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EPR audits

You have been active on the market in Germany with your (battery-powered and) packaged electrical and electronic equipment for several years, have diligently reported your quantities placed on the market since day one, have concluded various disposal contracts and have not been "actively" concerned with the area of EPR since then?

If so, we recommend that you conduct an EPR audit not only to determine the obligations that now apply, but also to put previous processes and concluded contracts to the test.

In addition to ensuring the existing legal requirements for offering/marketing your products, we would like to support you in our EPR audits in tackling the issue of EPR in a resource-efficient manner - and thus in a cost-, personnel- and time-saving manner.

Target group

The EPR audits are aimed at

Manufacturers (suppliers/brokers)
Importers and exporters
online retailers/distributors
stationary traders & food retailers
Electronic marketplace operators
Fulfilment service providers

of electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and/or packaging/packaged products.

Our services

Status quo - registrations

Consideration of the current portfolio
Determination of possible product categorisations
Review of current registrations

Distribution & Purchasing Management

Determination of possible obligations when considering the current purchasing and distribution channel
Audit of suppliers & ensuring compliant manufacturer audit

Reporting & EDP system

Determination of weights & comparison with the currently used reporting weights
Sample weighing & optimisation of quantity averaging
Examination of the current EDP system and the data maintained in it
Completeness and correctness of the data reported for each legal area
Review of the currently determined forecast quantities
Examination of the contracts concluded to date

Documentation and verification requirements

Examination of the current handling of ear collection co-ordinations
Possible process optimisations
Review of previous service provider contracts

Labelling & documentation

Examination of previous labelling
Examination of the implementation of certain information obligations according to ElektroG, BattG and VerpackG
Review & adaptation of existing take-back concepts per legal entity
Examination of previous business papers and offers

Other

Establishment of the EPR area in the existing quality and/or environmental management system
Attachment in the post-disposal reporting
External communication of the EPR

Other topics can, of course, be agreed upon on an individual basis. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Goals

Know & understand the legal obligations for your business
Roadmap for ensuring legal obligations
Recommendations for action for a compliant & efficient implementation of your obligations
Optimisation of existing processes for the holistic personnel and economic optimisation of your EPR processes

Legal background

The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act, the Battery Act and the Packaging Act (in short: ElektroG, BattG & VerpackG) regulate, among other things, the offering/marketing, the taking back and the environmentally sound disposal of e-waste, waste batteries and packaging. The primarily goals are avoiding waste as well as encouraging reuse and environmentally sound recycling. In addition, the use of pollutants is to be reduced. The stakeholders of the ElektroG, BattG and VerpackG (including manufacturers, distributors, citizens, public waste management authorities, systems, waste management companies, etc.) have to fulfil a large number of obligations.