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Battery Regulation

Table of Contents

Chapter I — General provisions

Art. 1 — Subject matter and scope Art. 2 — Objectives Art. 3 — Definitions Art. 4 — Free movement Art. 5 — Sustainability, safety, labelling and information requirements for batteries

Chapter II — Sustainability and safety requirements

Art. 6 — Restrictions on substances Art. 7 — Carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries, rechargeable industrial batteries and LMT batteries Art. 8 — Recycled content in industrial batteries, electric vehicle batteries, LMT batteries and SLI batteries Art. 9 — Performance and durability requirements for portable batteries of general use Art. 10 — Performance and durability requirements for rechargeable industrial batteries, LMT batteries and electric vehicle batteries Art. 11 — Removability and replaceability of portable batteries and LMT batteries Art. 12 — Safety of stationary battery energy storage systems

Chapter III — Labelling, marking and information requirements

Art. 13 — Labelling and marking of batteries Art. 14 — Information on the state of health and expected lifetime of batteries

Chapter IV — Conformity of batteries

Art. 15 — Presumption of conformity of batteries Art. 16 — Common specifications Art. 17 — Conformity assessment procedures Art. 18 — EU declaration of conformity Art. 19 — General principles of the CE marking Art. 20 — Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking

Chapter V — Notification of conformity assessment bodies

Art. 21 — Notification Art. 22 — Notifying authorities Art. 23 — Requirements relating to notifying authorities Art. 24 — Information obligation on notifying authorities Art. 25 — Requirements relating to notified bodies Art. 26 — Presumption of conformity of notified bodies Art. 27 — Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by notified bodies Art. 28 — Application for notification Art. 29 — Notification procedure Art. 30 — Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies Art. 31 — Changes to notifications Art. 32 — Challenge to the competence of notified bodies Art. 33 — Operational obligations of notified bodies Art. 34 — Appeal against decisions of notified bodies Art. 35 — Information obligation on notified bodies Art. 36 — Exchange of experience and good practice Art. 37 — Coordination of notified bodies

Chapter VI — Obligations of economic operators other than the obligations in Chapters VII and VIII

Art. 38 — Obligations of manufacturers Art. 39 — Obligations of suppliers of battery cells and battery modules Art. 40 — Obligations of authorised representatives Art. 41 — Obligations of importers Art. 42 — Obligations of distributors Art. 43 — Obligations of fulfilment service providers Art. 44 — Case in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors Art. 45 — Obligations of economic operators placing on the market or putting into service batteries that have been subject to preparation for re-use, preparation for repurposing, repurposing or remanufacturing Art. 46 — Identification of economic operators

Chapter VII — Obligations of economic operators as regards battery due diligence policies

Art. 47 — Scope of this Chapter Art. 48 — Battery due diligence policies Art. 49 — Economic operator’s management system Art. 50 — Risk management obligations Art. 51 — Third-party verification of battery due diligence policies Art. 52 — Disclosure of information on battery due diligence policies Art. 53 — Recognition of due diligence schemes

Chapter VIII — Management of waste batteries

Art. 54 — Competent authority Art. 55 — Register of producers Art. 56 — Extended Producer Responsibility Art. 57 — Producer Responsibility Organisation Art. 58 — Authorisation on fulfilment of extended producer responsibility Art. 59 — Collection of waste portable batteries Art. 60 — Collection of waste LMT batteries Art. 61 — Collection of waste SLI batteries, waste industrial batteries and waste electric vehicle batteries Art. 62 — Obligations of distributors Art. 63 — Deposit return systems for batteries Art. 64 — Obligations of end-users Art. 65 — Obligations of operators of treatment facilities Art. 66 — Participation of public waste management authorities Art. 67 — Participation of voluntary collection points Art. 68 — Restrictions regarding handover of waste portable batteries and waste LMT batteries Art. 69 — Obligations for Member States regarding collection targets for waste portable batteries and waste LMT batteries Art. 70 — Treatment Art. 71 — Targets for recycling efficiency and recovery of materials Art. 72 — Shipment of waste batteries Art. 73 — Preparation for re-use or preparation for repurposing of waste LMT batteries, waste industrial batteries and waste electric vehicle batteries Art. 74 — Information on prevention and management of waste batteries Art. 75 — Minimum requirements for reporting to the competent authorities Art. 76 — Reporting to the Commission

Chapter IX — Digital battery passport

Art. 77 — Battery passport Art. 78 — Technical design and operation of the battery passport

Chapter X — Union market surveillance and Union safeguard procedures

Art. 79 — Procedure at national level for dealing with batteries presenting a risk Art. 80 — Union safeguard procedure Art. 81 — Compliant batteries which present a risk Art. 82 — Joint activities Art. 83 — Formal non-compliance Art. 84 — Non-compliance with due diligence obligations

Chapter XI — Green public procurement and procedure for amending restrictions on substances

Art. 85 — Green public procurement Art. 86 — Restriction procedure for substances Art. 87 — Opinion of the Agency’s Committees Art. 88 — Submission of an opinion to the Commission

Chapter XII — Delegated powers and committee procedure

Art. 89 — Exercise of the delegation Art. 90 — Committee procedure

Chapter XIII — Amendments

Art. 91 — Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Art. 92 — Amendment to Directive 2008/98/EC

Chapter XIV — Final provisions

Art. 93 — Penalties Art. 94 — Review Art. 95 — Repeal and transitional rules Art. 96 — Entry into force and application

Recitals

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Annexes

Annex I Annex II — CARBON FOOTPRINT Annex III — ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY PARAMETERS FOR PORTABLE BATTERIES OF GENERAL USE Annex IV — ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR LMT BATTERIES, INDUSTRIAL BATTERIES WITH A CAPACITY GREATER THAN 2 KWH AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES Annex V — SAFETY PARAMETERS Annex VI — LABELLING, MARKING AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS Annex VII — PARAMETERS FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF HEALTH AND EXPECTED LIFETIME OF BATTERIES Annex VIII — CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES Annex IX — EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY No* …Annex X — LIST OF RAW MATERIALS AND RISK CATEGORIES Annex XI — CALCULATION OF COLLECTION RATES FOR WASTE PORTABLE BATTERIES AND WASTE LMT BATTERIES Annex XII — STORAGE AND TREATMENT, INCLUDING RECYCLING, REQUIREMENTS Annex XIII — INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BATTERY PASSPORT Annex XIV — MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS OF USED BATTERIES Annex XV — CORRELATION TABLE

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