S.L. 549.89 ст. 21Permit required to operate a waste electrical and electronic equipment collective organisation.

(1) Without prejudice to the Waste Regulations, any person who intends to operate a waste electrical and electronic equipment collective organisation as required under these regulations, including the collection, sorting, storage, treatment, export and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment, on behalf of producers, shall require and obtain a valid permit from the competent authority.

(2) Without prejudice to the Waste Regulations, in applying for such a permit, any such person shall provide the competent authority with the following information as applicable:

(a) a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association;

(b) a copy of a valid development permit issued under the Development Planning Act;

(c) a description of the proposed system which will provide for the collection, treatment and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment in accordance with the provisions of these regulations;

(d) a financial plan in relation to the proposed producer responsibility organisation;

(e) the annual weights of waste electrical and electronic equipment in each category to be collected, treated and recycled;

(f) the annual stipulated targets to be achieved under the proposed producer responsibility organisation;

(g) proposals for determining and verifying the level of collection, recovery and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment have been met under the proposed producer responsibility organisation, including estimations and assumptions to be made in this process;

(h) proposals for the certification of producers who will make use of the proposed producer responsibility organisation;

(i) proposals of how the information under the provisions of these regulations will be compiled and made available to the competent authority;

(j) any other relevant information requested by the competent authority.

(3) The competent authority may specify the format in which such information shall be made available.

(4) A WEEE collective organisation shall, upon being granted a permit or a renewal of its permit, be required to submit a bank guarantee in accordance with Schedule 14 to ensure compliance with the conditions of the permit and these regulations:

Provided that a newly established WEEE collective organisation shall not be required to submit a bank guarantee during its first operational year.

(5) The competent authority shall make any non-confidential information available in accordance with the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment Regulations.