Product stream
Batteries
Portable, SLI, light means of transport (LMT), electric-vehicle and industrial batteries supplied to the Slovak or Czech market, including batteries incorporated into products.
What counts as a battery
Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries applies to all battery categories: portable batteries, starting, lighting and ignition (SLI) batteries, light means of transport (LMT) batteries, electric-vehicle batteries and industrial batteries. It applies regardless of whether the battery is supplied separately, incorporated into an appliance or other product, or incorporated into a vehicle. Battery obligations form a separate compliance stream from EEE/WEEE. Where equipment contains a battery, the equipment and the incorporated battery therefore need to be assessed separately for product classification, producer status, registration and the applicable EPR obligations.
Typical obligations
- Determine the applicable battery category and identify the responsible producer for each relevant Member State and sales model.
- Complete the applicable producer registration in each Member State where the producer first makes the batteries available on the market.
- Arrange the applicable extended producer responsibility, collection and treatment obligations through the permitted compliance route.
- Maintain and provide the required market, battery-category and waste-battery data and complete the applicable reporting obligations.
- Meet the applicable labelling, information and product-data requirements, including Battery Passport requirements for the battery categories to which they apply. From 18 February 2027, a Battery Passport is required for LMT batteries, industrial batteries with a capacity greater than 2 kWh, and electric-vehicle batteries placed on the market or put into service.
Country requirements
Slovakia
Slovakia
Battery EPR in Slovakia is governed by Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 together with the applicable Slovak national framework. Producer status, registration, representation, fulfilment and reporting are assessed for the relevant battery category and sales model. The compliance route may involve collective fulfilment or another route permitted by the applicable rules. Under collective fulfilment, the producer or its authorised representative provides the relevant compliance organisation with the market and battery data required for the statutory obligations assigned to that organisation. Batteries incorporated into equipment remain a separate battery EPR stream from the equipment itself. We therefore assess the battery and the host product independently where both EEE and battery obligations may arise.
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Battery EPR in the Czech Republic is governed by Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 together with the applicable Czech national framework. Producer registration, representation, fulfilment and reporting are assessed according to the battery category, producer status and sales model. The operational compliance route depends on the applicable legal framework and whether collective or another permitted fulfilment model is used. Where an authorised representative is appointed, the reporting and payment workflow is established for the mandate in accordance with the applicable legal requirements and the rules of the relevant compliance organisation. Batteries incorporated into equipment remain subject to the battery regime independently from the EEE/WEEE assessment of the host equipment.
Frequently asked questions
Do your batteries obligations apply in Slovakia or the Czech Republic?
Tell us what you sell and where you sell it. We will come back with the obligations that actually apply — per country and per product stream.