In accordance with the requirements of the EU WEEE Directive, EU member states must convert the WEEE Directive into the domestic laws of each member state. The British government submitted its domestic WEEE regulations (SI 2006 No. 3289) to Parliament on December 12, 2006, and submitted it to Parliament in January 2007. Effective on March 2nd. Before the British WEEE regulations are about to enter into force for the fourth year (January 1st to December 31st, 2010), the British government conducted an impact assessment (Impact Assessment) on its domestic WEEE implementation status and implementation experience, and announced the upcoming regulations. Draft regulations are available for public consultation. The deadline for this public consultation is April 6, 2009. The British government recently announced a report titled “The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations: Government consultation on new regulations and further development of the supporting infrastructure to take effect from the fourth compliance period (1 January – 31 December
