European Regulation

Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators

German implementation

Gesetz über das Inverkehrbringen, die Rücknahme und die umweltverträgliche Entsorgung von Batterien und Akkumulatoren (Batteriegesetz - BattG)
Verordnung zur Durchführung des Batteriegesetzes (BattGDV)

Registration is mandatory by law and must be actively applied for to be able to place portable batteries, automotive and industrial batteries on the market.

You are obliged to register if you

are a producer according to BattG and
the products on offer are batteries within the scope of BattG .

register at BatG-Melderegister

Competent Federal organization

Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (BMU)
Umweltbundesamt (UBA)

Competent authorities

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All information is not necessarily complete and not legally binding.

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