The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006

PART 3Conditions of approval of exporters

1.  An evidence note for treatment, recovery or recycling shall only be issued in respect of WEEE that is exported in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93 of 1st February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2557/2001(2), with respect to WEEE that has arisen as waste in the United Kingdom and that—

(a)has been exported for treatment at any establishment or undertaking located outside the United Kingdom which carries out treatment operations and which is of an equivalent standard to an ATF; or

(b)has been exported for recovery or recycling at any establishment or undertaking located outside the United Kingdom which carries out recovery or recycling operations and which is of an equivalent standard to a reprocessor.

2.  The amount in tonnes of WEEE recorded on an evidence note shall be—

(a)rounded up to the nearest whole tonne where the part tonne is 0.5 or more; and

(b)rounded down to the nearest whole tonne where the part tonne is less than 0.5.

3.  Duplicate copies of an evidence note issued under these Regulations shall be retained by an approved exporter and made available for inspection by the appropriate authority at all reasonable times.

4.  One or more substitute evidence note shall be issued by an approved exporter, on request, to the holder of the original evidence note in exchange for the original, provided that—

(a)the aggregate tonnage of any substitute evidence note so issued remains equal to that exchanged;

(b)the substitute evidence note relates to the same year as the original; and

(c)no substitute evidence note which relates to WEEE exported for treatment, recovery or recycling in any given year may be issued after 31st January in the following year.

5.  An evidence note for treatment, recovery or recycling outside the United Kingdom shall not be issued by an approved exporter—

(a)for more than the total amount of WEEE exported by that exporter; and

(b)for WEEE that is partially treated, recovered or recycled in the United Kingdom before being exported by that exporter.

(c)An evidence note for treatment, recovery or recycling shall only be issued by an approved exporter in a format approved by the Secretary of State.

6.  An evidence note shall only be issued by an approved exporter to—

(a)an operator of a scheme;

(b)a producer to whom regulation 10(8) applies;

(c)the Secretary of State;

(d)the operator of a designated collection facility; or

(e)an appropriate authority where paragraph 7 applies.

7.  Where an evidence note has not been issued by an approved exporter on or before 31st January in any relevant approval period in respect of an amount of WEEE exported for treatment, recovery or recycling in the relevant approval period that ended on 31st December in the previous year, an evidence note for that amount shall not be issued by an approved exporter to any other person than to the appropriate authority on or before 15th February in that year.