The WEEE Directive has been transposed by an act on WEEE at the end of July 2005 and entered into force on 20 October 2005. The RoHS Directive was transposed by the Ordinance on Hazardous Substance Restrictions in Electronic and Electrical Equipment, adopted on 6 October 2004, which entered into force on 1 July 2006.
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 application given to the national authorities by the WEEE Directive.
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Kancelaria Radcy Prawnego Macieja Bobrowicza Note: Underlined sections are not in line with the WEEE Directive and/or the FAQ Document of the European Commission (http://www.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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Kancelaria Radcy Prawnego Macieja Bobrowicza. (2009). Poland. 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_19
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