Definitions
 1. In this Regulation, “battery” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 30/20 (Batteries) made under the Act; (“piles et batteries”) “battery hauler” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 30/20 (Batteries) made under the Act; (“transporteur de piles et batteries”) “battery processor” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 30/20 (Batteries) made under the Act; (“transformateur de piles et batteries”) “battery refurbisher” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 30/20 (Batteries) made under the Act; (“personne remettant à neuf des piles et batteries”) “EEE collection site” means a site where EEE used by a consumer in Ontario is collected for the purpose of resource recovery; (“lieu de collecte d’EEE”) “EEE hauler” means a person who arranges for the transport of EEE that is used by a consumer in Ontario and is destined for processing, reuse, refurbishing or disposal, but does not include a person who arranges for the transport of EEE initially generated by that person; (“transporteur d’EEE”) “EEE Processing and Refurbishing Procedure” means the document entitled “EEE Processing and Refurbishing Procedure” published by the Authority and dated July 15, 2020, as amended from time to time, and available on the Registry; (“Procédure pour la transformation et remise à neuf des EEE”) “EEE processor” means a person who processes, for the purpose of resource recovery, EEE used by a consumer in Ontario; (“transformateur d’EEE”) “EEE refurbisher” means a person who prepares or refurbishes, for the purpose of reuse, EEE used by a consumer in Ontario; (“personne remettant à neuf des EEE”) “EEE Verification and Audit Procedure” means the document entitled “EEE Verification and Audit Procedure” published by the Authority and dated July 15, 2020, as amended from time to time, and available on the Registry; (“Procédure de vérification des EEE”) “electrical and electronic equipment” or “EEE” means electrical and electronic equipment that, (a)  is designed for use with an electric current and a voltage rating not exceeding 1,000 volts for alternating current and 1,500 volts for direct current, (b)  weighs no more than 250 kilograms, and (c)  is not intended to be used permanently as part of a building or a structure at a pre-defined and dedicated location; (“équipement électrique et électronique” ou “EEE”) “information technology, telecommunications and audio visual equipment” or “ITT/AV” means EEE, of which the primary purpose is collecting, storing, processing, presenting or communicating information, including sounds and images, recording or reproducing sounds and images, including but not limited to the examples set out in section 1 of Schedule 1, but does not include equipment or products that fall into the category of lighting; (“équipement de technologie de l’information, de télécommunication et audiovisuel”) “land disposed” has the same meaning as “land disposal” in Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General — Waste Management) made under the Environmental Protection Act; (“éliminé en milieu terrestre”) “large producer” means a producer to whom section 10 applies; (“gros producteur”) “lighting” means EEE that has the primary purpose of producing light, such as a bulb, lamp, light emitting diode or tube, including but not limited to the examples set out in section 2 of Schedule 1, but does not include, (a)  lighting that is provided with another product or a fixture, or (b)  lighting that also falls into the category of ITT/AV; (“matériel d’éclairage”) “management requirement” means the minimum amount of EEE, determined under section 14, that a producer is required to manage; (“obligation de gestion”) “performance period” means the applicable calendar year, set out under section 4, during which a producer is responsible for collecting or managing EEE; (“période d’exécution”) “permanent establishment”, (a)  has the meaning assigned by subsection 400 (2) of the Income Tax Regulations
(Canada) in the case of a corporation, and (b)  has the meaning assigned by subsection 2600 (2) of the Income Tax Regulations
(Canada) in the case of an individual; (“établissement stable”) “primary battery” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 30/20 (Batteries) made under the Act; (“piles et batteries primaires”) “producer” means a person who is required to carry out responsibilities relating to EEE, as determined in accordance with section 5; (“producteur”) “producer responsibility organization” means a person retained by a producer for the purpose of carrying out one or more of the following producer responsibilities relating to EEE, but does not include an EEE processor retained solely for the purposes of processing EEE or an EEE refurbisher retained solely for the purposes of refurbishing EEE: 1.  Arranging for the establishment or operation of a collection or management system. 2.  Establishing or operating a collection or management system. 3.  Preparing and submitting reports; (“organisme assumant les responsabilités d’un producteur”) “rechargeable battery” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 30/20 (Batteries) made under the Act; (“piles et batteries rechargeables”) “recycling efficiency rate” means the ratio of the weight of recovered resources from EEE received by an EEE processor, to the weight of EEE received by that EEE processor; (“taux d’efficacité du recyclage”) “resident in Canada” means a person having a permanent establishment in Canada; (“résident du Canada”) “resident in Ontario” means a person having a permanent establishment in Ontario; (“résident de l’Ontario”) “territorial district” means a geographic area, other than a municipality, named and described in Schedule 2 to Ontario Regulation 180/03 (Division of Ontario into Geographic Areas) made under the Territorial Division Act, 2002; (“district territorial”) “volunteer organization” means a person who owns a brand that is used in respect of EEE and is not resident in Canada. (“organisme bénévole”) O. Reg. 522/20, s. 1; O. Reg. 554/22, s. 1. Part II   General