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� which treatment facilities they have returned the WEEE to and which treatment
procedures have been used; and
� the total amount of WEEE recovered, incinerated and sent to landfill.
Distributors of EEE must provide OVAM with information on the total amount of WEEE
(kg) collected per annum, and on the number and types of WEEE and their treatment
specifications.
15.3.9 Flash Torches
The implementation of the take-back obligation for flash torches is realised through
the MBO on flash torches (2006). 289 BEBAT, the organisation responsible for the
collection of waste batteries, also collects flash torches. A joint collection system for
waste batteries and flash torches is used (see Section 15.3.3 of these Annexes for
more information on BEBAT).
15.3.10 Used Oil
The implementation of the take-back obligation for used oil is realised through the
MBO on used oil (2008) 290 and the establishment of VALORLUB.
VALORLUB was founded in 2004 (operational since 2007) by the Belgian Petrol
Federation (BPF), the Lubricants Association Belgium (LAB), the Belgian Federation of
distributors (Fedis) and the Belgian confederation gathering the different groupings of
the Belgian automotive sector (FEDERAUTO). The goal of VALORLUB is to carry out the
take-back obligation imposed on the members of the founding federations.
Each company subject to the take-back obligation can meet its obligations individually
or can join VALORLUB. The obligations are:
� For final sellers, intermediaries, producers and importers to accept used oil
from their customers for free, without obligation to purchase;
� For producers and importers
• To have the collected oil processed at their own expense in an
institution licensed for this purpose;
• To obtain the stipulated percentages of collection;
• To obtain the percentages of recovery; and
• To inform and sensitise consumers and collectors/processors.
The VALORLUB system of collection is different for domestic oil and for commercial
oil. For used oil coming from householders, no take-back is organized at the point of
sale. The collection of domestic oil takes place through the (inter)municipalities: CA
289 B.S. 28/03/06 Milieubeleidsovereenkomst betreffende de uitvoering van de terugnameplicht voor
inzake zaklampen.
290 B.S. 29/08/08 Milieubeleidsovereenkomst betreffende de aanvaardingsplicht voor afgewerkte olie.
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