BETA

50 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2020/0353(COD)

Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation should apply to all types of batteries and accumulators placed on the market or put into service within the Union, regardless if they were produced in the Union or imported, whether on their own or incorporated into appliances or otherwise supplied with electrical and electronic appliances and vehicles. This Regulation should apply regardless of whether a battery is specifically designed for a product or is of general use and regardless of whether it is incorporated into a product or is supplied together with or separately from a product in which it is to be used.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Within the Regulation’s wide scope, it is appropriate to distinguish between different categories of batteries in accordance with their design and use, independent of the battery chemistry. The classification into portable batteries, on one hand, and industrial batteries and automotive batteries on the other hand under Directive 2006/66/EC should be further developed to better reflect new developments in the use of batteries. Batteries that are used for traction in electric vehicles and which under Directive 2006/66/EC fall in the category of industrial batteries, constitute a large and growing part of the market due to the quick growth of electric road transport vehicles. It is therefore appropriate to classify those batteries that are used for traction in road vehicles as a new category of electric vehicle batteries. Batteries used for traction in other transport vehicles including rail, waterborne and aviation transport, continue to fall under the category of industrial batteries under this Regulation. Batteries used for traction in light means of transport, such as ebikes and scooters, were not clearly classified as batteries under Directive 2006/66/EC, and now constitute a significant part of the market due to their growing use in urban sustainable mobility. It is therefore appropriate to classify those batteries as a new category of batteries, namely light means of transport batteries. The industrial battery type encompasses a broad group of batteries, intended to be used for industrial activities, communication infrastructure, agricultural activities or generation and distribution of electric energy. In addition to this non exhaustive list of examples, any battery that is neither a portable battery nor a light means of transport battery nor an automotive battery nor an electric vehicle battery should be considered an industrial battery. Batteries used for energy storage in private or domestic environments. are considered industrial batteries for the purposes of this Regulation. Furthermore, in order to ensure that all batteries used in light means of transport, such as ebikes and scooters, are classified as portable batteries, it is necessary to clarify the definition of portable batteries and to introduce a weight limit for such batteries.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Batteries should be designed and manufactured so as to optimise their performance, durability and safety and to minimise their environmental footprint. It is appropriate to lay down specific sustainability requirements for rechargeablelight means of transport batteries, industrial batteries and electric vehicle batteries with internal storage with a capacity above 2 kWh as such batteries represent the market segment which is expected to increase most in the coming years.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The expected massive deployment of batteries in sectors like mobility and energy storage should reduce carbons emissions, but to maximise this potential it is necessary that their overall life cycle has a low carbon footprint. According to the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules for High Specific Energy Rechargeable Batteries for Mobile Applications31 , climate change is the second highest related impact category for batteries after the use of minerals and metals. The technical documentation for rechargeablelight means of transport batteries, industrial batteries and electric vehicle batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWh placed on the Union market should therefore be accompanied by a carbon footprint declaration,, which should be specific, if necessary, per manufacturing batch. Batteries are manufactured in batches, made in specific amounts within certain timeframes to each manufacturing plant and supply chain configuration for each battery model. Harmonising the technical rules for calculating the carbon footprint for all rechargeablelight means of transport batteries, industrial batteries and electric vehicle batteries with internal storage with a capacity above 2 kWh placed on the Union market is a prerequisite for introducing a requirement for the technical documentation of the batteries to include a carbon footprint declaration and subsequently establishing carbon footprint performance classes that will allow identifying the batteries with overall lower carbon footprints. Information and clear labelling requirements on batteries’ carbon footprint is not expected in itself to lead to the behavioural change necessary to ensure that the Union’s objective to decarbonise the mobility and energy storage sectors is achieved, in line with the internationally agreed objectives on climate change32 . Therefore, maximum carbon thresholds will be introduced, further to a dedicated impact assessment to determine those values. In proposing the level of the maximum carbon footprint threshold, the Commission will, inter alia, take into account the relative distribution of the carbon footprint values in batteries on the market, the extent of progress in the reduction of carbon footprint of batteries placed on the Union market and the effective and potential contribution of this measure to the Union’s objectives on sustainable mobility and climate neutrality by 2050. In order to bring about transparency on the batteries’ carbon footprint , and shift the Union market towards lower carbon batteries, regardless of where they are produced, a gradual and cumulative increase in the carbon footprint requirements is justified. As a result of these requirements, the avoided carbon emissions in batteries’ life cycle, will contribute to the Union’s objective of reaching climate neutrality by 2050. This may also enable other policies at Union and national level, such as incentives or green public procurement criteria, fostering the production of batteries with lower environmental impacts. __________________ 31Product Environmental Footprint - Category Rules for High Specific Energy Rechargeable Batteries for Mobile Applications https://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/sm gp/pdf/PEFCR_Batteries.pdf 32 Paris agreement (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, available at https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/con veng.pdf
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) RechargeableLight means of transport batteries, industrial batteries and electric-vehicle batteries with internal storage with a capacity above 2 kWh should contain a battery management system that stores data so that the state of health, safety and expected lifetime of batteries may be determined at any time by the end- user or any other third party acting on his behalf. In order to repurpose or remanufacture a battery, access to read-only data from the battery management system should be provided to the person that has purchased the battery or any third party acting on its behalf at any time for evaluating the residual value of the battery, facilitating the reuse, repurposing or remanufacturing of the battery and for making the battery available to independent aggregators, as defined in Directive (EU) 201/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 , which operate virtual power plants in electricity grids. This requirement should apply in addition to Union law on type of approval of vehicles, including technical specifications that may originate from the work of the informal UNECE Working Group on Electric Vehicles and the Environment on data access in electric vehicles. __________________ 34Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 125)
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) When putting in place a risk-based due diligence policy, it should be based on internationally recognised due diligence principles in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 39a, the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact40 , the Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products41 , the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy42 , the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (RBC)43 , which reflect a common understanding amongst governments and stakeholders, and should be tailored to the specific context and circumstances of each economic operator. In relation to the extraction, processing and trading of natural mineral resources used for battery production, the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict- Affected and High-Risk Areas44 (‘OECD Due Diligence Guidance’) represents a long-standing effort by governments and stakeholders to establish good practice in this area. __________________ 39a The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, available at https://www.ohchr.org/documents/publica tions/guidingprinciplesbusinesshr_en.pdf 40The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, available at https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is- gc/mission/principles 41UNEP Guidelines for social life cycle assessment of products, available at https://www.lifecycleinitiative.org/wp- content/uploads/2012/12/2009%20- %20Guidelines%20for%20sLCA%20- %20EN.pdf 42 Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, available at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_emp/---emp_ent/--- multi/documents/publication/wcms_09438 6.pdf 43 OECD (2018), OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct, available at http://mneguidelines.oecd.org/OECD-Due- Diligence-Guidance-for-Responsible- Business-Conduct.pdf 44OECD (2016), OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264252479-en.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation shall apply to all batteries, namely portable batteries, light means of transport batteries, automotive batteries, electric vehicle batteries and industrial batteries, including stationary battery energy storage systems, regardless of their shape, volume, weight, design, material composition, use or purpose. It shall also apply to batteries incorporated in or added to other products.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – indent 4
— is neither a light means of transport battery, an electric vehicle battery nor an automotive battery;
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36
(36) ‘supply chain due diligence’ means the obligations of the economic operator which places a rechargeable industrial battery or an electric-vehicle battery on the market, in relation to its management system, risk management, third party verifications by notified bodies and disclosure of information with a view to identifying, preventing and addressing actual and potential risks linked to the production of the battery, including sourcing, processing and trading of the raw materialschemicals and raw materials, both primary and secondary, required for battery manufacturing;
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the due diligence requirements set out in Article 39.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. For any aspects not covered by Chapters II and III and article 39, batteries shall not present a risk to human health, to safety, to property or to the environment.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall within 6 months of the adoption of any revision of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, or of any new relevant legislation relating to sustainability criteria for hazardous substances and chemicals, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 73 of this Regulation to guarantee alignment with this article and Article 71 with the revision of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 or with any new relevant legislation relating to sustainability criteria for hazardous substances and chemicals.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Carbon footprint of light means of transport batteries electric vehicle batteries and rechargeable industrial batteries
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. ELight means of transport batteries, electric vehicle batteries and rechargeable industrial batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWh shall be accompanied by technical documentation that includes, for each battery model and batch per manufacturing plant and supply chain configuration, a carbon footprint declaration drawn up in accordance with the delegated act referred to in the second sub-paragraph and containing, at least, the following information:
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
ELight means of transport, electric vehicle batteries and rechargeable industrial batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWh shall bear a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible label indicating the carbon footprint performance class that the individual battery corresponds to.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. ELight means of transport, electric vehicle batteries and rechargeable industrial batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWh shall, for each battery model and batch per manufacturing plant and supply chain configuration, be accompanied by technical documentation demonstrating that the declared life cycle carbon footprint value, is below the maximum threshold established in the delegated act adopted by the Commission pursuant to the third subparagraph.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 December 2030, the Commission shall assess the feasibility of measures to phase out the use of non- rechargeable portable batteries of general use in view of minimising their environmental impact based on the life cycle assessment methodology, taking into account the functionality of those batteries and the appliances in which those batteries are used as well as the cost-efficiency and possible alternatives for end-users. To that end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council and consider taking the appropriate measures, such as setting ecodesign requirements for specific products, including the adoption of legislative proposals.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
Performance and durability requirements for rechargeable industrial batteries and, electric vehicle batteries and light means of transport batteries
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From [12 months after entry into force of the Regulation], rechargeable industrial batteries and, electric vehicle batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWhand light means of transport batteries shall be accompanied by a technical documentation containing values for the electrochemical performance and durability parameters laid down in Part A of Annex IV.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 706 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. By 31 December 2024, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 73 to supplement this Regulation by establishing minimum values for the electrochemical performance and durability parameters laid down in Part A of Annex IV that rechargeable industrial batteries with internal storage and capacity above 2 kWh, electric vehicle batteries and light means of transport batteries shall attain.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In preparing the delegated act referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall consider the need to reduce the life cycle environmental impact of rechargeable industrial batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWh, electric vehicle batteries and light means of transport batteries and ensure that the requirements laid down therein do not have a significant negative impact on the functionality of those batteries or the appliances into which those batteries are incorporated, its affordability and i nor on the industry’s competitiveness and that it does lead to more resource efficiency and cost efficiency for end-ustry’s competitivenessers. The delegated act must respect technology neutrality. No excessive administrative burden shall be imposed on manufacturers of the batteries and the appliances concerned.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Removability and replaceability of portable batteries and light means of transport batteries
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 717 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Portable batteries and light means of transport batteries incorporated in appliances shall be readily removable and replaceable by the end-user or by independent operators, which has to be authorised for light means of transport batteries, during the lifetime of the appliance, if the batteries have a shorter lifetime than the appliance, or at the latest at the end of the lifetime of the appliance.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 729 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
A battery is readily replaceable where,n: (a) there are clear, easily understandable and publicly available instructions on how to remove and replace the battery (b) it is easily accessible and removable with commonly available tools, whenever mechanically and safely possible (c) after its removal from an appliance, it can be substituted by a similar battery from any producer, without affecting the functioning or the performance of that appliance. , performance and safety of the appliance or damaging the battery (d) the process of replacing the battery do not preclude the reassembly, re-use, repurposing or the remanufacturing of the appliance
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a) Appliances with portable batteries and light means of transport batteries which can be proven to have been produced before the adoption of the regulation will be exempt from article 11 for 5 years after the adoption of the regulation.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 757 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Removability and replaceability of electric vehicle batteries and industrial batteries 1. Industrial batteries, automotive batteries and electric vehicle batteries shall be readily removable and replaceable, if the battery have a shorter lifetime than the appliance or vehicle it is used in, by qualified independent authorised operators which shall have non-discriminatory easy access to information on how to safely do this. 2. Electric vehicle batteries and industrial batteries containing several cells shall be modular by design to enable the removability and replaceability of the case, control electronics or individual battery cells without harming the battery. 3. The battery management system of electric vehicle batteries and industrial batteries must be able continue to function after the case, control electronics or individual battery cells has been replaced according to the producer instructions. 4. There must not be any impediments in the electrical vehicle, in the electrical vehicle battery or in the industrial battery to the replacement of the original battery or battery component with another compatible brand of battery or battery component.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a) When a battery is re-used, repurposed or remanufactured and placed on the market for second-life the label on the battery, or battery cells, will be removed by the operator conducting the treatment and replaced with a label with that operators name, registered trade name or trade mark clearly showing its second-life status.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 828 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Rechargeable iIndustrial batteries and, electric vehicle batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWhand light means of transport batteries shall include a battery management system containing data on the parameters for determining the state of health, safety and expected lifetime of batteries as laid down in Annex VII.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 841 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) comply with the supply chain due diligence obligations set out in Article 39.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 860 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) adopt, and clearly communicate to suppliers and the public, a company due diligence policy for the battery production supply chain, including a dedicated due diligence policy for the supply chain of raw materials indicated in Annex X, point 1, starting at the point of extraction of raw materials;
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 877 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point d – subparagraph 2
TWithout prejudice to the individual responsibility of economic operators for their due diligence processes, the requirements set out in the current point (d) may be implemented through participation in industry-led schemes. or other collaboration between actors.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 939 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Commission shall within [6 months of the adoption of the upcoming Directive on Sustainable Corporate Governance and Due Diligence] adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 73 to align the requirements in this article and in Annex X with the requirements set out in the [new directive]. Any additional due diligence requirements on economic operators placing batteries on the market in this regulation needed to maintain the ambition of the regulation should be complimentary to the requirements of the [new directive] and must lead to as little extra burden on these operators as possible.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 959 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 6
6. Distributors shall, further to a reasoned request from a national authority provide it with all the information and the technical documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of a battery with the requirements set out in Chapters II and III and Article 39 in a language that can be easily understood by that authority. That information and the technical documentation shall be provided in paper or electronic form. Distributors shall cooperate with the national authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by batteries that they have made available on the market.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 961 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) the type of batteries that the producer intends to make available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State, namely portable batteries, light means of transport batteries, industrial batteries, electric vehicle batteries, or automotive batteries;
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 965 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f – point i – introductory part
(i) for portable batteries and light means of transport batteries, the requirements of this point (f) shall be met by providing:
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 974 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) take measures, in coordination with the concerned Member State, to create incentives for end-users to fulfil their responsibility to correctly dispose of their waste batteries in the separate collection systems, including by means of education, economic incentives and where needed propose initiatives for regulation
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 991 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3
3. End users, when discarding waste portable batteries at collection points referred to in paragraph 2, shall always be able to return any waste portable battery at any collection point and not be charged or be obliged to buy a new battery.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1017 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 a (new)
Article 48a Collection of light means of transport waste batteries 1. Producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 47(2), producer responsibility organisations acting on their behalf, shall ensure collection of all light means of transport waste batteries regardless of their nature, chemical composition, brand or origin, in the territory of the Member State in which they make batteries available on the market for the first time, including re- used, repurposed and remanufactured portable batteries. For that purpose they shall: (a) establish waste portable battery collection points; (b) offer the collection of waste light means of transport batteries, free of charge, to the entities referred to in paragraph 2(a) and provide for the collection of waste light means of transport batteries from all entities that have made use of that offer (“connected take back collection points”); (c) provide for the necessary practical arrangements and cover the costs for collection and transport, including the provision, free of charge, of suitable collection and transport containers, meeting the requirements of Directive 2008/98/EC, to the connected collection points; (d) ensure the collection free of charge of the waste light means of transport batteries collected through the connected collection points, with a frequency that is proportionate to the area covered and the volume and hazardous nature of the waste light means of transport batteries usually collected through those collection points; (e) ensure that the waste light means of transport batteries collected from the connected collection points are subsequently subject to treatment and recycling in a permitted facility by a waste management operator in accordance with Article 56. 2. Producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 47(2), producer responsibility organisations acting on their behalf, shall ensure that the network of connected collection points: (a) consists of collection points provided by them in cooperation with: (i) distributors in accordance with Article 50; (ii) independent authorised operators carrying out repairs of light means of transport; (iii) independent authorised operators carrying out re-use, remanufacturing or repurposing treatment of light means of transport batteries; (iv) public authorities or third parties carrying out waste management on their behalf in accordance with Article 53; (b) can consist of take back collection points provided by them in cooperation with voluntary collection points in accordance with Article 54. (c) covers the whole territory of the Member State taking into account population size, expected volume of waste light means of transport batteries, accessibility and vicinity to end-users, not being limited to areas where the collection and subsequent management of waste light means of transport batteries is profitable. 3. End users, when discarding light means of transport waste batteries at collection points referred to in paragraph 2, shall in all circumstances be able to return any waste light means of transport battery at any collection point and to do so free of charge or without being obliged to buy a new battery. 4. Producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 47(2), producer responsibility organisations acting on their behalf, shall meet, and thereafter continue to meet in a durable manner, at least the following collection targets for light means of transport batteries, calculated as percentages of the quantity of light means of transport batteries available for collection of the light means of transport batteries placed on the market for the first time in a Member State by the respective producer or collectively by the producers covered by a producer responsibility organisation: (a) 75 % by 31 December 2025; (b) 85 % by 31 December 2030. Producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 47(2), producer responsibility organisations acting on their behalf, shall calculate the collection rate referred to in this paragraph in accordance with Annex XIa. 5. Collection points set up in accordance with paragraphs 1 and paragraph 2 shall not be subject to the registration or permit requirements of Directive 2008/98/EC. 6. Producers or, where appointed in accordance with Article 47(2), producer responsibility organisations shall request an authorisation from the competent authority. Prior to granting such authorisation, the competent authority shall verify compliance of the producers or producer responsibility organisations with the arrangements put in place to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Article. In the event that the authorisation is requested by a producer responsibility organisation, the request for authorisation shall clearly identify the active member producers that it is representing. 7. The producer responsibility organisation shall ensure that the data in its possession remains confidential as regards proprietary information or information directly attributable to individual producers. The competent authority may, to that end, in its authorisation, establish conditions to be met. 8. The authorisation under paragraph 6 may be granted only where it is demonstrated, by providing documentary evidence, that the requirements of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 are met and that all the arrangements are in place to allow at least the collection target referred to in paragraph 4 to be met and then to continue to be met in a durable manner. Where the authorisation is requested by a producer responsibility organization, it shall be obtained as part of the authorisation referred to in Article 47(6). 9. The competent authority shall establish the details of the procedure to grant the authorisation under paragraph 6 to ensure compliance with the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 and Article 56. This shall include the requirement to have an independent experts’ report carried out for an ex-ante verification of the arrangements for collection under this Article so as to ensure there is compliance with the requirements under this Article. It shall also include timeframes for verification of the respective steps and the decision to be taken by the competent authority, which shall not exceed six weeks from the submission of a complete application dossier. 10. The competent authority shall review regularly, and at least every three years, whether the conditions for the authorisation under paragraph 6 continue to be met. The authorisation may be revoked when the collection target set out in paragraph 4 is not met or the producer or producer responsibility organisation is in material breach of its obligations under paragraphs 1 to 3. 11. The producer or, where appointed in accordance with Article 47(2), the producer responsibility organisation acting on its behalf, shall immediately notify the competent authority of any changes to the conditions covered by the application for authorisation referred to in paragraph 7, of any changes that concern the terms of the authorisation under paragraph 8, and of the permanent cessation of operations. 12. Every five years, the Member States shall carry out a compositional survey at least at NUTS 2 level of collected mixed municipal waste and waste electric and electronic equipment streams to determine the share of waste light means of transport batteries therein. The first survey shall be carried out by 31 December 2023. On the basis of the information obtained, the competent authorities may require, when granting or reviewing an authorisation under paragraphs 6 and 10, producers of light means of transport batteries or producer responsibility organisations to take corrective action to increase their network of connected collection points and carry out information campaigns in accordance with Article 60(1), in proportion to the share of waste portable batteries in mixed municipal waste and waste electric and electronic equipment streams detected in the survey.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1
1. Distributors shall take back all waste batteries from the end-user at no charge and without an obligation to buy a new battery, regardless of their chemical composition or origin. Take back for portable and light means of transport batteries shall be provided at or in the immediate vicinity of their retail outlet. Take back for waste automotive batteries, industrial batteries and electric vehicle batteries shall be provided at or in the vicinity of their retail outlet. This obligation is limited to the types of waste batteries which the distributor has, or had, as new batteries in its offer and, for portable batteries, to the quantity that non professional end-users normally discard.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – title
Requirements related to the repurposing and remanufacturing of light means of transport batteries, industrial batteries and electric-vehicle batteries
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1
1. Independent authorised operators shall be given read-only access to the parameters laid down in Annex VII available in the battery management system of rechargeable light means of transport batteries, industrial batteries and electric vehicle batteries with internal storage with a capacity above 2 kWh, on equal terms and conditions, for the purpose of assessing and determining the state of health and remaining lifetime of batteries, according to the parameters laid down in Annex VII.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2
2. Independent authorised operators carrying out repurposing or remanufacturing operations shall be given adequate access on equal terms and conditions, to the information relevant for the handling and testing of rechargeable light means of transport, industrial batteries and electric vehicle batteries, or of appliances and vehicles in which such batteries are incorporated as well as of components of such batteries, appliances or vehicles, including safety aspects.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Operators placing repurposed or remanufactured batteries on the market shall be considered the new producer of the battery and thus be registered in accordance with Article 46 and shall have an extended producer responsibility in accordance with Article 47.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 4
4. Distributors that supply batteries to end-users shall permanently provide in their retail premises, in a visible manner, and/or online marketplaces, in a easily accessible and clearly visible manner for the end-users of the battery, the information and through their online marketplaces the information listed in paragraph 1 and 2, and information on how the end users may return waste batteries free of charge to the respective collection points established at retail outlets or on behalf of a marketplace. That obligation shall be limited to the types of batteries which the distributor or retailer has, or had, as new batteries in its offer.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 2
2. The system shall contain the information and data on rechargeablelight means of transport batteries, industrial batteries and electric vehicle batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWh as laid down in Annex XIII. That information and data shall be sortable and searchable, respecting open standards for third party use.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 3
3. The economic operators that place a rechargeableBy [12 months after the adoption of the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 5] and no later than 1 January 2026 economic operators that place a light means of transport battery, industrial battery or an electric vehicle battery with internal storage on the market shall make the information referred to in paragraph 2 available electronically in a machine readable format using interoperable and easily accessible data services in the format established in accordance with paragraph 5.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2026, each[48 months after the entry into force of the regulation], each light means of transport battery, industrial battery and electric vehicle battery placed on the market or put into service and whose capacity is higher than 2 kWh shall have an electronic record (“battery passport”).
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6
6. When the change in the status is due to repairing or repurposing activities, the responsibility for the battery record in the battery passport shall be transferred to the economic operator that is considered to place the industrial battery or, the electric vehicle battery or the light means of transport battery on the market or that puts it into service. The record for repurposed or remanufactured batteries shall be linked to the record of the original battery.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 9 – paragraph 1
Based on the information collected through the carbon footprint declarations and the relative distribution of the carbon footprint performance classes of battery models placed on the market, and taking into account the scientific and technical progress in the field, the Commission will identify maximum lifecycle carbon footprint thresholds for rechargeable industrial and, electric vehicle and light means of transport batteries, further to a dedicated impact assessment to determine those values.
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – title
Electrochemical performance and durability parameters for portable batteries of general use
2021/10/26
Committee: ENVI