Work on the transposition of the WEEE Directive began in early 2004. The main WEEE provisions are defined in an amendment to the Waste Management Law whose provisions related to the implementation of the WEEE Directive came into force on 1 January 2006, complemented by several implementing orders:
Note: Underlined sections are not in line with the WEEE Directive and/or the FAQ Document of the European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/pdf/faq_weee.pdf). However, this does not mean that the national law violates European law. The discrepancies are part of the range of applications given to the national authorities by the WEEE Directive.
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SORAINEN LAW OFFICES. (2009). Lithuania. In: Dully, S., Ulbricht, C., Lückefett, HJ., Westkämper, E. (eds) National Registration for Producers of Electronic Waste. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92746-4_17
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