Audits

In accordance with the contractual arrangement between the ASEKOL compliance scheme and the registered manufacturers, control audits of the manufacturers involved in the ASEKOL compliance scheme are carried out to verify the accuracy and completeness of the information provided on the quantity of EEE reported through the reports and to verify the fulfilment of other obligations under the contract, including, for example, the provision of information to consumers.

under Act No. 542 Section 45

Section 45 Obligations of manufacturers under the compliance scheme

(1) A manufacturer who fulfils the obligations set out in this Act under a compliance scheme is obliged to

b) enable the compliance scheme operator to verify the recorded data pursuant to Section 53 (2)(a), in particular by providing the necessary cooperation for this purpose, and

Decree 16 – Section

Section 16 Verification of the accuracy and completeness of data on the quantities of selected products placed on the market and reported to the compliance scheme operator by individual manufacturers

(1) The compliance scheme operator shall ensure that at least 15 % by weight of the total quantity of selected products reported to the compliance scheme operator by individual manufacturers under Section 45 (1)(a) of the Act are audited annually.

(2) The operator of a compliance scheme shall be obliged to have an audit conducted at least once every 5 years of manufacturers of EEE, batteries or accumulators or tyres who place on the market annually more than 1% of the selected products out of the total quantity reported to the operator of the compliance scheme by all manufacturers of that type of selected product for that year.

(3) The operator of a compliance scheme shall not have an audit conducted pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) in relation to solar panels placed on the market before 1 January 2013.