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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : EIC 230/2/11

10 December 2010

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 572/2010

European Union (EU)* : Capacity Labelling of Portable Secondary (Rechargeable) and Automotive Batteries and Accumulators

Further to Commercial Information Circulars No. 438/2009 of 26 August 2009, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation regarding the capacity labelling of portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators. Details are set out in the Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1103/2010 (the Regulation), which can be accessed through the following link: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:313:0003:0007:EN:PDF

DETAILS

  1. Under the Regulation, the capacity of the battery or the accumulator is measured by the electric charge that a battery or accumulator can deliver under a specific set of conditions. Details on the capacity measurement are list out in Annex II of the Regulation. This capacity information of portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators has to be marked in a label of the batteries and accumulators. Details of the information required for the label, as well as the minimum size and location of the label can be found in Annex III and Annex IV of the Regulation respectively.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,




(Miss Peggy LEUNG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.





Note ：

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.