2000/0158(COD)

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on waste electrical and electronic equipment

Stage: No longer in force
Transposition deadline: 12 Aug 2004
Procedure: Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
Lead DG: DG ENV
Last activity: 13 Feb 2003

4 entries · record as of 20 Oct 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Publication in the Official Journal, 13 Feb 2003.

15 May 2001
- EP position at first reading
10 Apr 2002
- Adoption of amendments to the Council’s first reading position by the EP
27 Jan 2003
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
13 Feb 2003
- Publication in the Official Journal

2 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 2 published.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption
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	Commission · Decision	Published
Concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)	Commission · Decision	Published

Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.

15 documents

Documents

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Text adopted · OJ L 078 16.03.2004, p. 0056-0059Commission · 16 Mar 2004
Text adopted · OJ L 037 13.02.2003, p. 0024-0039Commission · 13 Feb 2003
Text adopted · Directive 2002/0096Commission · 27 Jan 2003
OJ C 148 18.05.2001, p. 0001Commission · 18 May 2001
OJ C 116 20.04.2001, p. 0038Commission · 20 Apr 2001
Text adopted · 32004D0249Commission
Report · A5-0100/2002Parliament
Report · A5-0148/2001Parliament
Report · A5-0438/2002Parliament
Proposal · COM(2017)0088Commission
Proposal · COM(2018)0656Commission
SEC(2009)1586Commission
Text adopted · T5-0160/2002Parliament
Text adopted · T5-0246/2001Parliament
Text adopted · T5-0620/2002Parliament

Summary

Generated

Directive 2002/96/EC sets producer responsibility for waste electrical and electronic equipment. Member States had to transpose it by 13 August 2004, with free household take-back and producer financing from 13 August 2005. A separate collection target of 4 kg per inhabitant per year applied from 31 December 2006, alongside recovery and recycling targets.

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