Mr Jose Ramon Carbajosa has extended knowledge of EU legislation on Extended Producer Responsibility Systems (EPR) and more than a decade of executive experience managing Spain's largest Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) for WEEE and Batteries. At present, he is a consultant working in international waste, environment, climate change and circular economy projects in Africa (Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal) and the Middle East (Jordan) General professional experience Over 6 years of experience of an actively practising consultant with a focus on EU compliance with the European Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive – Spain. Over 15 years of executive experience, 10 of them as General Manager of a WEEE Producer Responsibility Organization - Spain Specific professional experience Over 12 years of proven experience and specialization in the area of European Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) 10 years as CEO of one of Spain’s largest Producer Responsibility Organization and its waste management and/or in the area of electrical and electronic equipment and its waste management: 4 years (two as chair person) as member of the Steering Committe for the The LIFE+ WEEELABEX – project- that developed new quality standards for WEEE recycling processes that become the basis for the CENELEC series of the standards EN 50625: CV Ref M. 2 years experience in the implementation of the first WEEE Directive into Spanish Legislation assisting members of the Associations of Spain’s Manufacturers of Large Household Appliances in their individual compliance efforts Experience in preparing comparative reports between local draft WEEE legislation and EU legislation (Ukraine).