Commission Regulation (EU) No 493/2012Show full title

Article 1 U.K. Scope

This Regulation shall apply to the recycling processes carried out to waste batteries and accumulators from 1 January 2014.

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

[F1 1] For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

‘recycling process’ means any reprocessing operation as referred to in Article 3(8) of Directive 2006/66/EC which is carried out on waste lead-acid, nickel-cadmium and other batteries and accumulators and results in the production of output fractions as defined in point 5 of this Article. The recycling process does not include sorting and/or preparation for recycling/disposal and may be carried out in a single facility or in several facilities;

(2)

‘preparation for recycling’ means treatment of waste batteries and/or accumulators prior to any recycling process, which shall, inter alia, include storage, handling, dismantling of battery packs or separation of fractions that are not part of the battery or accumulator itself;

(3)

‘recycling efficiency’ of a recycling process means the ratio obtained by dividing the mass of output fractions accounting for recycling by the mass of the waste batteries and accumulators input fraction expressed as a percentage;

(4)

‘input fraction’ means the mass of collected waste batteries and accumulators entering the recycling process as defined in Annex I;

(4A)

[F2 “waste battery or accumulator” means any battery or accumulator which is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the Waste Framework Directive, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive;

(4B)

“disposal” means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex 1 to the Waste Framework Directive;

(4C)

“Directive 2006/66/EC” means Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council;]

(5)

‘output fraction’ means the mass of materials that are produced from the input fraction as a result of the recycling process, as defined in Annex I without undergoing further treatment, that have ceased to be waste or that will be used for their original purpose or for other purposes, but excluding energy recovery.

[F3 2. In paragraph 1, “the Waste Framework Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851, read in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4.

3. Article 5 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1, “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

(b) after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

“1A.

Any decision as to whether a substance or object is a by-product must be made—

(a) in accordance with any regulations setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific substances or objects; and

(b) having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority or the competent authority for the purposes of this Article.”;

(c) paragraphs 2 and 3 were omitted.

4. Article 6 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1, “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

(b) after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

“1A.

Any decision as to whether a substance or object has ceased to be waste must be made—

(a) in accordance with any regulations or retained direct EU legislation setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific types of waste; and

(b) having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority or the competent authority for the purposes of this Article.”;

(c) in paragraph 2—

(i) the first subparagraph were omitted;

(ii) in the second subparagraph, for “Those detailed criteria” there were substituted “Any detailed criteria set out in guidance as referred to in paragraph 1A”;

(iii) the third and fourth subparagraphs were omitted;

(d) paragraph 3 were omitted;

(e) in paragraph 4—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa in the first sentence, for the words from the beginning to “Member State”, there were substituted “Where criteria have not been set out as referred to in paragraph 1A(a), the competent authority”;

(bb the second sentence were omitted;

(ii) in the second subparagraph—

(aa for “Member States” there were substituted “The competent authority”;

(bb “by competent authorities” were omitted.

5. In this Article—

“appropriate agency” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Environment Agency;

(b) in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

“appropriate authority” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2 renumbered as Art. 2(1) (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Arts. 2(1)(4A)-(4C) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(2)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, reg. 14(6)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Art. 2(2)-(5) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(2)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, reg. 14(6)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 3 U.K. Calculation of recycling efficiency

1. The method set out in Annex I shall be used to calculate the recycling efficiency of a process for recycling waste lead-acid, nickel-cadmium and other batteries and accumulators.

2. The method set out in Annex II shall be used to calculate the rate of recycled lead content for any recycling process.

3. The method set out in Annex III shall be used to calculate the rate of recycled cadmium content for any recycling process.

4. Recyclers shall report the information shown in Annex IV, Annex V and Annex VI, as applicable, on an annual basis and shall send it to the [F4 competent authority] by no later than four months from the end of a calendar year concerned. Recyclers shall send their first annual reports no later than the 30 April 2015.

5. Reporting on the recycling efficiency shall cover all individual steps of recycling and all corresponding output fractions.

6. Where a recycling process is carried out at more than one facility, the first recycler is responsible for submitting the information required under point 4 to the [F5 competent authority].

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Art. 3(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in Art. 3(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Article 4 U.K. Entry into force

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Textual Amendments

F6 Art. 4 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 ...

Done at Brussels, 11 June 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

Textual Amendments

F7 Words in Signature omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)