Article 14

1. Member States shall designate one or more competent authorities to be responsible for the obligations under this Chapter, in particular for monitoring and verifying compliance of economic operators, producers and producer responsibility organisations with their obligations as set out in Articles 15 to 37 and Annex I. 2. Each Member State may designate one contact point, among the competent authorities referred to in the paragraph 1, for the purpose of communicating with the Commission. 3. Member States shall lay down the details of the competent authorities’ organisation and operation, including the administrative and procedural rules for: the registration of producers in accordance with Article 19; the authorisation of producers and producer responsibility organisations in accordance with Article 18; the oversight of the implementation of extended producer responsibility obligations in accordance with Articles 16 and 20; the collection of data on vehicles and end-of-life vehicles in accordance with Article 19(12) and Article 50(6); making information available in accordance with Article 50. 4. By 30 June 2027, Member States shall notify the Commission of the names and addresses of the competent authorities designated pursuant to paragraph 1. Member States shall inform the Commission without undue delay of any changes to the names or addresses of those competent authorities.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.