Act on batteries and accumulators. Country/Territory Poland Document type Legislation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Journal of Laws 2009 No. 79 Pos. 666 Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Solid waste Waste management Waste disposal Recycling/reuse Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Entry into force notes This Act entered into force on 12 June 2009. Abstract The purpose of this Act is to reduce the negative impact of batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators on the environment by reducing the amount of hazardous substances in batteries and accumulators and the proper collection and recycling of waste generated from them, including promoting a high level of collection of waste portable batteries and spent accumulators. This Act is composed of 15 Sections and four Annexes, and establishes: (1) requirements for marketing of batteries and accumulators; (2) principles of marketing of batteries and accumulators; (3) principles of collecting, processing, recycling and disposal of waste batteries and accumulators. These provisions regulate rights and obligations of operators: (1) marketing batteries; (2) distributing batteries, accumulators or equipment; (3) collecting, processing, recycling or disposing spent batteries and accumulators; (4) using batteries or accumulators. This Act applies to all types of marketed batteries and accumulators and to spent batteries and spent accumulators. Full text Polish Website isap.sejm.gov.pl References - Legislation Implements Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC. Legislation | European Union | 2006 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Regulation establishing annual report on the management of batteries, accumulators, spent batteries and spent accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2011 Keyword: Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation establishing collective report on batteries, accumulators, spent batteries and spent accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2011 Keyword: Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation establishing the way of calculating efficiency levels of recycling of spent lead-acid batteries and spent lead-acid accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2011 Keyword: Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on detailed requirements for processing of spent lead-acid batteries and spent lead-acid accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2010 Keyword: Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the register of introducing batteries and accumulators into the market, and engaged in the processing of spent batteries or accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2009 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the form of annual report on the achieved levels of collecting spent portable batteries and spent portable accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2009 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the form of list of establishments processing spent batteries or spent accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2010 Keyword: Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Recycling/reuse, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the model certificate of waste batteries or waste accumulators and the record of certificates of waste batteries or waste accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2019 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the model certificate of collected waste portable batteries or waste portable accumulators and the record of certificates of collected used portable batteries or used portable accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2019 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Act amending Act on batteries and accumulators. Legislation | Poland | 2014 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX