# Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast

European Parliament procedure 2008/0241(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee ENVI). Stage: Procedure completed. 320 committee amendments tabled by 54 Members between 2010-03-11 and 2011-09-13.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier is the recast directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Amendments revise provisions on the prevention, re-use, recycling and recovery of WEEE, separate collection and collection schemes, the polluter pays principle and producer financing and financial guarantees, definitions of equipment categories and producers, scope, recovery and recycling targets, and shipment of equipment intended for re-use.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris DAVIES | United Kingdom | RE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4554.md |
| Michail TREMOPOULOS | Greece | Verts/ALE | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96909.md |
| Oreste ROSSI | Italy | PPE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97196.md |
| Kathleen VAN BREMPT | Belgium | S&D | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5729.md |
| Judith A. MERKIES | Netherlands | S&D | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96910.md |
| Corinne LEPAGE | France | ALDE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97076.md |
| Vladko Todorov PANAYOTOV | Bulgaria | ALDE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38602.md |
| Andrés PERELLÓ RODRÍGUEZ | Spain | S&D | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96989.md |
| Karl-Heinz FLORENZ | Germany | PPE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1038.md |
| Françoise GROSSETÊTE | France | PPE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2025.md |
| Vittorio PRODI | Italy | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28370.md |
| Åsa WESTLUND | Sweden | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28130.md |
| Jutta HAUG | Germany | S&D | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1914.md |
| Julie GIRLING | United Kingdom | PPE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96956.md |
| Sabine WILS | Germany | GUE/NGL | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96741.md |

## Official source documents

- PE439.856: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-439.856+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE439.905: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-439.905+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE472.180: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-472.180+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-0241-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2008-0241-COD.json

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