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Environmental Treatment of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Batteries Law, 5772-2012

חוק לטיפול סביבתי בציוד חשמלי ואלקטרוני ובסוללות, תשע"ב-2012

Published: 2012-07-26Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-08-02 · Last amended 2026-07-28✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-29
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Chapter X: Miscellaneous Provisions

Fees§

59.

The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of Finance and with the approval of the Committee, may prescribe fees as set out below:

(1)a fee for the submission of an application for an exemption from the obligation to engage a recognised implementation body under section 10;
(2)a fee for the submission of an application for recognition as a recognised implementation body under section 15;
(3)an annual fee to be paid by a manufacturer, importer and recognised implementation body for the actions of the Administrator for the purpose of implementing the provisions under this Law, and the Minister may prescribe different fee rates for a manufacturer or importer of limited scale.

Appointment of the Administrator§

60.

The Minister shall appoint, from among the employees of the Ministry, an Administrator who shall be responsible for the field of equipment and batteries in the Ministry, whose functions shall be as provided in this Law.

Collection§

61.
(a)The collection of a fee, fine, levy or financial sanction under this Law shall be subject to the Tax (Collection) Ordinance.
(b)A fine or financial sanction imposed on a recognised implementation body under this Law that was not paid by it (in this section – a debt) may be collected from any manufacturer or importer who was party to an engagement contract with the recognised implementation body at the time of the commission of the act constituting the offence or breach on account of which they were imposed; the amount to be collected from each manufacturer and importer under this subsection shall be twice the amount equal to that person's share of the debt in accordance with that person's proportionate share of the total weight of equipment and batteries manufactured or imported by all the manufacturers and importers who engaged with that recognised implementation body.

By-laws§

62.
(a)A local authority may make a by-law on any matter necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this Law within its area, and it may derogate in such a by-law from the provisions prescribed under section 67(a)(3) with regard to the manner of carrying out the separation and collection of equipment and battery waste.
(b)The powers vested in the Minister of the Interior with respect to by-laws under section 258 of the Municipalities Ordinance, under section 22 of the Local Councils Ordinance, and under section 14 of the Municipal Associations Law, 5715-1955, shall also be vested in the Minister with respect to a by-law made by a person responsible for waste removal who is a local authority in accordance with the provisions under this Law.

Limitation on application§

63.
(a)This Law shall not apply to the items listed below, including their spare parts:
(1)medical electrical and electronic equipment that is contaminated or intended for use in the course of which it is likely to become contaminated;
(2)medical electronic devices intended for implantation;
(3)incandescent lamps;
(4)equipment intended for use in outer space;
(5)large fixed industrial equipment;
(6)large fixed installations, except for fixed lighting systems;
(7)mobile professional equipment intended for use in the field;
(8)equipment intended exclusively for research and development purposes, sold or marketed to businesses for business use only;
(9)motor vehicles;
(10)a battery or accumulator for a motor vehicle;
(11)equipment and batteries in respect of which the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence or the Minister for Public Security, as the case may be, with the consent of the Minister, has determined by Order that the provisions of this Law, in whole or in part, shall not apply to them on grounds of harm to State security, its foreign relations or public peace and security; such an Order need not be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
(b)In this section –

"large fixed installations" means large installations composed of several systems or components, intended for permanent use at a defined location as part of a structure, and assembled, installed and disassembled by professional personnel, such as rigs, conveyors and lifts;

"mobile professional equipment intended for use in the field" means machines with an independent power source whose operation requires mobility or continuous or semi-continuous movement between fixed work stations during the course of work;

"large fixed industrial equipment" means large installations comprising machines, equipment or components operated together for a defined purpose, permanently installed at industrial production facilities or at research or development facilities, and which are assembled, operated and disassembled by professional personnel.

Application to the State§

64.
(a)This Law shall apply to the State.
(b)Applications, documents and any other information that the defence establishment is required to submit to the Administrator under the provisions of this Law (in this section – information), which are classified, shall be submitted only to an Administrator who holds an appropriate security clearance and in accordance with the information security rules applied by the body listed in the definition of "defence establishment" that is concerned, and if there is no Administrator holding such a security clearance – to the Director General of the Ministry, or to a senior employee directly subordinate to him, provided that such person holds an appropriate security clearance.
(c)No person shall publish information whose publication would be likely to harm State security.
(d)In this section –

"appropriate security clearance" means a security clearance as defined in section 15 of the General Security Service Law, 5762-2002;

"defence establishment" means any of the following:

(1)the Ministry of Defence and agencies of the Ministry of Defence;
(2)the Israel Defence Forces;
(3)the General Security Service and the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations;
(4)the nuclear research centres under the responsibility of the Atomic Energy Committee and the Biological Institute;
(5)suppliers and plants that develop or manufacture defence equipment for a body listed in paragraphs (1) to (4), (6) and (7), of whom the Minister of Defence has notified the Administrator; for this purpose, "defence equipment" – as defined in the Defence Corporations (Protection of Defence Interests) Law, 5766-2006;
(6)the Israel Police and the Israel Prison Service;
(7)the Witness Protection Authority.

Prohibition on disclosure of information§

65.
(a)The Administrator or a person acting on his behalf shall not disclose reports or information as referred to in sections 5(a)(1) and (b)(1) and 21(a)(1) and (2), (d)(2) and (f), unless one of the following has occurred:
(1)disclosure of the information is required for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Law;
(2)disclosure of the information is to a public body that requires the information for the purpose of carrying out its functions under any law.
(b)A recognised implementation body or a person acting on its behalf shall not disclose or make any use of reports or information that reached it from a manufacturer or importer by virtue of this Law, unless one of the following has occurred:
(1)disclosure of the information or its use is required for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Law;
(2)disclosure of the information is to a public body that requires the information for the purpose of carrying out its functions under any law.
(c)For the purposes of this section, "public body" means Government ministries and other State institutions.

Savings provisions§

66.

The provisions of this Law are in addition to the provisions of any other law and do not derogate therefrom, except from the provisions of the Recyclable Waste Collection and Removal Law, 5753-1993.

Implementation and regulations§

67.
(a)The Minister is charged with the implementation of this Law, and he may make Regulations on any matter relating to its implementation, including on the following matters:
(1)increasing the rates of the recycling targets and changing the maximum rate of recognised recovery that shall be regarded as recognised recycling under the provisions of sections 3 and 4;
(2)the manner of carrying out the export of equipment and battery waste for recycling and recovery, and prescribing the type and rate of equipment and battery waste that shall not be recognised for the purpose of meeting the recycling targets out of the equipment and battery waste exported for recycling and recovery;
(3)arrangements for the separation and collection of equipment and battery waste;
(4)the return of equipment and battery waste to distributors, its storage with them and its removal, including prescribing a minimum business size subject to the obligation to receive equipment and battery waste as referred to in section 30;
(5)the separation, collection and removal of hazardous equipment and battery waste;
(6)the establishment and operation of centres for equipment and battery waste and treatment facilities.
(b)
(1)Regulations under subsection (a) with respect to local authorities shall be made with the consent of the Minister of the Interior;
(2)Regulations under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall be made with the consent of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment, and Regulations under paragraph (5) of that subsection with respect to the safety and health of workers – in consultation with him.
(c)Regulations under paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) of subsection (a) require the approval of the Committee.

Amendment of the First Schedule and the Second Schedule§

68.

The Minister may, by Order, amend the First Schedule and the Second Schedule.

Report to the Knesset§

69.

The Minister shall report to the Committee, once a year, on the implementation of the provisions of this Law, including on the recycling and recovery targets achieved in the year preceding the date of the report; such a report shall be published on the Ministry's website.

Amendment of the Administrative Courts Law – No. 75§

70.

In the Administrative Courts Law, 5760-2000, in the First Schedule, in item 23, after paragraph (10) the following shall come:

"(11) A decision of an authority under the Environmental Treatment of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Batteries Law, 5772-2012.".

Amendment of the Local Authorities (Environmental Enforcement – Inspectors' Powers) Law – No. 6§

71.

In the Local Authorities (Environmental Enforcement – Inspectors' Powers) Law, 5768-2008, in the Schedule, after item 18 the following shall come:

"19. Offences under section 43(a)(1) and (2), (b)(13), (15) and (17) and (c)(8) of the Environmental Treatment of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Batteries Law, 5772-2012, and also an offence under section 44 of that Law with respect to those offences.".

Amendment of the Environmental Protection (Supervision and Enforcement Powers) Law – No. 2§

72.

In the Environmental Protection (Supervision and Enforcement Powers) Law, 5771-2011, in the Schedule, after item 24 the following shall come:

"25. Environmental Treatment of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Batteries Law, 5772-2012.".

Commencement and initial Regulations§

73.
(a)Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c), the commencement of this Law shall be on the 29th of Tevet 5774 (1 January 2014) (hereinafter – the commencement date), provided that by that date Regulations under sections 12(a) and 67(a)(4) have been made; if such Regulations have not been made by that date, the Minister shall defer the commencement date by Order, with the approval of the Committee, by a period not exceeding six months at a time.
(b)The commencement of sections 1, 2, 14 to 16, 23, 24 and 26(d)(2) shall be on the 19th of Tevet 5773 (1 January 2013).
(c)The commencement of Chapter IX shall be on the commencement date, provided that by that date Regulations under section 51(b) have been made; if such Regulations have not been made by that date, the Minister shall defer the commencement date of Chapter IX by Order, with the approval of the Committee, by a period not exceeding an additional six months at a time.
(d)The initial Regulations under sections 12(a) and 15(b) shall be brought for the approval of the Committee within six months of the day of publication of this Law.

Transitional provision§

74.

With respect to equipment and batteries sold on the eve of the commencement date, the commencement date shall be deemed to be the date of first sale for the purposes of Section 7.

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First Schedule (Section 2 – the definitions "electrical and electronic equipment" and "classification group")

1.§

Heating or cooling appliances –

Refrigerators, freezers, appliances for the automatic serving or vending of cold products, air conditioners and climate control appliances, steam appliances, dehumidifiers, heat pumps, heating installations.

2.§

Screens, monitors and appliances containing screens with a surface area greater than 100 cm² –

Screens, televisions, digital picture frames, monitors and laptop computers.

3.§

Lamps –

Fluorescent lamps (straight, compact and other), xenon (HID) lamps, including lamps containing high-pressure sodium gas and metal halide lamps, lamps containing low-pressure sodium gas, and LED lamps.

4.§

Large electrical appliances, at least one side of which is longer than 50 cm and which are not included in items 1 to 3 –

(1)appliances used for cooking or heating food, such as electric hotplates, electric ovens, electric cookers, microwave appliances;
(2)washing machines, tumble dryers and dishwashers;
(3)large communications and information technology equipment, such as large computers, servers, fixed network installations, large printing machines, photocopying machines;
(4)large leisure and sports equipment; large gaming machines;
(5)appliances and equipment used for the recording or reproduction of sounds, and musical instruments;
(6)large appliances for the generation or transmission of electric current, such as generators, converters, uninterruptible power supply systems, inverters;
(7)large medical appliances;
(8)large monitoring and control appliances;
(9)large automatic appliances for the serving or vending of products and automatic services, such as automated teller machines.
5.§

Small electrical appliances, no side of which is longer than 50 cm and which are not included in items 1 to 3 –

(1)small appliances used for cooking and other processing of food, such as toasters, electric hotplates, electric knives, electric kettles, microwaves;
(2)small cleaning appliances, such as vacuum cleaners, carpet cleaners, irons;
(3)fans, air purifiers, and other ventilation equipment;
(4)clocks and wristwatches;
(5)small personal care appliances, such as shavers and hair dryers;
(6)cameras, such as video cameras;
(7)consumer electrical products, such as radios, amplifiers, DVD players, video players;
(8)musical instruments and sound equipment, such as amplifiers;
(9)small lighting appliances and other small equipment used for illumination or light control;
(10)electric or electronic toys;
(11)sports equipment, such as computers for cycling, diving, running, and rowing;
(12)small tools, such as gardening equipment, drills, electric saws, pumps and lawnmowers;
(13)sewing machines;
(14)small medical appliances, including veterinary appliances;
(15)small monitoring and control appliances, such as smoke detectors, heat controllers, thermostats, motion detectors, remote controls;
(16)small measuring appliances, such as scales;
(17)small automatic appliances for the serving or vending of products;
(18)small appliances with integral photovoltaic panels.
6.§

Small communications and information technology (IT) equipment, no side of which is longer than 50 cm –

Personal computers, printers, calculators, telephones, mobile telephones, satellite navigation devices and routers.

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Second Schedule (Section 38(b))

1.§

The following materials, compounds and components shall be removed from waste electrical and electronic equipment and treated in accordance with the provisions of any law:

(1)transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB);
(2)components containing mercury (such as switches or lamps);
(3)batteries and accumulators, which after removal shall be sorted by type;
(4)printed circuit boards in mobile radio telephone handsets, within the meaning of the Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 5742-1982, and in other appliances if the surface area of the printed circuit board exceeds 10 cm²;
(5)ink cartridges for printing;
(6)plastic containing brominated flame retardants;
(7)components containing asbestos;
(8)cathode ray tubes;
(9)chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC), hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), hydrocarbons (HC);
(10)gas-containing lamps;
(11)liquid crystal displays (LCD) with a surface area greater than 100 cm² and all displays with backlighting;
(12)external electrical cables;
(13)components containing refractory ceramic fibres (RCF);
(14)components containing radioactive materials whose total activity exceeds the exemption level set out in Table II of the latest edition of the International Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources – IAEA, with its annexes and notes;
(15)electrolytic capacitors with a length exceeding 25 mm and a diameter exceeding 25 mm, or with a proportionally equivalent volume.
2.§

The following components in waste electrical and electronic equipment shall be treated in the manner set out below, in accordance with the provisions of any law:

(1)cathode ray tubes – the fluorescent coating shall be removed;
(2)equipment containing gas that is ozone-depleting or that has a global warming potential (GWP) exceeding 15 (such as gas contained in foamed materials and in refrigeration systems) – the gas shall be discharged;
(3)gas-containing lamps – the mercury shall be removed.

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