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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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Section C: Contracting of Manufacturers and Importers with a Recognised Implementation Body
Obligation to Contract with a Recognised Implementation Body§
8.
(a)For the purpose of fulfilling the obligations of manufacturers or importers pursuant to this Chapter, a manufacturer and importer shall enter into a contract with a recognised implementation body that has received recognition pursuant to section 14 to treat the type of equipment and batteries that the said manufacturer or importer manufactures or imports; where a manufacturer or importer has contracted with a recognised implementation body, the recognised implementation body shall be responsible for fulfilling the obligations of the manufacturer or importer as aforesaid, for as long as the contract remains in force.
(b)A manufacturer and importer shall be responsible for financing all the costs of a recognised implementation body with which they have contracted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a), required for the purpose of fulfilling the obligations of manufacturers or importers pursuant to this Chapter and as detailed in section 17(a), on equal terms, taking into account, inter alia, their share of the total equipment and batteries manufactured or imported by all the manufacturers and importers who have contracted with that recognised implementation body according to classification groups and the possibilities of reuse or types of treatment of the waste generated from the equipment and batteries they manufactured or imported.
(c)Without derogating from the provisions of the latter part of subsection (a), a manufacturer or importer who has contracted with a recognised implementation body shall maintain a full and detailed record of the information referred to in section 5(a)(1) and (b)(1), and the Administrator or a person he has authorised from among the employees of the Ministry shall be entitled to inspect such a record and to receive a true copy thereof.
(d)Where a manufacturer or importer has found that a recognised implementation body with which he has contracted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) is not fulfilling the obligations of manufacturers and importers as referred to in that subsection, in whole or in part, or has reason to believe that there is concern that the recognised implementation body will not fulfil these obligations, the manufacturer or importer shall take all reasonable measures available to him to ensure that the obligations as aforesaid are fulfilled by the recognised implementation body.
Exemption from the Obligation to Contract§
9.
(a)The Director may exempt a manufacturer or importer from the obligation to contract under section 8 (in this Law – exemption from the obligation to contract), if satisfied that such manufacturer or importer is able to fulfil its obligations under Section A of this Chapter with respect to equipment and battery waste generated from the equipment or batteries that it sells, otherwise than through a recognised implementation body.
(b)The grant of an exemption from the obligation to contract, with respect to equipment and battery waste from the household sector, shall be made only in exceptional circumstances and on special grounds that shall be recorded.
(c)A manufacturer or importer that has received an exemption from the obligation to contract shall be responsible for carrying out all actions required to fulfil its obligations under Section A of this Chapter, in a manner that prevents harm to the environment and in accordance with the provisions of this Law and any law, including the removal of equipment and battery waste that is not from the household sector from every holder of such waste as referred to in section 34, and shall bear all costs involved therein; for this purpose, "the required actions" – including sorting, reuse, preparation for reuse or treatment of all equipment and battery waste generated from the equipment or batteries that it sells.
(d)For the purpose of ensuring the manufacturer's or importer's compliance with its obligations under Section A of this Chapter, the Director may prescribe conditions for the grant of the exemption from the obligation to contract, and conditions to be fulfilled during the period of such exemption, and may also amend such conditions, after having given the manufacturer or importer an opportunity to state its arguments.
(e)An exemption from the obligation to contract shall be granted for a period not exceeding five years, and the Director may extend it for additional periods, not exceeding five years each time.
(f)The Director shall publish in Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the Ministry's website a notice of the grant of an exemption from the obligation to contract; the notice shall include the date of the grant of the exemption, its validity and the main grounds for the grant of the exemption.
Application for Exemption from the Obligation to Contract§
10.
(a)A manufacturer or importer applying for an exemption from the obligation to contract shall submit to the Director an application that includes the following documents and particulars:
(1)if it is a corporation – the corporation's incorporation documents;
(2)an action plan for the period of the exemption, which shall include, inter alia, all of the following:
(a)the planned arrangements for the collection and removal, preparation for reuse, recycling, recovery and landfilling of equipment and battery waste generated from the equipment and batteries that the applicant sells;
(b)a planned geographical spread for implementing the arrangements referred to in sub-paragraph (a);
(c)planning with respect to compliance with the annual recycling rates required under section 3(a) and (b) or section 4(a) and (b), as the case may be;
(d)the expected costs of implementing the plan;
(3)additional particulars and information as prescribed by the Minister.
(b)The Director may require an applicant for an exemption from the obligation to contract to provide such additional particulars and documents as the Director deems fit, for the purpose of examining the application.
(c)The Director's decision on an application under this section shall be given within three months from the day on which the Director received the application documents, or from the date of receipt of the particulars or documents required under subsection (b), whichever is the later.
Revocation of Exemption from the Obligation to Contract§
11.
(a)The Director may revoke an exemption from the obligation to contract, after having given the holder of the exemption an opportunity to state its arguments, upon the occurrence of any one of the following:
(1)the exemption was granted on the basis of false or misleading information;
(2)the Director has found that the holder of the exemption is not fulfilling its obligations under Section A of this Chapter;
(3)the holder of the exemption has breached a condition of the exemption or a provision of the provisions under this Chapter.
(b)If an exemption from the obligation to contract has been revoked, the manufacturer or importer whose exemption has been revoked shall, within one month of the notice of revocation, enter into a contract with a recognised implementation body, and the submission of an application for an additional exemption from the obligation to contract shall not exempt such manufacturer or importer from the obligation to contract as aforesaid; the Director may, in a reasoned decision, postpone by one additional month the deadline for contracting with a recognised implementation body.
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Special Provisions Relating to Manufacturers and Importers of Equipment and Batteries in a Limited Scope§
12.
(a)The provisions of sections 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 shall not apply to a manufacturer or importer whose annual weight of equipment and batteries sold does not exceed a rate prescribed by the Minister for this purpose, with the approval of the Committee (in this Law – a manufacturer or importer in a limited scope); in prescribing the rate, the Minister shall take into account, inter alia, the environmental and health impacts of the equipment and batteries and of the waste generated therefrom and the turnover of manufacturers and importers of equipment and batteries.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a manufacturer or importer in a limited scope shall report to the Director at the end of each year (in this section – annual report), on the particulars referred to in section 5(a)(1) or 5(b)(1), as the case may be.
(c)An annual report shall be submitted to the Director no later than two months after the end of each financial year, audited by an auditor, in the form directed by the Director.
(d)The Director, or a person authorised by the Director from among the Ministry's employees, may require a manufacturer or importer in a limited scope to furnish any information that was used for the preparation of the annual report; where a manufacturer or importer is required to furnish such information, it shall furnish it at the time and in the manner specified in the requirement.
(e)Where a manufacturer or importer in a limited scope has not submitted an annual report, or has submitted such a report but the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that the report is incorrect, the Director may, after having given such manufacturer or importer an opportunity to state its arguments, determine in a reasoned decision the weight of the equipment and batteries sold by the manufacturer or importer in that year, and if the Director finds that the weight of the equipment and batteries sold in a year exceeds the rate prescribed by the Minister under subsection (a) – determine that the weight of the equipment and batteries as determined shall be the binding weight for the purpose of the recycling target required of the manufacturer or importer under sections 3 and 4.
(f)Where a manufacturer or importer in a limited scope finds, after the end of a financial year, that during that financial year it sold equipment and batteries at a weight exceeding the rate prescribed by the Minister under subsection (a), or where the Director has determined under subsection (e) that during that financial year such manufacturer or importer sold equipment and batteries at a weight exceeding the said rate, the manufacturer or importer shall, within one month, enter into a contract with a recognised implementation body for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under sections 3 and 4, with respect to equipment and batteries sold during that financial year; where a manufacturer or importer has acted as referred to in this subsection, and has paid the costs required to the recognised implementation body, such manufacturer or importer shall be deemed to have fulfilled its obligations under sections 3 and 4; the Director may, in a reasoned decision, postpone by one additional month the deadline for contracting with a recognised implementation body.
Levy on Manufacturers and Importers in a Limited Scope§
13.
The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, after consultation with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and with the approval of the Committee, may prescribe a levy to be imposed on a manufacturer or importer in a limited scope, and may prescribe different levy rates for different classification groups, taking into account, inter alia, the possibilities for reuse, recycling or other treatment of waste generated from the equipment and batteries, the effect of the levy on the final price of equipment and batteries to the consumer, and also, inter alia, provisions with respect to the indexation of the levy, the manner of its payment, the methods of its collection and reports that a manufacturer or importer is required to submit with respect to the levy.
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Contact Us →Chapter IV: Recognised Implementation Body
Section A: Recognition
Recognition of a Recognised Implementation Body§
14.
(a)The Director may recognise a company as an implementation body responsible for fulfilling the obligations of manufacturers and importers under this Law who contract with it, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1)it is a company as defined in the Companies Law, 5759-1999;
(2)its sole purpose is to fulfil the obligations of manufacturers or importers under this Law and to carry out the actions required for that purpose;
(3)it is a public benefit company, as defined in the Companies Law, 5759-1999, or if established for profit-making purposes – its articles of association restrict the possibility of distributing profits if it has not met the recycling targets of the manufacturers and importers whose obligations it is responsible for fulfilling, or if the provisions of section 23(f)(1) are not fulfilled;
(4)it has presented a business plan according to which, at around the time of recognition, it will provide services to manufacturers and importers whose weight of equipment and batteries sold will be of a scope sufficient to the Director's satisfaction;
(5)it has sufficient equity capital, and has provided a bank guarantee in favour of the State or other security in favour of the State at the Director's discretion, at rates sufficient in relation to the scope of the company's activities, all to the Director's satisfaction, for the purpose of ensuring that it fulfils its purpose as referred to in paragraph (2);
(6)the chief executive officer of the company and a controlling shareholder therein have not been convicted of an offence which, by reason of its nature, severity or circumstances, renders the company unfit to be a recognised implementation body; for this purpose, "control" – as defined in the Securities Law, 5728-1968;
(7)the company has submitted a declaration on its behalf stating that persons who are not Israeli citizens or residents of Israel shall not be employed by it, even if there is a permit for their employment under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991, and that for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under this Law it shall contract only with an operator or with a person engaged in the collection and removal of waste who has undertaken to it that they shall employ only employees as aforesaid for the fulfilment of their obligations under the contract;
(8)additional conditions as prescribed by the Minister.
(b)The Director may refuse to grant recognition to an applicant, on grounds to be communicated to the applicant and after having given the applicant an opportunity to state its arguments, even if the conditions in subsection (a) are fulfilled with respect to the applicant, if the Director finds that there exist circumstances by reason of which the applicant is not fit to receive recognition, or if the Director is satisfied that there is a substantial concern that granting recognition to the applicant will harm the implementation of the purposes of this Law.
(c)The Director may recognise a company as an implementation body responsible for fulfilling the obligations of manufacturers and importers with respect to equipment and battery waste from the household sector, solely in relation to equipment and batteries of a certain type or of certain classification groups, if satisfied that there exist special circumstances justifying this and that the achievement of the recycling targets with respect to all equipment and battery waste from the household sector will not thereby be harmed.
(d)For the purpose of ensuring the recognised implementation body's compliance with its purpose as referred to in subsection (a)(2), the Director may prescribe in the recognition conditions to be fulfilled during the period of validity of the recognition, in whole or in part, including determining the type of electrical and electronic equipment or the type of batteries or accumulators or the sector in respect of which it is permitted to operate within the framework of the recognition, and may amend such conditions, after having given the recognised implementation body an opportunity to state its arguments.
(e)Recognition shall be granted for a period of five years (in this Chapter – the recognition period).
(f)The articles of association of the recognised implementation body and any amendment thereto require the approval of the Director.
(g)The Director shall publish in Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the Ministry's website a notice of the recognition of a company as a recognised implementation body, of the type of electrical and electronic equipment or the type of batteries or accumulators or the sector in respect of which recognition has been granted, of the date of recognition and of the recognition period.
Application for Recognition and Decision on the Application§
15.
(a)A company applying for recognition shall submit to the Director an application that includes the following documents and particulars:
(1)the company's incorporation documents;
(2)the type of electrical and electronic equipment or the type of batteries and accumulators in respect of which recognition is sought, including the classification groups, and also whether recognition is sought in respect of equipment and battery waste from the household sector, equipment and battery waste not from the household sector, or both;
(3)a business plan and a budget plan for the recognition period that shall include, inter alia, the type of equipment and batteries, planning with respect to compliance with the annual recycling rates required under section 3(a) and (b) or section 4(a) and (b), as the case may be, and also the manner of calculating the payments that manufacturers and importers are required to pay to it as a recognised implementation body;
(4)planned arrangements for the collection of equipment and battery waste from distributors, and for the separation and removal, preparation for reuse and treatment of equipment and battery waste;
(5)planned arrangements for public information;
(6)planned arrangements for the trade mark of the recognised implementation body, to the extent planned by the applicant;
(7)a model contract for contracting between the applicant for recognition and a manufacturer or importer;
(8)a model contract for contracting between the applicant for recognition and the person responsible for waste removal;
(9)a model contract for contracting between the applicant for recognition and a holder of equipment and battery waste that is not from the household sector;
(10)a model contract for contracting between the applicant for recognition and a distributor;
(11)additional particulars and information as prescribed by the Minister.
(b)The Director may require an applicant for recognition to provide such additional particulars and documents as the Director deems fit, for the purpose of examining the application.
(c)The Director shall approve a model contract for contracting between the applicant for recognition and the person responsible for waste removal, as referred to in subsection (a)(8), after consultation with the Head of the Local Government Administration in the Ministry of the Interior, and with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment or a person authorised by the Minister from among the employees of that Ministry.
(d)The Director's decision on an application under this section shall be given within three months from the day on which the Director received the application documents, or from the date of receipt of the particulars or documents required under subsection (b), whichever is the later.
Revocation of Recognition§
16.
(a)The Director may revoke a recognition, after having given the recognised implementation body an opportunity to state its arguments, upon the occurrence of any one of the following:
(1)the recognition was granted on the basis of false or misleading information;
(2)a condition of the conditions for the grant of recognition under section 14 has ceased to be fulfilled in the recognised implementation body;
(3)the recognised implementation body has breached a condition of the recognition or a provision of the provisions under this Law, or has breached a provision of another enactment in connection with its activities;
(4)a provisional winding-up order has been made against the recognised implementation body, or a receiver has been appointed for it, or an application for either of these has been filed, or it has resolved on its voluntary winding-up.
(b)The Director shall notify in writing of the intention to revoke recognition to the recognised implementation body, to the general meeting of manufacturers and importers of that recognised implementation body and to shareholders in the recognised implementation body who are manufacturers and importers.
(c)Where the Director has revoked a recognition, the Director may give instructions to the company whose recognition has been revoked, and also to every manufacturer or importer who was in a contractual relationship with it under this Law on the eve of the revocation, for the purpose of ensuring the continued fulfilment of the obligations of manufacturers or importers under this Law, including the time and manner in which such manufacturers and importers are required to carry out actions required for that purpose.
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