The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013

23.—(1) The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) in the definition of “the Waste Directive”, at the end insert “, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997”;

(b) omit the definition of “dangerous substance or mixture”;

(c) in the definition of “producer”, for the words from “Directive 97/7/EC(2)” to “distance contracts” substitute “Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer rights(3)”.

(3) In regulation 24—

(a) in paragraph (2)(b), for “substances and mixtures” substitute “substance or mixture”;

(b) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) In paragraph (2)(b), “dangerous substance or mixture” means any substance or mixture which fulfils the criteria for any of the following hazard classes or categories set out in Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, as amended from time to time—

(a) hazard classes 2.1 to 2.4, 2.6 and 2.7, 2.8 types A and B, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12, 2.13 categories 1 and 2, 2.14 categories 1 and 2, 2.15 types A to F;

(b) hazard classes 3.1 to 3.6, 3.7 adverse effects on sexual function and fertility or on development, 3.8 effects other than narcotic effects, 3.9 and 3.10;

(c) hazard class 4.1;

(d) hazard class 5.1.”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/3113; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/1771, 2016/738.

(2)

OJ No L 144, 4.6.1997, p 19, as repealed by Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 304, 22.11.2011, p 64).

(3)

OJ No L 304, 22.11.2011, p 64, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 326, 11.12.2015, p 1).