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Regulation on the implementation of the Battery Act

Original Language Title: Verordnung zur Durchführung des Batteriegesetzes

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Ordinance on the Implementation of the Battery Act (BattGDV)

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BattGDV

Date of completion: 12.11.2009

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" Ordination on the Implementation of the Battery Act of 12 November 2009 (BGBl. I p. 3783) "

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This Regulation is designed to implement Directive 2006 /66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91 /157/EEC (OJ L 156, 25.6.2006, p. OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1, L 339, 6.12.2006, p. 39, L 139, 31.5.2007, p. 40), as last amended by Directive 2008 /103/EC (OJ L 327, 30.12.2008, p. OJ L 327, 5.12.2008, p.7). The obligations laid down in Directive 98 /34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (OJ L 139, 30.4.1998, p. 37), as last amended by Directive 2006 /96/EC (OJ L 327, 21.12.2006, p. 81), has been complied with.

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(+ + + Text proof: 1.12.2009 + + +) 
(+ + + Official note from the norm-provider on EC law:
Implementation of the
EC Directive 66/2006 (CELEX Nr: 32006L0066)
Consideration of
ERL 34/98 (CELEX Nr: 398L0034) + + +)

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On the basis of § 20 Number 1 and 2 of the Battery Act of 25 June 2009 (BGBl. I p. 1582), the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety decrees: Unofficial table of contents

§ 1 Definitions

For this Regulation the definitions laid down in § 2 of the Battery Act shall apply. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Display of the market participation

(1) For the display of a manufacturer in accordance with § 4 paragraph 1 sentence 1 of the Battery Act, information on the following categories is required:
1.
the name and legal form of the manufacturer,
2.
Address of the manufacturer, consisting of road, house number, postal code, place and state,
3.
Contact details of the manufacturer, consisting of telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, internet address and the name of the responsible contact person at the manufacturer,
4.
Trade register entry of the manufacturer, consisting of the commercial register number and the register court, or, if the manufacturer is not registered in the commercial register, commercial display of the manufacturer, consisting of the date of the trade show and the trade show of the manufacturer. Congregation number,
5.
Type (Section 2 (4) to (6) of the Battery Act) of the batteries which the manufacturer intends to place on the market, and the brand under which he/she is active.
(2) In addition to paragraph 1, manufacturers of portable batteries shall require the following categories of information:
1.
a declaration of the manufacturer's participation in the common withdrawal system of the manufacturer of waste batteries (§ 6 (1), first sentence, of the Battery Act), including the number of participants issued by the Joint Return System,
2.
a declaration on the establishment by the manufacturer of a manufacturer's own withdrawal system for waste batteries (Article 7 (1) sentence 1 of the Battery Act),
3.
Name and legal form of the third party (§ 19 of the Battery Act) commissioned by the manufacturer with the operation of its manufacturer's own return system.
The information referred to in point 2 of the first sentence shall include, in particular, the name of the authority by which the manufacturer ' s own withdrawal system has been approved, and the date and file or trade mark of the permit. (3) For the manufacturer of the vehicle, or Industrial batteries are required in addition to paragraph 1:
1.
a declaration of the establishment of a return facility for waste batteries, which corresponds to the requirements of § 8 of the Battery Act, as well as
2.
details of the type of return possibility provided and the access of the returnable persons to the offer.
(4) For publication on the Internet pursuant to Section 4 (3) sentence 1 of the Battery Act, it is determined:
1.
the information referred to in paragraph 1, point 1,
2.
the postal code, the place and the State, as provided for in paragraph 1, point 2,
3.
the information referred to in paragraph 1 (3), the Internet address,
4.
the information referred to in paragraph 1, point 5,
5.
the information referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 2 without the information referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 2,
6.
the information referred to in paragraph 3.
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§ 3 Treatment and recovery

(1) The treatment in accordance with § 14 paragraph 1 sentence 1 of the Battery Act must include at least the removal of all liquids and acids. (2) The treatment and storage of waste batteries in treatment plants may only be used at locations with impermeable surfaces and suitable, weather-resistant covering or in suitable containers; this also applies to a temporary storage. (3) By 26 September 2011 at the latest, the use of the recovery procedures must be carried out. the following minimum objectives (value-added efficiencies) are achieved:
1.
material recycling of 65 per cent of the average mass of lead-acid waste batteries with a maximum of material recycling of the lead content, which is economically reasonable and technically achievable,
2.
recycling of 75 per cent of the average mass of nickel-cadmium waste batteries with a maximum of material recycling of the cadmium content, which is economically reasonable and technically achievable,
3.
Recycling of 50% of the average mass of other waste batteries.
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§ 4 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2009.