The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013

Product Design U.K.

74.—(1) It will be the duty of the Secretary of State to encourage the design and production of EEE that takes into account and facilitates dismantling and recovery, in particular the reuse and recycling of WEEE, including components and materials.

(2) In carrying out the duty mentioned in paragraph (1), the Secretary of State [F1 must] take appropriate measures so that—

(a) eco-design requirements facilitating the re-use and treatment of WEEE established in the framework of Directive 2009/125/EC(1) are applied; and

(b) producers do not prevent, through specific design features or manufacturing processes, WEEE from being reused, unless such specific design features or manufacturing processes present overriding advantages, for example, with regard to the protection of the environment or safety requirements.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 74(2) substituted (25.7.2014) by virtue of The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1771), regs. 1(b), 3(3), Sch. 2 Pt. 1

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 74 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

OJ No L 285, 31.10.2009. p.10.