How will I be charged by my compliance scheme?

The actual costs for each sector's recovery and special services will be recorded. Fees from a specific sector/category shall be used exclusively to cover the costs of that sector. No sector shall subsidise any other sector, neither short-term nor long-term.

The compliance scheme will charge the producer differently depending on the product category.
If you are a producer of products in categories 1, 4 and 5, a vEMC (viable Environmental Management Cost) is charged. The producer must declare (via the WEEE Blackbox) how many of these units have been sold on a regular basis and the scheme will invoice the producer for the sum of vEMC’s associated with those products.

If you are a producer of products in categories 2, 3 and 6, compliance schemes will invoice the producer based on the weight submitted to the WEEE Blackbox of EEE placed onto the market.
Each compliance scheme decides on it’s costs per kilo.

If you are a producer of products in Categories 8, 9 and 10, there is no vEMC charged and your products are considered to be B2B, unless shown otherwise, and you do not need to join a compliance scheme.

Business to Business is when an EEE product is distributed from one business, for professional use only, to another business, and that business is the end user.

For further information on you obligations see the B2B requirements.

NOTE: All categories could be considered B2B. For any clarification, please contact the WEEE Register.