Spain, Latvia, Poland and Romania are all being urged by the European Commission to send details about how EU legislation on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is being enacted in their domestic law.
The new WEEE Directive replaces and updates older rules on waste electrical and electronic equipment and all EU countries were obliged to have the legislation enacted by February 14, 2014.
The objective of the Directive is to prevent or reduce adverse impacts of the generation and management of WEEE on human health and the environment as well as to improve efficiency and overall impacts of resource use.
Letters of formal notice were sent by the Commission on March 31, 2014 to Spain, Latvia, Poland and Romania when the original deadline was missed. The Commission is now sending reasoned opinions. If the countries fail to act within two months, the cases may be referred to the EU Court of Justice.
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