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Law for the Environmental Treatment of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Batteries, 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
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Chapter VII: General Provisions regarding Equipment and Batteries
Prohibition of Landfilling of Equipment and Battery Waste§
40.
(a)From the 17th day of Tevet 5781 (1 January 2021), no person shall landfill equipment and battery waste; nothing in the provisions of this subsection shall prevent the landfilling of by-products of recognised recycling or recognised recovery of equipment and battery waste.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Director may approve the landfilling, at a specific location, of equipment and battery waste prior to treatment, if the Director is satisfied, in a particular case, that there are no available recycling or recovery alternatives; such approval shall be granted for a period not exceeding one year.
Provisions regarding Source Reduction Measures§
41.
(a)The Minister, after consultation with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and with the approval of the Committee, may prescribe provisions regarding source reduction measures.
(b)Where the Minister has prescribed provisions under subsection (a), no person shall manufacture equipment and batteries except in accordance with those provisions, unless the equipment or batteries are intended for export.
Labelling of Equipment and Batteries§
42.
(a)The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and with the approval of the Committee, may prescribe provisions regarding the labelling of equipment and batteries, including provisions regarding the manner of labelling, its content, size and location.
(b)Where the Minister has prescribed provisions under subsection (a), a manufacturer shall not manufacture, and an importer or distributor shall not sell, equipment and batteries unless they have been labelled in accordance with those provisions.
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Penalties§
43.
(a)A person who has done any of the following is liable to a fine as referred to in section 61(a)(2) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977 (in this Law — the Penal Law), and if it is a corporation — to double the said fine:
(1)disposed of equipment and battery waste otherwise than in accordance with the provisions under section 28;
(2)failed to display at its place of business information in accordance with the provisions under section 30(c).
(b)A person who has done any of the following is liable to imprisonment of six months or a fine as referred to in section 61(a)(3) of the Penal Law, and if it is a corporation, is liable to double the said fine:
(1)failed to report to the Director or failed to furnish information to the Director or to a person authorised by the Director in accordance with the provisions under sections 5, 12, 21 or 39;
(2)failed to maintain a complete and detailed record of the matters included in the reporting obligation under sections 5 or 21, contrary to the provisions of sections 6 or 22;
(3)failed to maintain a complete and detailed record in accordance with the provisions under sections 33 or 39;
(4)failed to allow the Director or a person authorised by the Director to inspect the record or to receive a true copy thereof, contrary to the provisions under sections 6, 22, 33 or 39;
(5)failed to enter into a contract with a recognised implementation body, contrary to the provisions under section 8(a);
(6)failed to maintain a complete and detailed record of the information referred to in section 5(a)(1) and (b)(1) or failed to allow the Director or a person authorised by the Director to inspect the said record or to receive a true copy thereof, contrary to the provisions of section 8(c);
(7)failed to pay a levy that it was obligated to pay, contrary to the provisions under section 13;
(8)failed to comply with a condition prescribed by the Director in granting an exemption from the obligation to enter into a contract under the provisions of section 9(d) or in recognition under the provisions of section 14(d);
(9)failed to remove separated equipment and battery waste within the area of a waste removal responsible party with whom it had entered into a contract, in accordance with the provisions under section 19(c);
(10)failed to carry out the separation or collection of equipment and battery waste from the household sector in accordance with the provisions under section 26;
(11)failed to enter into a contract with a recognised implementation body, contrary to the provisions of section 27(a);
(12)failed to transfer equipment and battery waste to a recognised implementation body, contrary to the provisions of section 27(b);
(13)took, collected or removed equipment and battery waste from the household sector within the area of a waste removal responsible party without the responsible party's approval, contrary to the provisions of section 29(a);
(14)failed to enter into a contract with a recognised implementation body, contrary to the provisions of section 32(a) or 34(a);
(15)failed to receive equipment and battery waste, contrary to the provisions of section 30;
(16)manufactured equipment and batteries otherwise than in accordance with the provisions prescribed by the Minister regarding source reduction measures, contrary to the provisions under section 41;
(17)manufactured or sold equipment and batteries without their having been labelled in accordance with the provisions under section 42;
(18)disclosed information or made use of it, contrary to the provisions under section 65(b).
(c)A person who has done any of the following is liable to imprisonment of one year or a fine as referred to in section 61(a)(4) of the Penal Law, and if it is a corporation, is liable to double the said fine:
(1)failed to meet the recycling targets under the provisions of sections 3 and 4;
(2)stored equipment and battery waste otherwise than in accordance with the provisions under section 31;
(3)operated an equipment and battery waste centre or received or stored equipment and battery waste without using the required infrastructure, contrary to the provisions under section 35;
(4)carried out treatment or treatment operations on equipment and battery waste, contrary to the provisions under section 36;
(5)transferred or exported equipment and battery waste otherwise than in accordance with the provisions under section 37;
(6)operated a treatment facility or received or stored equipment and battery waste without using the required infrastructure, contrary to the provisions under section 38(a);
(7)treated electrical and electronic equipment waste otherwise than in accordance with the provisions under section 38(b);
(8)landfilled equipment and battery waste, contrary to the provisions under section 40.
Liability of an Office Holder in a Corporation§
44.
(a)An office holder in a corporation is obligated to supervise and to do everything possible to prevent the commission of offences under section 43 by the corporation or by any of its employees; a person who breaches this obligation is liable to a fine as referred to in section 61(a)(3) of the Penal Law.
(b)Where an offence under this Law has been committed by a corporation or by any of its employees, it shall be presumed that an office holder in the corporation has breached the office holder's obligation under this section, unless the office holder proves that the office holder did everything possible to fulfil the obligation.
(c)In this section, "office holder in a corporation" — an active manager in a corporation, a partner, other than a limited partner, or another functionary in a corporation who is responsible on behalf of the corporation for the field in which the offence was committed, and in respect of offences under paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (15) and (17) of section 43(b) and offences under paragraphs (1), (3), (5), (6) and (8) of section 43(c) — also a director.
Rates of Fines§
45.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 221(b) of the Criminal Procedure Law [Consolidated Version], 5742-1982, the Minister of Justice, with the consent of the Minister, may prescribe a rate of fine exceeding the amount of the fine prescribed in the said section, for an offence under this Law that has been designated as a fine offence and also for an additional or continuing fine offence committed by the same person, having regard to the type of offence and the circumstances of its commission, provided that the amount of the fine shall not exceed ten per cent of the maximum fine prescribed for that offence.
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Financial Sanction§
46.
(a)Where a person has breached a provision of the provisions under this Law, as detailed below, the Director may impose on that person a financial sanction under the provisions of this Chapter, in the amount of NIS 23,020, and if it is a corporation — in the amount of NIS 46,040:
(1)disposed of equipment and battery waste otherwise than in accordance with the provisions under section 28;
(2)failed to display at its place of business information in accordance with the provisions under section 30(c).
(b)Where a person has breached a provision of the provisions under this Law, as detailed below, the Director may impose on that person a financial sanction under the provisions of this Chapter, in the amount of NIS 86,310, and if it is a corporation — in the amount of NIS 172,510:
(1)breached the provisions of section 8(d); for this purpose it shall be presumed that a manufacturer or importer who has fulfilled its obligations under sections 5(f) and 8(a) to (c) has not breached the provisions of section 8(d), unless proven otherwise;
(2)failed to enter into a contract with a manufacturer or importer who approached it in accordance with the provisions under section 18(a);
(3)failed to enter into a contract with a waste removal responsible party who approached it in accordance with the provisions under section 19(b);
(4)failed to enter into a contract with a distributor or holder of equipment and battery waste that is not from the household sector who approached it in accordance with the provisions under section 20;
(5)took, collected or removed equipment and battery waste from the household sector within the area of a waste removal responsible party without the responsible party's approval, contrary to the provisions of section 29(a);
(6)breached a provision of the provisions detailed in section 43(b), except under section 43(b)(11) and (13).
(c)Where a person has breached a provision of the provisions detailed in section 43(c)(2) to (8), the Director may impose on that person a financial sanction under the provisions of this Chapter, in the amount of NIS 347,010, and if it is a corporation — in the amount of NIS 694,020.
(d)Where a waste removal responsible party has failed to enter into a contract with a recognised implementation body in respect of the separation of equipment and battery waste and the removal of equipment and battery waste from its area, contrary to the provisions of section 27(a), the Director may impose on that party a financial sanction under the provisions of this Chapter in the amount of NIS 578,350.
(e)Where a manufacturer, importer or recognised implementation body has failed to meet the recycling targets under sections 3 and 4, the Director may impose on that person a financial sanction under the provisions of this Chapter in the amount of NIS 3,470 for each tonne of equipment and battery waste in respect of which it has not carried out recognised recycling in accordance with the said targets; notwithstanding the foregoing, in the years 2014 to 2016 the amount of the financial sanction that the Director may impose for such a breach shall be as detailed below:
(1)in the years 2014 and 2015 — NIS 2,000;
(2)in the year 2016 — NIS 3,080.
(f)In subsections (a)(1) and (b)(5), and in subsection (c) in respect of the matter referred to in section 43(c)(8), "equipment and battery waste" — equipment and battery waste generated as a result of the activity of a corporation or as a result of the activity of a business or occupation of an individual, other than an occupation of an individual who is not a distributor carried out in a residential apartment.
Notice of Intent to Charge§
47.
(a)Where the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has breached a provision of the provisions under this Law, as referred to in section 46 (in this Chapter — the violator), and intends to impose a financial sanction on that person under that section, the Director shall give the violator notice of the intention to impose a financial sanction on that person (in this Chapter — notice of intent to charge).
(b)In a notice of intent to charge, the Director shall state, inter alia, the following:
(1)the act or omission (in this Chapter — the act) constituting the breach;
(2)the amount of the financial sanction and the period for its payment;
(3)the violator's right to make submissions before the Director under the provisions of section 48;
(4)the rate of the addition to the financial sanction in the case of a continuing breach or a repeated breach under the provisions of section 50.
Right to Make Submissions§
48.
(a)A violator to whom a notice of intent to charge has been given under the provisions of section 47 may make submissions, in writing or orally, before the Director, in the manner directed by the Director, in respect of the intention to impose a financial sanction on that person and in respect of its amount, within 45 days of the date of delivery of the notice.
(b)The Director may, by a reasoned decision, extend the period referred to in subsection (a) by a period not exceeding 45 days.
Director's Decision and Payment Demand§
49.
(a)The Director shall decide, after considering the submissions made under the provisions of section 48, whether to impose a financial sanction on the violator, and may reduce the amount of the financial sanction under the provisions of section 51.
(b)Where the Director has decided under the provisions of subsection (a) —
(1)to impose a financial sanction on the violator — the Director shall give the violator a written demand to pay the financial sanction (in this Chapter — payment demand), in which the Director shall state, inter alia, the updated amount of the financial sanction and the period for its payment;
(2)not to impose a financial sanction on the violator — the Director shall give the violator written notice thereof.
(c)In the payment demand or notice under subsection (b), the Director shall set out the reasons for the decision.
(d)Where the violator has not made submissions under the provisions of section 48 within 45 days of the date on which the notice of intent to charge was given to the violator, or within a longer period prescribed under section 48(b), if prescribed, the notice shall be deemed, upon the expiry of the said period, to be a payment demand given to the violator on the said date.
Continuing Breach and Repeated Breach§
50.
(a)In the case of a continuing breach, one-fiftieth of the financial sanction prescribed for that breach shall be added thereto for each day on which the breach continues.
(b)In the case of a repeated breach, an amount equal to the financial sanction referred to above shall be added to the financial sanction prescribed for that breach; for this purpose, "repeated breach" — a breach of a provision of the provisions under this Law as referred to in section 46, within two years of a prior breach of the same provision for which a financial sanction was imposed on the violator or for which the violator was convicted.
Reduced Amounts§
51.
(a)The Director is not authorised to impose a financial sanction in an amount lower than the amounts prescribed in this Chapter, except under the provisions of subsection (b).
(b)The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of Justice and with the approval of the Committee, may prescribe cases, circumstances and considerations by reason of which it shall be possible to impose a financial sanction in an amount lower than the amounts prescribed in this Chapter and at the rates to be prescribed.
Updated Amount of the Financial Sanction§
52.
(a)The financial sanction shall be according to its updated amount on the date of delivery of the payment demand, and in respect of a violator who has not made submissions before the Director as referred to in section 48 — on the date of delivery of the notice of intent to charge; where an appeal has been filed with a court under section 55 and payment of the financial sanction has been stayed under the provisions of that section, the amount of the financial sanction shall be according to its updated amount on the date of the decision on the appeal.
(b)The amounts of the financial sanction as referred to in section 46 shall be updated on 1 January of each year (in this subsection — the update date), in accordance with the rate of increase of the index known on the update date compared with the index that was known on 1 January of the preceding year; the said amount shall be rounded to the nearest amount that is a multiple of ten new shekels; for this purpose, "index" — the consumer price index published by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
(c)The Director General of the Ministry shall publish in Reshumot (Official Gazette) a notice of the updated amounts of the financial sanction under subsection (b).
Time for Payment of the Financial Sanction§
53.
(a)The financial sanction shall be paid within 45 days of the date of delivery of the payment demand.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Director may defer, by 45 days, the payment of the financial sanction and may also decide on the instalment of the payment of a financial sanction, provided that the number of instalments shall not exceed ten monthly instalments, all at the request of the violator and by reason of special circumstances that applied to that person.
Shekel interest and arrears charges§
54.
If a financial sanction was not paid on time, shekel interest and arrears charges shall be added thereto for the period of arrears, until its payment, and the provisions of the Interest and Linkage Law shall apply, with the necessary modifications.
Appeal§
55.
(a)A payment demand and any other decision of the Administrator may be appealed to the Magistrate's Court before which the President of a Magistrate's Court sits; such an appeal shall be filed within 30 days from the day on which the payment demand was served (in this Chapter – appeal against a payment demand).
(b)The filing of an appeal against a payment demand shall not operate to stay the payment of the financial sanction or the publication of the decision, unless the Administrator has agreed thereto or the court has so ordered.
(c)If the court decided to allow an appeal against a payment demand after the financial sanction had been paid in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, the amount paid shall be refunded, with the addition of shekel interest from the day of its payment until the day of its refund, and the provisions of the Interest and Linkage Law shall apply in respect of such interest, with the necessary modifications.
Publication§
56.
(a)Where the Administrator has imposed a financial sanction under this Chapter, he shall publish on the Ministry's website the following particulars, in a manner that ensures transparency with respect to the exercise of his discretion in making the decision to impose a financial sanction:
(1)the fact of the imposition of the financial sanction;
(2)the nature of the contravention on account of which the financial sanction was imposed and the circumstances thereof;
(3)the amount of the financial sanction imposed;
(4)if the financial sanction was reduced – the circumstances on account of which the amount of the sanction was reduced and the rates of reduction;
(5)relevant particulars concerning the contravener;
(6)the name of the contravener, unless the contravener is an individual; however, the Administrator may publish the name of a contravener who is an individual if he considered it necessary for the purpose of warning the public, and the financial sanction was imposed on account of a contravention relating to the provision of a service to the public by the contravener.
(b)The Minister may prescribe additional ways of publishing the particulars referred to in paragraphs (1) to (6) of subsection (a).
(c)Where an appeal against a payment demand has been filed, the Administrator shall publish the fact of the filing of the appeal and its outcome.
(d)Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Administrator shall not publish particulars that constitute information which a public authority is precluded from disclosing under section 9(a) of the Freedom of Information Law, 5758-1998, and he may also refrain from publishing particulars under this section that constitute information which a public authority is not required to disclose under section 9(b) of that Law.
(e)Publication as referred to in subsection (a) in respect of a financial sanction imposed on a corporation shall be for a period of four years, and in respect of a financial sanction imposed on an individual – two years.
(f)The Minister of Justice, in consultation with the Minister and with the approval of the Committee, shall prescribe provisions regarding the manner of publication under this section, so as to prevent, as far as possible, the inspection of particulars published under subsection (a) upon the expiry of the publication period referred to in subsection (e).
Financial sanction for a contravention under this Law and under another law§
57.
For a single act that constitutes a contravention of a provision among the provisions under this Law listed in section 46 and a contravention of a provision under another law, no more than one financial sanction shall be imposed.
Preservation of criminal liability§
58.
(a)Payment of a financial sanction under this Chapter shall not derogate from a person's criminal liability for contravening a provision among the provisions under this Law listed in section 46 that constitutes an offence.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if the contravener has paid a financial sanction on account of a contravention referred to in that subsection, no indictment shall be filed against him in respect of the same act, unless new facts or evidence have come to light that justify doing so; if the contravener has paid a financial sanction and an indictment has been filed against him in the circumstances referred to in this subsection, the amount he paid shall be refunded to him, with the addition of shekel interest from the day of its payment until the day of its refund, and the provisions of the Interest and Linkage Law shall apply in respect of such interest, with the necessary modifications.
(c)If an indictment has been filed against a person for a contravention that constitutes an offence as referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall not institute proceedings against him under this Chapter in respect of the same contravention.
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