tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post7133738093023391708..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: Taking the WEEE, and more banksFlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-31008190278968518772007-03-01T09:27:00.000+00:002007-03-01T09:27:00.000+00:00Hmm yet another suggestion that this was written b...Hmm yet another suggestion that this was written by suppliers/distributors rather then producers. I do note one thing though; recalling that I'm not a lawyer. One of the definitions of producer is as someone who "imports or exports electrical and electronic equipment on a professional basis into a member State;"<BR/>Now technically until it's been examined it's still EEE so you're not importing any WEEE into a member state (ie ourselves) and thus you're covered. How does that sound?FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-10881298309011648302007-02-28T18:44:00.000+00:002007-02-28T18:44:00.000+00:00As an update to this, my employer has finally mana...As an update to this, my employer has finally managed to jump through all the hoops and register as a producer and distributor of WEEE. (Jokes abound.) The thing is, we make and sell our product world-wide, and these products are occasionally faulty, which means we sometimes accept returns from the rest of the world. The thing is, if we receive a return from abroad, inspect the faulty goods, and find that it is irreparable (for example because the device has been dropped from a great height onto a concrete floor, which has actually happened before), and have to dispose of the parts, then what we are doing is importing WEEE from overseas, which is now a criminal offence. WTF are we supposed to do? We can't send an engineer out to a customer site with a test kit to determine whether every fault can be repaired before agreeing to ship the goods back in. The DTI advice is unhelpful on this point.<BR/><BR/></rant>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com