When am I fully WEEE compliant for Ireland?

The following steps must be completed in order to achieve full WEE compliance and in turn receive certification from the WEEE Register Society:

1. Registration with WEEE Register Society Ltd. to obtain a unique registration number. This number must be shown on all invoices, credit notes, dispatches and delivery dockets issued from the 13th of August 2005.
2. Provide the WEEE Blackbox with the requested data input. This includes historical sales data for the period 01 January 2004 - 31 December 2005 and monthly sales data for the period 13 August 2005 - Current Reporting Month.  
3. Producers will need to apply for renewal of registration with WEEE Register Society Ltd. by the 31st of January each year as in Articles 10 and 11.
4. Registration with an approved compliance scheme ERP Ireland or WEEE Ireland or a Self-Compliant Producer. Producers participating satisfactorily in an approved compliance scheme are exempt from the provisions of some of the articles listed below.

Producer responsibility:

1. All producers are required to comply with to the requirements of Articles 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 40 and 41 of the Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 340 of 2005).
2. Register with WEEE Register Society Ltd. in Ireland, pay the appropriate registration fee (Article 10) and provide information to WEEE Register Society Ltd. (Article 28).
3. Finance the take back of WEEE from private households and other users (Article 16 and 17).
4. Be responsible for the collection of WEEE (Article 19).
5. Ensure that any collection point and recovery facility carrying out the treatment of WEEE complies with the technical requirements as set out in the Sixth Schedule (Article 20).
6. Adhere to the obligations for the treatment requirements of WEEE (Article 21).
7. Achieve specified recovery rates depending upon the category and type of the WEEE arising (Article 22) and to maintain documentary evidence of progress on these targets. Producers can obtain this documentary evidence from their waste management contractors.
8. Maintain and keep records of all treatment and recovery data, including specific weights in and out of treatment facilities, for a period of at least 6 years (Article 23).
9. Self-complying producers must prepare a WEEE waste management plan and provide it to the EPA, at least once every three years (Article 24).
10. Self-complying producers must prepare a waste management report and provide it to the EPA by 31st January each year.
11. Producers are obliged to inform waste management facilities of the appropriate re-use and treatment information for the products it places on the market after August 13th 2005, including a list of dangerous substances and the location of such substances in each product (Articles 25 & 26).
12. Producers are also obligated to mark their product with the appropriate marking identifying that the producer of the EEE has registered with the National Registration Body in accordance with their terms and conditions (Article 27 & Ninth Schedule).
13. Producers must not use design features or production processes that make it difficult to reuse or treat the WEEE unless such designs have overriding environmental and/or health and safety advantages (Article 40).
14. Obligations under Article 41 on the Reuse of EEE