Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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Series Title | COM |
Series Details | (2017) 172 final (18.4.17) |
Publication Date | 18/04/2017 |
Content Type | Policy-making, Report |
Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (the WEEE Directive) lays down rules on the management of WEEE with a view to contributing to sustainable production and consumption by, as a first priority, the prevention of WEEE and, in addition, by the re-use, recycling and other forms of recovery of such waste so as to reduce the disposal of waste and to contribute to the efficient use of resources and the retrieval of valuable secondary raw materials. The WEEE Directive empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts, as referred to in Article 20, with a view to: During the period covered by this report, the Commission did not make use of any delegated powers. |
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Source Link | Link to Main Source http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2017:172:FIN |
Subject Categories | Environment |
Countries / Regions | Europe |