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EU LEGISLATION ON BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS AND WASTE BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS. 15 March 201 6, 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.
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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
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.
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.
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
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
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’
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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