| Title: | Implementation of the Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators Directive (2006/66/EC) |
| Author: | Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) |
| Issued: | Tue 08 January 2008 |
| Deadline: | 07 March 2008 |
| Status: | CLOSED Consultation is closed for comments |
| Synopsis: | This consultation seeks views on options for implementing the requirements of Directive 2006/66/EC on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators in the UK. At this stage, Government are not consulting on draft Regulations. Responses to this consultation on options for implementation will inform Government decisions on the content of legislation to transpose the Directive into national law. There will be further public consultation on draft Regulations in due course. |
The IEMA are looking for comments from Members to assist us in preparation of our response. To provide us with your comments, please use the comments form, which is provided below with the consultation document:
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Batteries Directive consultation document.pdf
(893.97 KB, 04 September 2008)
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Implementation of the Batteries Directive - consultation response form.doc
(1.19 MB, 04 September 2008)
The background to the consultation can be found on the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) website using the following link:
http://www.berr.gov.uk/consultations/page43278.html
Further information can also be found on the Defra website (Defra will be responsible for implementing the part of the Directive that refers to portable batteries) using the following link:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/topics/batteries/batteries-implement.htm
The Government and the Devolved Administrations are seeking the views of producers, distributors, collectors and recyclers of batteries and accumulators and items containing batteries and accumulators, and any other interested parties, on possible approaches for implementing provisions in the Directive relating to the production and sale of new batteries and accumulators, and the collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of waste batteries and accumulators.
The Consultation Document is written as if the same approaches to implementation will be taken across the UK, but it will be for the Devolved Administrations to decide whether they wish to introduce their own legislation to transpose the environmental provisions in the Directive.