A producer for the purposes of WEEE Regulations is:
a manufacturer of EEE, selling under your own brand in the UK; or
a business based in the UK selling under your own brand EEE manufactured by another person; or
a professional importer introducing EEE to the UK market;or
a business based in the UK that places EEE in other European Members States by means of distance selling
If you are a producer, you have several obligations under the WEEE Regulations
You must join a Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS) to discharge your obligations as a producer of EEE, for example, registering as a producer, reporting data on EEE you put on the UK market, and financing any costs of collection, treatment, recovery and disposal of WEEE in line with your notified obligation;
you must provide data to your PCS on EEE you have put on the market;
you must mark EEE you put onto the UK market to assist with its separate collection at the end of its life;
you must make information available to treatment facilities in respect of new types of EEE you put on the UK market.
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