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Batteries Ordinance.

Pays/Territoire
Allemagne
Type du document
Règlement
Date
1998 (2001)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 33, 9 July 2001, pp. 1486-1491.
Titre complet
Ordinance on the return and disposal of used batteries and accumulators.
Sujet
Déchets et substances dangereuses
Mot clé
Lutte contre la pollution Élimination de déchets Gestion des déchets Déchets dangereux Emballage/étiquetage Mise en application Infractions/sanctions
Aire géographique
Alpes, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Mer du Nord, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Ouest
Résumé

The present Ordinance implements the Council Directive 91/157/EEC of 18 March 1991 on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances. Its aim is to reduce the entry of harmful substances from batteries into waste, by 1. prohibiting the marketing of certain batteries containing harmful substances 2. ensuring that used batteries are returned and properly and harmlessly recovered in accordance with the provisions of the Closed Substance Cycleand Waste Management Act, and that those batteries which cannot be recovered are disposed of in a manner compatible with public welfare, 3. encouraging the production of long-life batteries which can be re-used several times. At the outset the text contains a definition clause relating to terms therein employed such as, for example, “batteries”, “batteries containing dangerous substances”, “producer”, “marketing”. The text consists of 17 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Return, recovery (2); Marking, marketing bans (3); Appointment of third parties, administrative offences (4). Two Annexes are enclosed.

Texte intégral
Allemand/Anglais
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