Problem definition

Turkey has committed itself to implementation of EU legislation and policies. One of the many activities of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry is to transpose and implement the Directives governing the management of used portable batteries and accumulators (UPBA) or management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The Directives will be transposed in special regulation, subject to the Environmental Act. It is the intention of the Ministry to publish these regulation before the end of 2004. The EU Directives and EU environmental policies state clearly that the industry has to accept the responsibility for taking back and recycling WEEE and UPBA. This responsibility will be adopted in the Regulations and therefore the Ministry seeks active participation of the industry for the implementation of these Regulations.

The Government of the Netherlands has initiated a project aimed at assisting the Ministry of Environment an Forestry with the implementation of above-mentioned Directives. A Consortium led by DHV Environment & Transportation is selected to carry out this project. The industry, that is producers and importers of batteries and accumulators and of electrical and electronic equipment, are invited to participate via working groups in this project. On this website progress of this project will be published, as well as relevant documents, links to documents from the EU and others

Dutch Pre-accession Programme (PSO)

The Netherlands supports candidate member states of the European Union in their approximation efforts. Three Pre-accession Programmes are executed for this purpose. Their common objectives are to support the public sector in the candidate member states in the implementation of the Acquis and secondly to establish lasting relationships between government institutions in The Netherlands and the recipient countries.

One of the Pre-accession Programmes specifically aims at environmental projects. In this Programme a project has been identified supporting the General Directorate of Environmental Management of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Turkey in establishing a system for the management of Used Portable Batteries and Accumulators (UPBA) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). The absence of regulated collection and recycling systems, recognising producers’ responsibility is considered as the most relevant problem in view of this project.

Objective

In general terms the project aims at contributing to the accession of Turkey to the EU. It particularly focuses on Turkeys obligation as a candidate EU member, to make the necessary adaptations of its national legislation regarding WEEE conform EU Directives 2002/96/EEC and 2002/95/EEC, as well as conform the EU Directive 91/157/EEC on UPBA and the development of an institutional framework for the implementation.