The authors work for the Euractiv.sk portal
The adopted legislation determines the conditions for the production and recycling of batteries.
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1. The Union engages in competition on the global market for batteries
In the production of car batteries, Europe lags behind Asian countries, especially China, and the United States. Recently, the Union has been trying to catch up by strategically supporting investments in research and production capacities.
Now member countries have approved draft legislation that will clarify the rules for the sector throughout the battery life cycle – from production to recycling.
What is it about?
The regulation, which the Commission proposed already in December 2020, updates the older directive from 2006. It contains rules for car batteries, industrial batteries and batteries in mobile devices. Batteries imported from third countries will have to meet the same standards.
The goal is to reduce the amount of waste and use materials efficiently. The producers will have to
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