{"id":14493,"date":"2018-06-13T13:44:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T11:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/hse\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2022-07-07T05:50:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T03:50:18","slug":"outcome-consultation-amending-waste-electric-electronic-equipment-weee-regulations-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/outcome-consultation-amending-waste-electric-electronic-equipment-weee-regulations-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Outcome of the Consultation on amending of The Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013 –"},"content":{"rendered":"On 22th of May 2018 the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published the Outcome of the Consultation on amending of The Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013. The Consultation sought views on proposed amendments to the 2013 WEEE regulations, including introducing “Open Scope” requirements.\n\nThis document combines the summary of responses and the formal government responses to the consultation, UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) 2013 proposed amendments, published on 20 October 2017. It sets out how the government intends to take forward each of the issues on which views were sought.\n\nThe consultation invited comments in three broad areas:\n\n(a) proposals for the implementation of the WEEE Directive requirements to introduce “Open Scope” in which all items of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) would in future fall within the product scope of the regulations unless subject to a specific exemption or exclusion.\n\n(b) other proposed regulatory amendments in relation to:\n