--- title: "WEEE compliance: what are the specificities of each european country?" description: WEEElogic has made available on its website a range of free country profiles, each document is a brief overview of a european country' specificities regarding WEEE Directive compliance. image: https://news.weeelogic.com/hubfs/weee-compliance-country.jpg --- [![WEEE-logic-logo-header.png](https://news.weeelogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEEE-logic-logo-header.png?width=400&height=102&name=WEEE-logic-logo-header.png "WEEE-logic-logo-header.png")](https://news.weeelogic.com/) - [Home](http://www.weeelogic.com/) - [About Us](http://www.weeelogic.com/about-us/) - [Services](http://www.weeelogic.com/our-services/) - [Legal services](http://www.weeelogic.com/legal-services/) - [WEEE country profile](http://www.weeelogic.com/weee-obligation-free-country-profile/) - [Battery country profile](http://www.weeelogic.com/battery-obligation-free-country-profile/) - [European Compliance Solutions](http://www.weeelogic.com/european-compliance-solutions/) - [Take-back and recycling programmes](http://www.weeelogic.com/take-back-and-recycling-programmes/) - [Consulting](http://www.weeelogic.com/consulting/) - [Network](http://www.weeelogic.com/network-of-compliance-schemes/) - [News](https://news.weeelogic.com/) - [Contact](http://www.weeelogic.com/contact-our-team/) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/WEEElogic) - [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/weeelogic-gmbh) [![WEEE-logic-logo-header.png](https://news.weeelogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEEE-logic-logo-header.png?width=400&height=102&name=WEEE-logic-logo-header.png "WEEE-logic-logo-header.png")](https://news.weeelogic.com/) - [Home](http://www.weeelogic.com/) - [About Us](http://www.weeelogic.com/about-us/) - [Services](http://www.weeelogic.com/our-services/) - [Legal services](http://www.weeelogic.com/legal-services/) - [WEEE country profile](http://www.weeelogic.com/weee-obligation-free-country-profile/) - [Battery country profile](http://www.weeelogic.com/battery-obligation-free-country-profile/) - [European Compliance Solutions](http://www.weeelogic.com/european-compliance-solutions/) - [Take-back and recycling programmes](http://www.weeelogic.com/take-back-and-recycling-programmes/) - [Consulting](http://www.weeelogic.com/consulting/) - [Network](http://www.weeelogic.com/network-of-compliance-schemes/) - [News](https://news.weeelogic.com/) - [Contact](http://www.weeelogic.com/contact-our-team/) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/WEEElogic) - [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/weeelogic-gmbh) # WEEE compliance: what are the specificities of each european country? ![weee-compliance-country.jpg](https://news.weeelogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/weee-compliance-country.jpg?width=900&name=weee-compliance-country.jpg "weee-compliance-country.jpg") **WEEElogic has made available on its website a range of free country profiles in PDF format. Each document is a brief overview of a european country' specificities regarding [WEEE](https://news.weeelogic.com/all-about-weee-compliance) (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment\*) Directive compliance or battery directive compliance.** *\*For more information on [what is WEEE](https://news.weeelogic.com/what-is-weee), please read our related article.* According to the **European WEEE Directive**, a **producer** placing a **EEE** (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) on a Member State's market faces a set of obligations regarding its **products** **end of life management**, as well as **batteries** and **packagings** related to them. A company might have **obligations** in several EU countries depending where it has established its activities, including activities in headquarters and subsidiaries. **)In order to comply with the WEEE Directive, a company shall pursue a country to country analysis of its obligations and fullfill each national requirements.** Each Member State has its own regulatory framework arising from the transposition of the **WEEE** **Directive** 2012/19/EU, as well as they have quantitative targets to meet. For more details on this topic, we have published a list of the [7 obligations faced by WEEE producers to comply with the Directive](https://news.weeelogic.com/7-obligations-producers-comply-weee-directive).   ## WEEE Directive application in each EU country **It can be complex for a company to assess its duties in each country it is established**. To facilitate this task, WEEElogic decided to publish **[a range of country profiles](http://www.weeelogic.com/free-country-profile/) to give an overview of the national specificities**. For more details or tailored analysis, [WEEElogic has a dedicated team of lawyers providing legal assessment upon requests](https://news.weeelogic.com/weee-compliance-inquiry). Each document goes through the key points of the Directive application in the country : - Name of the national law implementing the Directive - List of the main producer obligations - Frequency of declarations - Number of WEEE schemes - If authorized representative for foreign distance sellers to end-users is required - If individual compliance for B2B is possible - If visible fee is mandatory or not - And more specific details... **To this date, our country profiles overviews range covers 12 countries : Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and United Kingdom.**   [![New Call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2220369/facae6ac-cb86-4ca6-81ab-909444a56ab6.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2220369/facae6ac-cb86-4ca6-81ab-909444a56ab6)   Please note:  **These country profile overviews are briefed information, therefore they do not provide all details about particularities and specifications.**   **Romain Letenneur** ### **Share this post** [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.weeelogic.com%2Fweee-compliance-specificities-european-country%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.weeelogic.com%2Fweee-compliance-specificities-european-country%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.weeelogic.com%2Fweee-compliance-specificities-european-country%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.weeelogic.com%2Fweee-compliance-specificities-european-country%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=WEEE%20compliance%3A%20what%20are%20the%20specificities%20of%20each%20european%20country%3F) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fnews.weeelogic.com%2Fweee-compliance-specificities-european-country%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fnews.weeelogic.com%2Fweee-compliance-specificities-european-country%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) [![WEEE-save-you-time](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2220369/d49a0366-d4b3-4a46-ac21-4001becc3436.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2220369/d49a0366-d4b3-4a46-ac21-4001becc3436) ### Don't miss any news ! ### Recent Posts [![WEEE-logic-logo-header.png](https://news.weeelogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEEE-logic-logo-header.png?width=400&height=102&name=WEEE-logic-logo-header.png "WEEE-logic-logo-header.png")](https://news.weeelogic.com/) WEEElogic The European compliance take-back and recycling hub. ### Our services - [Legal services](http://www.weeelogic.com/legal-services/) - [European Compliance Solutions](http://www.weeelogic.com/european-compliance-solutions/) - [Take-back and recycling programmes](http://www.weeelogic.com/take-back-and-recycling-programmes/) - [Consulting](http://www.weeelogic.com/consulting/) - [Privacy policy (german)](http://www.weeelogic.com/datenschutzerklarung/) © 2026 Copyright ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=5918266&fmt=gif)