Commission Regulation (EU) No. 493/2012 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, detailed rules regarding the calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators.

This Regulation lays down rules governing the recycling processes carried out to waste batteries and accumulators from 1 January 2014. It sets out the method for calculating the recycling efficiency of a process for recycling waste lead acid, nickel cadmium and other batteries and accumulators (Annex I) and the method for calculating the rate of recycled lead content for any recycling process.

2012-06-11