bpv BRAUN PARTNERS has been representing clients in this matter since 2014. A statement from the European Commission we acquired before the first cases began has proved essential.
We are currently waiting for a statement from the Court of Justice of the European Union on a preliminary matter raised by the Supreme Court regarding the correct transposition of EU Directive No. 2012/19/EU, on waste electrical and electronic equipment, into Czech law.
As of January 1, 2021 the financing of this solar panel waste recycling is governed by Act No. 542/2020, on end-of-life products, instead of the Waste Act. Unfortunately the new legislation also left in place the current (and, in our opinion, incorrect) mechanism for financing the recycling of solar panel waste, which requires the photovoltaic power plant operators in the Czech Republic to pay the recycling fees, rather than the manufacturers of the solar panels as under the directive.