Germany implements the WEEE Directive

Germany's parliament has approved the country's new waste electronics regulations, implementing the WEEE Directive and the ROHS Directive. The German government said its WEEE regulations will come into force on March 1 2005, with producers given until November 2005 to register with the Federal Environment Agency (FEA). Producer-funded take back and treatment begins on March 1, 2006, while the requirements of the ROHS regulations come into effect in July 2006.