EN   EN 
 
 
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX  
[…](2018) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
establishing the format for registration and reporting of producers of electrical and 
electronic equipment and the frequency of reporting to the register  
(Text with EEA relevance)    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
establishing the format for registration and reporting of producers of electrical and 
electronic equipment and the frequency of reporting to the register  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 
July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)1, and in particular Article 
16(3) thereof,   
Whereas:  
(1) A harmonised data structure and format for registration and reporting of producers of 
electrical and electronic equipment ( EEE) for all Member States will reduce the 
administrative burden for producers operating at U nion level or at the level of several 
Member States.   
(2) With the view to harmonis ing the practices applied by the Member States  for 
registration and reporting it is important that the format for registration and reporting 
is used by all producers, including producers supplying EEE by means of di stance 
communication , or by authorised repre sentatives, where appointed , and for all registers 
drawn up in the Member States to monitor compliance with the requirements of the 
Directive 2012/19/EU  pursuant to its Article 16(1) . 
(3) The format for registration and reporting should set out the core information elements 
to be requested for the registration and reporting by producers or , where appointed, by  
authorised representatives. It should also allow for limited additional informati on 
elements to be requested by the Member State where the producer is registered and 
reports to . In order to avoid additional administrative burden , such additional 
information requirements  should only relate to entries previously identified as such  in 
the format itself . 
(4) While Annex X to the Directive  2012/19/EU , in its Part B.5  also requires each 
producer or each authorised representative , where appointed , to report on WEEE 
separately collected, recycled (including prepared for re -use), recovered and disposed 
of within the Member State or shipped within or outside the Union , the corresponding 
information to be reported to the Commission is collected in the Member States from 
different sources . Harmonisation of the reporting formats at this respect woul d 
increase the administrative burden  for producers, while at t he same time not being 
necessary with regard to the objective of the current Implementing Regulation . 
(5) In order to harmonise the reporting of producers or authorised representatives to the 
regist er it is also necessary to establish the frequency of reporting . To avoid 
                                                 
1 OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 38.   
EN 2  EN unnecessary administrative burden and to reflect the use to be made of the data , the 
frequency of reporting on data related to the EEE placed on the market  of a Member 
State may be d ifferent  depending on whether the data is submitted by producer s or, 
were appointed , by authorised representative s individually,  or by third parties acting 
on their behalf.  
(6) The provisions of this Regulation should apply only to reporting  requirements 
pursuant to Article 16(2) of Directive 2012/19/EU. Any other reporting requirements 
established in the Member States are not subject of this Regulation . 
(7) The provisions of this Regulation should apply from a date that allow s for the 
necessary practical arrangements for register s and for the producers or their authorised 
representatives  to be made , and to start from  the beginning of a calendar year.   
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance  with the opinion of the 
Committee  established by Article 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Format for registration  
1. Member States shall ensure that  the registers drawn up pursuant to Article 16(1)  of 
Directive 2012/19/EU : 
(a) use the format set out in Annex I, Part A, for the registration of producer s; 
(b) use the format set out in Annex I, Part B, for the registration of authorised 
representative s  
2. Member States shall require the core information elements  identified as such in the format s 
set out in Annex  I. 
Member States may require  the additional  information  elements  identified as such in th e 
format s set out in Annex  I. 
Article 2 
Format for reporting to the register of a Member State on data related to EEE placed on its 
market  
1. Member States shall ensure that the registers drawn up pursuant to Article 16(1)  of  
Directive 2012/19/EU  use the format set out in Annex II for reporting by producers, or their 
authorised representatives where appointed under Art icle 17 of Directive 2012/19/EU  to the 
register on the data related to EEE placed on their markets.  
2. Member States shall require the core information  elements identified as such in the format 
set out in Annex  II. 
Member States may require the additional  information elements  identified as such in th e 
format  set out in Annex  II.  
EN 3  EN Article 3 
Frequency of reporting to the register  
1. Where a Member State  provides for the producer, or the authorised representative where 
appointed under Article 17 of Directive 2012/19/EU, to report directly to the register on the 
data related to EEE placed on its market , it shall ensure that  the producer, or the authorised 
representative  submit s a report to the register  every three months . 
The report shall be made available to the register within 30 days  of the end of the three -month 
period covered by it.  
2. Where a Member State  provides for a third part y to report to the register on behalf of the 
producer , or of the  authorised representative where appointed under Article 17 of Directive 
2012/19/EU , on the data related to EEE placed on its market , it shall ensure that  the third 
party acting on behalf of a producer or an authorised representative  submit s a report to the 
register  every calendar yea r. 
The report shall be made available to the re gister within three  months  of the end of the 
calendar year for which the data is reported . 
Article 4 
Entry into force  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union . 
It shall apply from 1 January 2019.  
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Jean -Claude JUNCKER