EuRIC Reaction to the Proposed Batteries and Waste Batteries Regulation (Batteries – modernizing EU rules)
Key points
- Recycled content should be made mandatory to all battery categories
- Consistent and further clarified definitions are needed
- Inclusion of Voluntary Agreements
- Removability and replaceability of all batteries and not only of portable ones (with batteries mechanically bounded and easily accessible)
- Consistent adjustment of labelling obligation for all information until 2023 and information provided for all levels of batteries
- Introduction of a clear colour coding, depending on batteries’ types
- Introduction of specific waste code number for the different types of Li-ion Batteries
- Obligation for producers to periodically investigate in which waste streams batteries are disposed of and act upon it
- Continuously adapting to BATs is not feasible for treatment facilities due to constant technological advancement
- End-of-life information to always be made available in a free and public website and be complemented, if necessary, upon request
