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> I believe it's an EU regulation Yep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Electrical_and_Electronic_Equipment_Directive#Member_state_implementation https://e

• kqr 9y ago
  Nope. A directive is not a regulation. A directive means the member states must implement into their own law a comparable version of the directive. A regulation is when the countries must enforce the EU regulation as if it were their own law. (The difference is marked in the case of the General Data Protection Regulation, which will become enforceable in a few months. There is no wiggleroom in interpreting it, compared to its predecessor, the Data Protection Directive, where each member state has implemented their own version, with varying levels of data protection.)