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Ref : EIC 230/2/11

13 June 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 449/2012

European Union (EU)* : Control on Recycling Processes of Waste Batteries and Accumulators

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 386/2006 dated 29 September 2006, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation laying down the detailed rules for the calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 493/2012, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:151:0009:0021:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2.Directive 2006/66/EC has set out rules on controlling the marketing and disposal of batteries and accumulators. Recycling processes, as part of a sequence or as standalone processes, recycle waste lead-acid, nickel-cadmium and other batteries and accumulators should achieve the minimum recycling efficiencies set out in Annex III, Part B of the Directive 2006/66/EC. To harmonise the information to be reported by recyclers in order to monitor compliance with the recycling efficiency requirements across the European Union, detailed rules should be laid down for calculating recycling efficiencies. 
 

3.The newly-adopted Regulation shall apply to the recycling processes carried out to waste batteries and accumulators from 1 January 2014. The methods for the calculation of (a) the recycling efficiency of a process for recycling waste lead-acid, nickel-cadmium and other batteries and accumulators; (b) the rate of recycled lead content for any recycling process; as well as (c) the rate of recycled cadmium content for any recycling process are set out in Annexes I - III of the Regulation respectively. Recyclers shall report the information shown in Annexes IV - VI on an annual basis and their first annual report should reach the Member State’s competent authorities no later than 30 April 2015. 

ENQUIRIES

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

Yours faithfully,




(Miss Anita WONG)

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.