EucoLight

EucoLight, the European Association of lighting WEEE compliance schemes, supports the objectives of the European Commissions Environmental package presented in December 2025 that aims to simplify rules and reduce administrative burdens for companies, including improved Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules (aka Environmental Omnibus). Maintain the authorised representative for EPR: The Commission proposes suspending Article 17(2) of the WEEE Directive until 2035, removing the requirement for producers not established in a Member State to appoint an authorised representative. EucoLight firmly opposes this suspension. Authorised representatives are essential to the functioning of the…

EucoLight, the European association of lighting WEEE compliance schemes, commands to the European Commission to seek simplification of administrative burden in the environmental legislation, whilst preserving the objectives of the Green Deal. To this end, EucoLight focusses its recommendations on the following key points to streamline compliance: 1. Inconsistent interpretation of the placing on the market concept: The concept of placing on the market, particularly when a producer supplies to a distributor, is inconsistently interpreted across Member States: - 1st interpretation: First commercial transaction in the territory - 2nd interpretation: Customs clearance, before the producer has…

Circular Economy Act, WEEE Directive, Critical Raw Material Act, Digital Services Act, ESPR (European Sustainability Product Regulations), Directive on Waste, Circular Economy Action Plan, Omnibus legislation on the simplification of environmental legislation.