall otherwise be refused.

(3) An application to extend an exporter’s approval to include an additional site located outside the EEA shall be granted by the appropriate authority where it is satisfied that that site meets the requirements of Article 6(4) of the Directive and is satisfied that the application was made in accordance with regulation 47, and shall otherwise be refused.

(4) The appropriate authority shall 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 shall state—

(a) the reasons for the decision; and

(b) the right of appeal under Part 12.

(5) Subject to regulation 50, where an application is granted under paragraph (3), it shall take effect from the date of the decision under paragraph (3) or the date that the applicant’s grant of approval under regulation 47 took effect, whichever is the later date, and shall remain in force until the date that the applicant’s approval granted under regulation 47 expires.