ontario regulation 314/26

made under the

Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016

Made: September 17, 2026
Filed: September 21, 2026
Published on e-Laws: September 21, 2026
Published in The Ontario Gazette: October 10, 2026

Amending O. Reg. 522/20

(ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT)

1. (1) Subsection 26 (2) of Ontario Regulation 522/20 is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

6. The total cost incurred by the producer responsibility organization in relation to agreements with producers to meet obligations under this Regulation.

7. The cost per tonne for the producer responsibility organization in relation to collection, calculated using the formula A/B, where,

i. A is the total cost incurred by the producer responsibility organization in relation to assisting its producer clients to meet their collection obligations under Part III, and

ii. B is the weight, in tonnes, of EEE picked up in Ontario by EEE haulers registered under section 22 that are retained by the producer responsibility organization.

8. The cost per tonne for the producer responsibility organization in relation to management, calculated using the formula A/B, where,

i. A is the total cost incurred by the producer responsibility organization in relation to assisting its producer clients to satisfy their management obligation under sections 14 and 15, and

ii. B is the weight, in tonnes, of EEE that meets the conditions set out in section 17 provided by the producer responsibility organization to an EEE processor or EEE refurbisher registered under section 22 or a battery processor or battery refurbisher registered under section 21 of Ontario Regulation 30/20 (Batteries) made under the Act.

9. The methodology or methodologies the producer responsibility organization used to calculate costs charged to its producer clients for services provided in relation to this Regulation, including,

i. a fee schedule or any such document setting out any groupings, including categories of EEE, that the producer responsibility organization used to allocate costs to producers, and

ii. if the producer responsibility organization calculated charges based on a cost per unit, the cost per unit.

(2) Section 26 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) No later than December 31, 2026, every producer responsibility organization shall create and submit to the Authority through the Registry a report that contains the information set out in paragraphs 6 to 9 of subsection (2) with respect to each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

2. Subsection 33 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (a), by adding “or” at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clause:

(c) reported under paragraphs 6 to 9 of subsection 26 (2) or under subsection 26 (3).

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.