On 20th July 2009 Advanced Bar & Catering Services Limited, A4 Calmount Road, Ballymount, Dublin 12 pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in relation to seven offences under the Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)(Amendment) Regulations 2008 and Sections 29 and 53J of the Waste Management Acts 1996 (as amended).
At Dublin Metropolitan District Court Judge Victor Blake 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 apply to the registration body for registration or renewal of registration as a producer.
3. Failing to declare to the registration body the quantities, by weight or number of units, of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market.
Fines totalling €3,500 were imposed in relation to the seven charges and costs of €4,500 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 November 2008. The EPA had previously engaged substantially with the Catering Equipment Association to drive compliance and good governance in the sector.
