Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (recast) Text with EEA relevance
- In force
- CELEX number: 32012L0019
- Official Journal: JOL_2012_197_R_0038_01
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 2008/0241(COD), 2008/0241/COD
- Languages:
- bg
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- en
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Dates
Date of document: - July 4, 2012
- July 24, 2012
- August 13, 2012
- Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 26
- February 14, 2014
- At the latest See Art 24
- December 31, 2026
- Review At the latest See Art 24a
Modified by
Modified by:
- Directive (EU) 2024/884 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2024 amending Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (Text with EEA relevance) - detail
- Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directives 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (Text with EEA relevance) - detail
All documents based on this document:
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/699 of 18 April 2017 establishing a common methodology for the calculation of the weight of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) placed on the market of each Member State and a common methodology for the calculation of the quantity of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) generated by weight in each Member State (Text with EEA relevance. )
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/290 of 19 February 2019 establishing the format for registration and reporting of producers of electrical and electronic equipment to the register (Text with EEA relevance.)
Modifies
Repeal:
- Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission relating to Article 9
- Directive 2008/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission
- Directive 2003/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 December 2003 amending Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 July 2015. Sommer Antriebs- und Funktechnik GmbH v Rademacher Geräte-Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Waste electrical and electronic equipment — Directive 2002/96/EC — Articles 2(1) and 3(a) and Annexes I A and I B — Directive 2012/19/EU — Articles 2(1)(a), 2(3)(b) and 3(1)(a) and (b), and Annexes I and II — Concepts of ‘electrical and electronic equipment’ and ‘electrical and electronic tools’ — Garage-door operating devices. Case C-369/14.
- A03LB
- A03P1LB
- A02P1LA
- N1PT6
- A03P1LA
- N2PT6
- Case C-181/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 24 April 2020 — VYSOČINA WIND a.s. v Česká republika — Ministerstvo životního prostředí
- article 13
Legal basis
- Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART SIX - INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS TITLE I - INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Chapter 2 - Legal acts of the Union, adoption procedures and other provisions Section 2 - Procedures for the adoption of acts and other provisions Article 294(ex Article 251 TEC)
- Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE XX - ENVIRONMENT Article 192(ex Article 175 TEC)
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Pollution control measures
- Electronic waste
- Waste recycling
- Electrical equipment
- Waste disposal
- Approximation of laws
- Environmental risk prevention
- Waste management and clean technology
- Environment