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Legislation Impacting Eco-design

Legislation links

1. UK RoHS Regulations: The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2005. UK: 2005 No. 2748
   
   
2. Text of Batteries and Accumulators and batteries and accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators published on the 6th September 2006
   
   
3. Proposal for a directive on Persistent Organic Pollutants and amending Directives 79/117/EEC and 96/59/EC (pdf file) published on the 12th June 2003
   
   
4. EU page on New and Renewable Energies which includes legislation
   
   
5. European Commision communication on the Integrated Product Policy (IPP). adopted on the 18th June 2003
   
   
6. Text of the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) from the Official Journal of the European Union published on the 13th February 2003
   
   
7. Text of the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in EEE (RoHS) from the Official Journal of the European Union published on the 13th February 2003
   
   
8. dti web pages on the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in EEE (RoHS) Directives. Includes a summary of the changes and timetable.
    
9. Text of the End-of-life Vehicles Directive adopted by European Parliament and Council (September 2000)
   
   
10. Text of the revised Annex to the End-of-life Vehicles Directive which limits the amount of lead solder going in to shredding. (June 2002). From the Official Journal of the European Union published on the 29th June 2002
     
11. Directive 2005/32/EC establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products has been published in the Official Journal on the 6th July 2005 and becomes EU law on the 11th August 2005. Member states have until the 11 August 2007 to transpose it into national law. )
     
12. Text of the Draft Chemicals Legislation (the REACH System) This will have a major impact on the electronics/automotive sectors (June 2003)
    
    
13. Consolidated version of Restrictions on marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.
    
    
14. PentaBDE and octaBDE banned under EU directive 2003/11/EC (text from official journal) amending for the 24th time Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations
    
    
15. Consolidated version of the European Waste Catalogue. Updated version applicable from July 2002 in the UK.
    
    
16. Text of the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste
    
    
17. UK Packaging Waste legislation Defra Page