欧盟新电池法案 Regulation (EU) 2023 1542 on batteries and waste batteries

Regulation(EU)2023/1542on

batteriesandwastebatteries

02/2024

Classificationofbatteries

Fivecategories,withsomesubcategories

•portablebattery(upto5kg,notforindustrialuse),incl.:

→portablebatteriesofgeneraluse:commonformatsAA,AAA,9V,..

•starter,lightingorignition(SLI)battery

•lightmeansoftransport(LMT)battery

•electricvehicle(EV)battery

•industrialbattery,incl.:

→stationarybatteryenergystoragesystems→flowbatteries(‘withexternalstorage’)

Coveringtheentirelifecycle:

Recyclingefficienciesandrecoverytargets

Responsible

sourcing

(duediligence)

Collectiontargetsforwastebatteries

Hazardoussubstances

Carbonfootprint

Recycledcontent

Removability&

replaceability

ExtendedProducerResponsibility

Labelling

Digitalpassport

Safety(stationaryenergy

storage)

Performanceand

durability

requirements

Legalprovisionsonsecond-life

Requirementsforplacingonthemarket

•Designofthebattery:restrictionofhazardoussubstances,performance&durability,safety

•Productionofthebattery:carbonfootprint,recycledcontent

•Providinginformationonthebattery:marking&labelling,batterypassport,batterymanagementsystem

•Oneconomicoperators:duediligence

Certainrequirementsapplyonlytospecificcategoriesofbatteries,e.g.for

reasonsofproportionality,orifalreadyaddressedbyotherlegislation(safety)

Endoflifemanagement

•Registrationby‘producers’intheMemberStates

•Extendedproducerresponsibility:

•financeandorganisetheseparatecollectionandtreatmentofwastebatteries

•promotetheseparatecollectionofbatteries

•provideinformationtoend-usersandreporttothecompetentauthority

•roleofproducerresponsibilityorganisations

•Collectionrates,recyclingefficiencies(weight)andmaterialrecoverytargets(Co,Cu,Pb,Li,Ni)

•Facilitatingsecondlife:repurposing,remanufacturing

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Removabilityandreplaceabilityofportable

andLMTbatteries

Portablebatteriesinproductsneedtobereplaceableandremovablebytheend-usersatanytimeduringthelifetimeoftheproduct

Asaderogationfromthatrule,someproductsincorporatingportablebatteriesmaybedesignedinsuchawayastomakethebatteryremovable/replaceableonlybyindependentprofessionals:

•(a)appliancesspecificallydesignedtooperateprimarilyinanenvironmentthatisregularlysubjecttosplashingwater,waterstreamsorwaterimmersion,andthatareintendedtobewashableorrinseable;

•(b)professionalmedicalimagingandradiotherapydevicesandinvitrodiagnosticmedicaldevices

TheCommissionisempoweredtoaddfurtherderogationstothatlistthroughdelegatedacts

BatteriespoweringLightMeansofTransportneedtobereadilyremovableandreplaceablebyanindependentprofessionalatanytimeduringthelifetimeoftheproduct(alsoatcelllevel)

TheCommissionwillbepublishingguidanceontheapplicationofArticle9during2024,basedontheJRCreportonreplaceabilityofbatteries

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC136588

Applicationdates:2024

•Generalapplicationdate18February2024

•InpracticenotablyArticle6,12(1)and13(5)–withoutspecificconformityassessmentprocedure

•(Article6and13(5)carryoverrequirementsfromDirective2006/66/EC)

•Morerequirementsasfrom18August2024

•+Article12(2),14,andtheAnnexIrestrictiononlead

•Conformityassessmentproceduresforapplicablerequirements,includingCEmarking

•Obligationsofmanufacturers,importers,distributorsetc.forapplicablerequirements

Carbonfootprint

•Commissionwilladoptadelegatedactwiththemethodologytocalculatethecarbonfootprintofelectricvehiclebatteries,andimplementingactonformat

•DrafttobepublishedinFebruary2024(?)on‘

haveyoursay

’(4weeks),andWTO/TBTnotification(60days)

•Publicationlikelyinthe2ndhalfof2024

•Applicationofthecarbonfootprintdeclarationforelectricvehiclebatteries:

1.Oneyearafterpublication

2.Conformityassessmentprocedureinvolvingnotifiedbodiesfromoneyearafterpublicationofthefirstlistofnotifiedbodies(ifthatislater)inNANDO:

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/single-market-compliance-space/#/notified-bodies

•Preparatoryworkonindustrialbatteries:

https://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/EU

_BatteryRegulation_Art7.html

Batterypassport

•Technicaloperationdevelopedjointlywiththedigitalproductpassport,throughstandardisation:

•Webinar:

https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/digital-product-passport-initiative-2023-06-12

•(draft)documents:

https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/54874

•Thebattery-specificworkbytheCommissionwillbeonaccessrightsfortheinformationinpoints2and4ofAnnexXIII

•TheforthcomingRegulationonEcodesignforSustainableProductswilladdarequirementonbatterypassports,touploadtheidentifierintheregistry:

•Article70aoftheprovisionaltext:https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-

5147-2024-INIT/EN/pdf

Duediligence

•Scope:

•ThemineralslistedinAnnexX

•Thosewhoplacebatteries(withthoseminerals)onEUmarket,iftheyhaveaworldwideturnoverofEUR40million(generalturnover,notspecificallyrelatedtobatteries)

•TheCommissionisstartingtopreparesupportmeasures(scheduledfor2025),butthesearenotaprerequisiteforimplementation:

•Commissionguidance(non-binding)

•Frameworkforassessmentofschemes+informationthatsubmittedschemesneedtocontain

•Itisimportanttostartpreparing(alreadybeforeguidelinesarepublished),

alsowithaviewtotheverificationbyanotifiedbody

Obligationsofeconomicoperators

•ChapterVIdefinestheobligationstheArticles6-10and12-14

•BatterypassportandduediligenceobligationsareontheeconomicoperatorthatplacesbatteriesontheEUmarket.Inaddition:

•Forbatterypassport,writtenauthorisationcanbegiventoanotheroperatortoactonbehalf,cf.Article77(4)

•Forduediligence,verifiedreportsbysupplierscanbeused,cf.Article50(3)

•Fortheroleo