Regulation 74 Product DesignI1
United Kingdom
It will be the duty of the Secretary of State to encourage the design and production of EEE that takes into account and facilitates dismantling and recovery, in particular the reuse and recycling of WEEE, including components and materials.
In carrying out the duty mentioned in paragraph (1), the Secretary of State F1must take appropriate measures so that—
eco-design requirements facilitating the re-use and treatment of WEEE established in F2accordance with Article 1(1) of Directive 2009/125/ECf1 are applied; and
producers do not prevent, through specific design features or manufacturing processes, WEEE from being reused, unless such specific design features or manufacturing processes present overriding advantages, for example, with regard to the protection of the environment or safety requirements.
Where the reference to “producers” in paragraph (2)(b) would apply to a producer who is an OMP producer, it is to be read as though it referred to the non-UK supplier supplying EEE on the online marketplace of the OMP producer.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Word in reg. 74(2) substituted (25.7.2014) by virtue of The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1771), regs. 1(b), 3(3), Sch. 2 Pt. 1
- F2
Words in reg. 74(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 19(10) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Reg. 74(3) inserted (12.8.2025) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment, etc.) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/910), regs. 1(2), 16 (with reg. 27)
Commencement
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Reg. 74 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)
Footnotes
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OJ No L 285, 31.10.2009. p.10.