bpv BRAUN PARTNERS: We represent 10% of power plants affected by recycling fees

Early this year we reached an important milestone in our longstanding case over recycling fees: the total installed capacity of the photovoltaic power plants we represent in this matter passed 200 MW, which represents about 10% of all affected power plants.

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.