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WEEE regulations offences

It is an offence to place EEE on the UK market and not be registered with an approved compliance scheme in any compliance period. 

It is an offence not to discharge your obligations under the Regulations. If you sell equipment to end users in other member states (i.e. not through a commercial body in that country, the Regulations require you to register in that country under their Regulatory requirements.

The penalties regime in the UK is a criminal one and cases may be heard in the High Court with significant fines administered. The regulatory authorities have a duty to track down free-riders as well as monitor registered producers to make sure they are submitting data that is ‘as accurate as reasonably possible’.