Estonia
The RoHS directive was transposed in April 2004. The WEEE directive will be transposed through
• a further amendment of the 1998 Waste Act. The last amendment in April 2004 transposed provisions for producer responsibility for WEEE. A further revision is in preparation that will make registration with a
Central Register mandatory.
• a new Government Decree on Producer Responsibility is still under discussion.
• a new Ministerial Decree on Treatment Requirements of WEEE will transpose the treatment provisions. Its approval was expected shortly after the Producer Responsibility Decree at the end of January, but in
February the Estonian Employers’ Confederation, representing the Estonian Traders Association and the Association of Estonian ITC Companies rejected the draft.
Key provisions discussed:
• Collection of WEEE from households: Producers 100% responsible for financing separate collection systems. They may contract to municipal waste collectors (very little WEEE collection presently). 1:1 take back at retailers. Retailers required to take back any WEEE in category they sell if no industry collection point within
• Marking: Marking to show full producer address. (Industry opposed and proposed a code system and requested more time for implementation.)
• Central Register: Producers to register with Environment Information Centre, a division of the Environment Ministry. Waste Act amendment will make registration mandatory.
Industry activity:
• EES-Ringlus, a project of 26 producers representing about 60% of EEE on market, is being registered as legal entity in January 2005.
来源：英国贸工部