| Title: | 2nd stakeholder consultation on the review of Directive 2002/95/EC ("RoHS") |
| Organisation: | EU |
| Issued: | Thu 13 December 2007 |
| Deadline: | 13 February 2008 |
| Status: | CLOSED Consultation is closed for comments |
| Synopsis: | THE DIRECTIVE Directive 2002/95/EC aims to approximate the laws of the Member States as regards the restriction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment and to contribute to the protection of human health and the environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment. THE REVIEW The RoHS Directive is also among the EU legal acts identified as presenting a simplification potential in the Commission Communication1 of 25 October 2005 “A strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment”. The objective of the simplification exercise is to make legislation at both Community and national level less burdensome, easier to apply and thereby more effective in achieving its goals. Reduction of administrative burden from existing EU legislation is an important political objective and the Commission is committed to assist in avoiding unnecessary burdens while preserving the level of environmental protection. |
In the 2nd consultation document (see below) stakeholders are invited to express their opinion on the outlined options, on the possibility of combining options with a view to achieving the objectives of the review and on ranking of options within each topic; they are also invited to propose additional options that the review should consider.
Consultation document:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/events_en.htm
The Commission services will base their analysis of issues and selection of options for amendment on factual evidence; it is therefore of paramount importance that any opinion is supported by detailed evidence (such as studies and evaluations) for the assessment of the economic, social and environmental impacts of the policy options.
The IEMA do not plan to respond to this consultation. But we have signposted it on our consultation website as it might be of interest to our Members.
If any Member does wish to make a response, please do so on your own behalf following the advice found on the consultation website below:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/pdf/2nd_consultation.pdf