2005/369/EC: Commission Decision of 3 May 2005 laying down rules for monitoring compliance of Member States and establishing data formats for the purposes of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 1355)
Date: 2005-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: application of EU law, disclosure of information, electrical equipment, electronic waste, export of waste, waste recycling

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 May 2005

laying down rules for monitoring compliance of Member States and establishing data formats for
the purposes of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste
electrical and electronic equipment

(notified under document number C(2005) 1355)

(2005/369/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Directive 2002/96/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (1), and in particular
the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) and the third subpa-
ragraph of Article 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In order to make the data produced by Member States
comparable, the mode of calculating compliance with the
targets in Article 7(2) of Directive 2002/96/EC should be
harmonised, in terms of presentation.

Balancing the risks of inaccuracies against the adminis-
trative burden of achieving precise information, Member
States should be allowed to use estimates when deter-
mining the amount of materials and components of
electrical and electronic equipment which is
waste
recovered, reused or recycled.

State or

respective Member

Pursuant
to Article 6(5) of Directive 2002/96/EC the
treatment operation may also be undertaken outside
the
the Community,
provided that the shipment of waste is in compliance
with Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1
February 1993 on the supervision and control of
shipments of waste within,
the
European Community (2). Member States sending waste
electrical and electronic equipment for treatment in other
Member States or exporting such waste for treatment in
third countries should be allowed to count the exported

into and out of

amount towards the targets set out in Article 7(2) of
Directive 2002/96/EC on condition that the waste was
collected by the exporting Member State.

(4)

The measures provided for
in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab-
lished by Article 18 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC (3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Member States shall report the information required in Article
12(1) of Directive 2002/96/EC using the data formats set out in
Table 1 of the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

1. Member States shall demonstrate compliance with the
recovery, reuse and recycling rates set out in Article 7(2) of
Directive 2002/96/EC by completing Table 2 set out in the
Annex to this Decision.

When completing that
table, Member States may use an
estimate as to the average percentage of reused, recycled and
recovered materials, such as metals, glass and plastics, and
components of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

electrical

treatment

and electronic

equipment
in a third country, or is sent

is
2. Where waste
exported for
for
treatment in another Member State in accordance with Article
6(5) of Directive 2002/96/EC, only the Member State which has
collected and exported that waste equipment may count
it
towards the targets set out in Article 7(2) of that Directive.

shall determine whether documentary
3. Member States
evidence additional
to the proof required under the second
subparagraph of Article 6(5) of Directive 2002/96/EC is
necessary.

(1) OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 24. Directive as amended by Directive

2003/108/EC (OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 106).

(2) OJ L 30, 6.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2557/2001 OJ L 349, 31.12.2001, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

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Article 3

When transmitting Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex to the Commission, Member States shall provide the
Commission with a detailed description of how the data have been compiled, and shall give an explanation
of estimates and methodology used.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 3 May 2005.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission

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