Who does the legislation apply to? Must producers register with the Spanish registration authority?
The legislation applies to manufacturers, importers, distributors (See 2 above for exceptions) and users of all categories of electric and electronic equipment listed in Annex 1 of Royal Decree 208/2005. Refer below to FAQ question 8 to see affected product categories. All producers of EEE must be registered with the National Register of Industrial Establishments, which does not eliminate the parallel obligation of registering at the regional level, where registers also already exist. This procedure will provide the producer with a registration number that will have to appear on all their different bills. In some cases, if the producer decides to participate in a collection scheme association, it might be this same association that will register for all its members. Otherwise, each company will have to register individually. The Spanish Registration Authority divides producers into two different categories: • Manufacturers and importers who have legal presence in Spain, who have to reg
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