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Key Implementation Dates
Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS)
Key Differences from Other Member States
Key Implementation Dates
31st August 2004: RoHS Transposed under Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations, 396/2004,
October 2004: WEEE Partially Transposed.
31st December 2008: WEEE: recovery targets to be met by 31st December 2008 under Decision 2004/486/EC since no infrastructure is currently in place.
WEEE/RoHS Directive
WEEE Draft Regulations: MalteseEnglish
Eco-contribution act: .ACT No. XII of 2004 : English
RoHS: Product Safety Act No. V OF 2001 (LN 396/2004) : English
