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WEEE: submit a proposal for a compliance fee methodology

How to submit a Wastewaste Electricalelectrical and Electronicelectronic Equipmentequipment (WEEE) compliance fee proposal.

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
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15 August 2014
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This guidance helps organisations consider submitting a proposal for a compliance fee methodology, in relation to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations.Regulations.

The 2013 WEEE regulationsRegulations established a system of household WEEE collection targets for producer compliance schemes (PCSs). Where a PCS has failed to achieve its collection targets, the PCS can pay a compliance fee in order to meet its obligations.

Defra approves one compliance fee methodology and the administrator to run it for one compliance year only.

You can propose a methodology and an organisation to run it by 30 September. This guidance explains the 6 areas to cover in your proposal and how it will be evaluated.

Submit your proposal to:

Department for EnvironmentEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs
Resources and Waste Team
Seacole Building
Ground floor
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Telephone: 020 8225 6700

Email: weee@defra.gov.uk

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Published 15 August 2014
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