In the United Kingdom the Environment Agency (EA) has made some important changes which will affect non-UK established businesses selling indirectly to the UK as from the 2025 reporting year.

What is new?

From the 2025 compliance period, overseas companies who are not established in the UK and who only place EEE on the UK market via indirect selling will no longer be considered EEE producers. Instead, the first legal entity to place the EEE on the UK market, who is also established in the UK, will need to register and take on the obligation.

What has changed?

Previously legal entities established outside the UK who only sell indirectly have been permitted to register voluntarily as EEE producers and finance the obligation on behalf of their UK-based importers or distribution partners. This will no longer be possible because such organizations do not meet the definition of producer set out in the UK WEEE Regulations.

Why the change?

Among other reasons, this is to bring the policy in line with the definition of “producer” in the UK WEEE Regulations and to ensure the correct legal entity registers as the EEE producer to avoid duplicate reporting.

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Source: ERP UK

19 Nov 2024 at 10:34 am

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