Extended producer responsibility for electronics
If you make electrical or electronic equipment available on the market in Denmark, you are responsible for making sure it is treated correctly when it becomes waste. This is called WEEE.
About producer responsibility
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What you must comply with for Electronics
Producer responsibility covers many different obligations. We have gathered the nine most common, so you can quickly see which ones apply to electronics.
Registration in the Danish producer register
Register in the producer register (with DPA) no later than 14 days before you make equipment available on the market.
PRO required
Voluntary. You can meet the responsibility yourselves, or a PRO can take it over.
Relief for smaller companies
You are spared the auditor's statement and send a management statement instead if you make at most DKK 1m available on the market a year, or if for two consecutive years you do not exceed two of three limits: DKK 7m in balance sheet total, DKK 14m in turnover and 10 full-time employees.
Eco-modulation
The contribution is eco-modulated, and a 20% surcharge applies to equipment that does not meet the criterion in its category.
Ongoing reporting to the PRO
Report volumes to your PRO every quarter.
Annual statement to DPA
Report volumes made available on the market to DPA by 31 March at the latest.
Financial guarantee
Only for household equipment. As a member of a PRO you are exempt, and the PRO carries the liability.
Collection and treatment
A household producer without a PRO takes back an allocated share of the waste at their own expense.
Self-monitoring
Carry out self-monitoring of financing and data quality. The PRO can take it over.
Everything with a plug, a cable or a battery
Electronics covers all electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), meaning products with a plug, a cable, a battery or a solar cell. From chargers and power tools to screens and white goods.
When the equipment becomes waste, it is called WEEE. The rules split the equipment into seven categories.
See the product categories you report in
Are you the producer?
You are the producer the first time you put electrical equipment on the Danish market. Here are four typical examples, but reality holds many more.
You manufacture equipment
You produce electrical or electronic equipment in Denmark.
Imports from abroad
You bring electrical equipment into Denmark.
Online shop and distance selling
You ship electronics to Danish consumers, including from abroad.
Own brand
You sell equipment under your own name, packed by others.
Recognise even one? Then you are the producer.
It covers everything from chargers to white goods. If there is power in the product, you are probably covered.
Quarterly reporting, an annual statement and a certification
For electronics you report every quarter to the PRO and file an annual statement to DPA. As a rule, the volumes have to be certified by an auditor.
The volumes normally have to be certified by an auditor by 31 May. You are spared the auditor's statement and send a management statement instead if you make at most DKK 1m available on the market a year, or if for two consecutive years you do not exceed two of three limits: DKK 7m in balance sheet total, DKK 14m in turnover and 10 full-time employees. We keep track of the deadlines.
Do you have responsibility in several product areas?
One product can trigger several producer responsibilities at once. A cordless drill is packaging, batteries and electronics all at once. We cover every product area, with one subscription per area and one combined bill.
Questions about electronics
The questions we get most often from companies that are new to producer responsibility for electronics.
Let us carry the burden for your electronics
No notice period, no set-up fee, and one contact for all your product areas. Call or write, and we will work out what applies to you.
