ElektroG 16 Competent Authority Responsibilities

ElektroG 16 Competent Authority Responsibilities

(1) The Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) acts as the Competent Authority.

(2) Upon application, the Competent Authority registers producers by their brand name, company name, branch location or company domicile, address, name of authorised representative and type of equipment, and assigns a registration number. If a guarantee is required under Section 6 (3), registration may only occur if the producer provides the guarantee.

(3) The Competent Authority may without prejudice to Section 49 of the Administrative Procedures Act (VwVfG) withdraw registration and registration numbers if producers fail to provide an annual guarantee as required under Section 6 (3) or commit a serious violation of their obligation to collect WEEE under Section 10 (1) sentence 1.

(4) The Competent Authority provides the Clearing House with details of the producers registered, their type of equipment and registration numbers. It also informs the Clearing House about registration withdrawals as soon as the withdrawal becomes official.

(5) If the Competent Authority receives a report from the Clearing House under Section 14

(6) sentence 3, it issues applicable instructions for timely collection of containers provided based on the calculations it receives from the Clearing House for approval under Section 14 (5) and (6).