The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012

Enforcement notice U.K.

2.—(1) Where the market surveillance authority serves a compliance notice on an economic operator and, at the end of the compliance period specified in the notice—

(a) it appears to the authority that that person has failed to comply with the notice; and

(b) the authority has reasonable grounds for considering that the specified EEE is an infringing EEE or that an alleged breach has occurred,

the authority may serve an enforcement notice on that person.

(2) An enforcement notice must—

(a) describe the specified EEE or alleged breach in a manner sufficient to identify it; and

(b) state the exact grounds on which the notice is based.

(3) An enforcement notice may—

(a) require the economic operator in an appropriate case, and having regard to the economic operator’s ability to take the measures in light of that person’s position in the supply chain, to remedy the situation or matters which gave rise to the authority’s belief that the specified EEE was an infringing EEE or that an alleged breach has occurred; or

(b) require the economic operator to secure that the specified EEE is withdrawn or that its being made available on the market is prohibited or restricted.

(4) An enforcement notice must tell the economic operator—

(a) what compliance is required and the period within which it must be completed;

(b) to give the authority evidence that the economic operator has complied with the notice;

(c) the consequences of failing to comply with the notice; and

(d) the rights of appeal against the notice under these Regulations and any time limits for their exercise.

(5) Proceedings must not be commenced against a person under regulation 37 (Offences) in connection with any specified EEE which it is alleged is an infringing EEE where—

(a) an enforcement notice has been served on that person in respect of the specified EEE; and

(b) the compliance period specified in that notice has not come to an end.

(6) In this paragraph “specified EEE” means the alleged infringing EEE that has been identified in a compliance notice in accordance with paragraph 1(2)(a).