WEEE Obligations for Italy

The following aspects of WEEE obligations are specific to Italy.

Enrollment:

Producers must enroll with

• The Register of the Producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Registro dei Produttori di Apparecchiature Elettriche ed Elettroniche, WEEE National Register, https://www.registroaee.it/en) before starting to operate in Italy
• The Chamber of Commerce (http://www.camcom.gov.it/) in order to place EEE products on the market and
• The National Register of Waste Managers (Albo Nazionale Gestori Ambientali, http://www.albonazionalegestoriambientali.it/Home.aspx?lng=en) if they carry out activity of WEEE collection or transportation

Sellers must only enroll with National Register of Waste Managers.

Registration number to the WEEE National Register:

Provide the Italian registration number on all the commercial documents you issue (shipping documents, commercial invoices, etc.).

Reporting (producers):

• Communication to WEEE National Register, at the time of the registration with WEEE National Register and, subsequently, on annual basis (normally by April 30 each year), of certain data, including:
  • Category and type of EEE
  • Quantity of EEE placed on the national market, by weight
  • Quantity, by weight, of WEEE separately collected, recycled (including prepared for re-use), recovered and disposed of within the Member State or shipped within or outside the Union
  • Registration number
  • Reporting period
• Communication to the Ministry of Environment of the amount of the cost for the fulfillment of the collection, treatment, recovery and disposal obligations on annual basis

Take-back obligations for producers and sellers:

• Producers: Take-back from authorities & disposal

  Producers shall ensure on the whole national territory the take-back of WEEE from waste collection centers and proper disposal of WEEE, and shall finance take-back. Producers usually comply with these obligations by means of joining a collective scheme.

• Sellers: Take-back from customer

  When supplying an EEE to private households, online distributors must provide the cost-free take-back of an equivalent WEEE ("1:1 take-back").

  There is no 0:1 take-back obligation for online sellers in the Italy.