EPA Prosecutes System Video Limited

On 14th July 2008 System Video Ltd., System House, Palmerstown Business Park, Dublin 20, pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in relation to five offences under the Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (WEEE) Regulations 2005.  At Dublin Metropolitan District Court Judge Hugh O’Donnell heard the case and the company admitted breaching the Regulations by:

1. Placing electrical and electronic equipment on the market at a time when the company was not registered as a producer of such equipment.

2. Failing to declare the quantities, by weight or number of units, of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market.

3. Failing to apply to the producer registration body for registration or renewal of registration.

 Fines totalling €3,750 were imposed in relation to the five charges and costs of €17,133 were awarded to the EPA.

This prosecution followed several notifications issued by the EPA to the Company informing them of their obligations and one inspection carried out by the Resource Use Unit of the Office of Climate Licensing and Resource Use, in September 2007.

This is the EPA’s first prosecution of a company for failing to comply with their producer obligations under the WEEE regulations.