The Elektroaltgeräte-Verordnung (‘EAG-VO’) was passed in Austria in order to implement the WEEE Directive. In addition, a central coordination and information centre – the Elektroaltgeräte Koordinierungsstelle Austria GmbH – was set up which is responsible for both the ‘EAG-VO’ and the country’s battery ordinance, ‘Batterie-VO’.
Politicians in Vienna set the agenda when the Austrian parliament voted in favour of the ‘EAG-VO’
The ‘EAG-VO’: Facts & Figures | |
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Came into force on | 13.08.2005 |
Contents when passed | the ‘EAG-VO’ was passed to help protect human health as well as to prevent the pollution of natural habitats to protect plant and animal life. |
Goals | the aim of this legislation is to restrict the use of hazardous substances in waste electrical and electronic equipment as well as to improve and monitor the re-use and treatment of WEEE. |
Latest version | The full text can be found on the central coordination centre’s website as well as all amendments. |
Waste electrical and electronic appliances were divided up into five separate collection and treatment groups to implement the WEEE Directive in Austria.