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In Strasbourg, the European Parliament debated the report tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy on waste electrical and electronic equipment. The proposed directive specifies that the responsibility for electrical and electronic waste, which is approximately 16 kg per capita in each of the 15 EU Member States, an amount which, according to forecasts, is set to double over the next 12 years, lies either with the manufacturer or the original importer.
Luxembourg, due to the specific nature of its position, has hardly any producers in the true sense but, in the main, has importers.
Product distribution is often organised in such a way that a general importer is responsible for the area of Belgium and Luxembourg. This importer is usually based in Belgium and not in Luxembourg. If Belgium has to place responsibility upon a single general importer, Luxembourg will have to place responsibility upon the countless businesses which receive product deliveries from this general importer. Furthermore, parallel imports of products outside these established distribution channels are reaching a much higher level in Luxembourg than in other countries.
It follows that, in Luxembourg, commercial enterprises upon whom responsibility is placed are generally small businesses and are, in any case, smaller than their equivalents in other countries.
This characteristic, specific to Luxembourg, means that particular attention must be paid to simplifying the administration involved in managing recycling and recovery funding systems that are to be implemented. In some areas, it is preferable, therefore, that the directive should give enough freedom to Member States for them to be able to implement appropriate solutions.
Companies, especially in built-up areas, do not usually have the facilities to store vast amounts of waste. The requirement for businesses to collect waste must, therefore, not be mandatory – it should remain voluntary. If companies cannot collect waste, other systems, such as recycling sites, for example, must be made available to consumers. The cost of collecting waste, if it were mandatory, would be too high for many businesses.
The directive also deals with the financing of electrical and electronic products which will already be on the market before the directive comes into force, the manufacturers of some of which no longer exist. Some appliances, such as refrigerators or televisions for example, have an average life cycle of 20 years. The directive must give Member States a choice of the means to implement in order to finance recycling of these appliances. It will, therefore, be possible to agree with the Member State some incentives for consumers, such as free collection of waste that is currently stored on their premises. These incentives have been provided in countries which already have free collection systems."@en1
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