What, then, are the actual Producer requirements under the WEEE Directive for each member state?
The deadline for EU countries to transpose the WEEE Directive into law was August 13, 2004, unfortunately only a handful of countries have officially transposed the directive (Greece, Belgium and the Czech Republic). While most EU countries have draft implementation legislation, it is unclear exactly what the final requirements for each member state will be. Such uncertainties and inconsistencies throughout the EU, combined with a lack of clarity in such critical areas as the scope of the Directives, inevitably jeopardize the ability of the electronics industry to prepare for the August 13, 2005 implementation deadline.
