DPA-System is an independent non-profit organization establishedin pursuance of the Danish Environmental Protection Act with the purpose of administering the rules on producer responsibility for the product groups: electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and accumulators, and end-of-life vehicles.
The purpose of DPA-system is to operate national producer registers as well as to design and administer a simple and non-distortive producer responsibility scheme forthe affected players in the market.
DPA-System is authorized to decide whether a producer or an importer of electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and/or automobiles is covered by producer responsibility.
In these fields, the duties of DPA-System are:
The activities of DPA-System are financed by fees levied from producers and importers.
Read more about previous activities of the secretariat in annual reports and statistics.
Distribution of responsibilities between DPA-System, producers and collective schemes
By-laws of DPA-System, Appendix 2:
Distribution of responsiblities and tasks between DPA-System and the Danish EPA