Luxembourg, 25 January 2022
The Court of Justice rules that Directive 2012/19 on waste electrical and electronic equipment is partially invalid, in so far as it obliges producers of photovoltaic panels to finance the costs relating to the management of waste from those panels where they were placed on the market on a date prior to the date on which that directive entered into force
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In addition, the directive precludes national legislation which imposes the obligation to finance such costs on users of photovoltaic panels placed on the market after the date on which the directive entered into force
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Source – EU Court of Justice