One of the cornerstones of EU product legislation, particularly, “Single Market” legislation, is that it is applied in an equitable fashion to all providers of products irrespective of where the products come from, whether from a Member State or outside the EU. It should not give advantage to one manufacturer over another and certainly manufacturers within the EU would be very unhappy to discover that manufacturers from outside the EU could use a loophole in the regulations to avoid complying. Unlikely? Well unfortunately there does appear to be the possibility for such a loophole for distance sellers who have no legal presence or representation in the EU. Both the WEEE and RoHS directives require their legal obligations to fall on the “producer” of electrical and electronic equipment and products (EEE). This producer is clearly defined in the directives as follows: More - Source: electronicsweekly.com