Batteries

Ordinance amending the Ordinance (2025:813) with supplementary provisions of the EU Regulation on batteries

The notified regulation means that spent batteries may only be collected by

1. a producer approved to individually fulfil obligations relating to extended producer responsibility;
2. an approved producer responsibility organisation; or
3. an operator with whom an approved producer or producer responsibility organisation cooperates in order to fulfil the requirements of Article 59(2), Article 60(2) or Article 61(1) of the EU Regulation on batteries.
The first paragraph does not apply to:
1. a municipality that collects municipal waste under Chapter 15, Sections 20 and 20a of the Environmental Code or regulations issued pursuant to Chapter 15, Section 22 of the same Code;
2. an operator of a treatment facility for end-of-life vehicles, if the battery is part of the vehicle when it is delivered to the facility for treatment, or
3. an operator of a treatment facility for waste consisting of or containing electrical equipment, if the battery is part of the electrical equipment when it is delivered to the facility for treatment.
In addition, definitions of ‘end-of-life vehicle’ and ‘electrical equipment’ are also introduced.