The Legislative Decree 49/2014 arises from the transposition of Directive 2012/19/EU which, in order to protect the environment and human health, defines the measures and procedures necessary for the improvement, prevention and reduction of the negative impacts deriving from the production of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and associated waste, both from households and businesses.
Related to the Decree there are some Ministerial Decrees which define its implementation aspects. Below are listed the most significant ones for Producers:
The Decree on financial guarantees regulates the ways in which EEE Producers must provide the financial guarantees, applicable only for WEEE from private households, while professional WEEE is not subject to this provision;
As from 15 August 2018, Legislative Decree 49/2014 has introduces a wider scope of application (open scope) that significantly expands the categories of products subject to the EEE legislation.
Before 15 August 2018, the scope was considered ‘closed’, or limited to specific categories expressly indicated by the legislation.
With the open scope approach, any electrical and electronic equipment, corresponding to the definition given in the Decree, is to be considered subject to the legislation, except for explicit exclusions.
The open scope also introduces a new classification of equipment, according to which products are no longer identified on the basis of their type, but according to size.
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