EU LEGISLATION ON BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS AND WASTE BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS

1. EU LEGISLATION ON BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS AND WASTE BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS 15 March 2016, Kiev, Ukraine TWINNING PROJECT INTRODUCTION OF A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE) IN UKRAINE This project is funded by the European Union

2. EU legislation on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators 1 • New Batteries Directive, repealing Directive 91/157/EEC • adopted 2006, number of revisions, last amendments 2013 • consolidated version Directive 2006/66/EC • Secondary EU legislation • Commission Decision 2008/763/ECestablishing a common methodology for the calculation of annual sales of portable batteries and accumulators to end-users • Commission Decision 2009/851/ECestablishing a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 2006/66/EC • Commission Regulation (EU) No 1103/2010establishing rules as regards capacity labelling of portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators • Commission Regulation (EU) No 493/2012laying down detailed rules regarding the calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators.

3. Other EU documents and links Guidance Documents • Guidelines on the application of Commission Regulation EU 493/2012 laying down detailed rules regarding the calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators • Frequently Asked Questionson Directive 2006/66/EU on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators (May 2014) Other useful links and Contacts • Website of the European Environment Agency • Website of Eurostatprovides access to detailed information on batteries and accumulators produced, waste generated, etc.

4. EU legislation on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators 2 • Main objectives of Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators : • protection, preservation and improvement of environment quality • minimising the negative impact of batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators • Increased environmental performance – less polluting substances • smooth functioning of the internal market - harmonising requirements as regards the placing on the market of batteries and accumulators • improve the environmental performance of all operators involved in the life cycle of batteries and accumulators, e.g. producers, distributors and end-users

5. EU legislation on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators 3 • For achievement of theDirectiveobjectives: • prohibition on marketing of batteries containing some hazardous substances • measures to establish schemes aiming at high level of collection and recycling are defined • fixed targets for collection and recycling activities • provisions on labelling of batteries and their removability from equipment • producers of batteries and accumulators and producers of other products incorporating a battery or accumulator are given responsibility for the waste management of batteries and accumulators that they place on the market

6. Definitions • ‘battery’ or ‘accumulator’, ‘battery pack’, ‘button cell’ • ‘portable battery or accumulator’ • ‘automotive battery or accumulator’ • ‘industrial battery or accumulator’ • ‘waste battery or accumulator’ • ‘recycling’, ‘disposal’, ‘treatment’ • ‘appliance’ , ‘cordless power tool’ • ‘producer’, ‘distributor’, ‘economic operators’ • ‘placing on the market’ • ‘collection rate’

7. Scope of the Directive, exemptions • Scope: • all batteries and accumulators, regardless of their shape, size, volume, weight, material composition ,chemical nature, design or use • including in products not intended for specifically military purposes • without prejudice to Directives 2000/53/EC and 2002/96/EC • Exceptions: • Batteries and accumulators used in: • equipment connected with the protection of Member States' essential security interests, arms, munitions and war material • equipment designed to be sent into space

8. Prohibitions Prohibition on placing on the market of: • all batteries or accumulators that contain more than 0,0005 % of mercury by weight • portable batteries or accumulators that contain more than 0,002 % of cadmium by weight Exemption for portable batteries and accumulators for use in: • emergency and alarm systems, including emergency lighting • medical equipment • cordless power tools (until 31 December 2016)

9. Collections schemes for waste batteries and accumulators 1 Portable batteries - collection points • end-users - to discard waste portable batteries or accumulators at an accessible collection point in their vicinity /population density/ • distributors - to take back waste portable batteries or accumulators at no charge, no obligation to buy a new battery or accumulator • may be run in conjunction with the schemes for WEEE • portable batteries collection points - not subject to registration or permit requirements of waste framework Directive 2008/98/EC • Member States may require producers to set up such schemes

10. Collections schemes for waste batteries and accumulators 2 Industrial batteries and accumulators • Producers or third parties acting on their behalf shall take back waste industrial batteries and accumulators from end-users regardless of chemical composition and origin • Independent third parties may also collect industrial batteries and accumulators Automotive batteries and accumulators • producers of automotive batteries and accumulators, or third parties, set up schemes for collection from end-users or from an accessible collection point in their vicinity • no charge to end-users nor any obligation to buy a new battery or accumulator from private, non-commercial vehicles • collection also carried out under the schemes for end-of-life vehicles (Article 5(1) of Directive 2000/53/EC)

11. Collection targets Treatment and recycling • Minimum collection rates: : • 25 % by 26 September 2012 • 45 % by 26 September 2016 • Without prejudice to WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU, annual collection and sales figures shall include batteries and accumulators incorporated into appliances • Treatment and recycling : • using best available techniques • protection of human health, safety and the environment • batteries or accumulators are removed from WEEE or EoLV • development of new recycling and treatment technologies • environmentally friendly and cost-effective recycling methods • certified environmental management schemes • Detailed treatment and recycling requirements are given in Annex III

12. Disposal of waste batteries and accumulators • Disposal : • Disposal of waste industrial and automotive batteries and accumulators in landfills or by incineration is prohibited • However, residues of any batteries and accumulators that have undergone both treatment and recycling may be disposed of in landfills or by incineration • Disposal of portable batteries or accumulators containing cadmium, mercury or lead in landfills or underground storage when no viable end market is available: • as part of a strategy to phase out heavy metals • on the basis of a detailed assessment of the environmental, economic, and social impacts, shows that this disposal option should be preferred over recycling

13. Financing • Producers, or third parties acting on their behalf, finance any net costs arising from: • collection, treatment and recycling of all waste portable batteries and accumulators • collection, treatment and recycling of all waste industrial and automotive batteries • public information campaigns on the collection, treatment and recycling of all waste portable batteries and accumulators • No double charging of producers in the case of batteries or accumulators are collected under Directive 2000/53/EC (EoLV) or Directive 2012/19/EU • Other financing arrangements possible for producers and users of industrial and automotive batteries and accumulators

14. Labeling, information to the end users • Labelling: • all batteries, accumulators and battery packs are appropriately marked with the symbol the crossed-out wheeled bin • capacity of all portable and automotive batteries and accumulators • chemical symbol for the metal concerned: Hg, Cd or Pb. • Information for end-users : • potential effects on the environment and human health of the substances used in batteries and accumulators • desirability of not disposing of waste batteries and accumulators as unsorted municipal waste • collection and recycling schemes available • their role in contributing to the recycling of waste batteries and accumulators • meaning of the symbol of the crossed-out wheeled bin and the chemical symbols Hg, Cd and Pb

15. Registration Economic instruments • Registration: • each producer is registered • Use of economic instruments: • to promote the collection of waste batteries and accumulators • to promote the use of batteries and accumulators containing less polluting substances

16. Twinning project INTRODUCTION OF A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE) IN UKRAINE This Project is funded by the European Union THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Elina Velinova Stoyanova-Lazarova Resident Twinning Adviser Phone: + 380 67 178 2452 E-mail: elina.velinova@abv.bg elivel@abv.bg