Battery producers must ensure that all batteries that will be on the market in a Member State, whether incorporated in appliances, comply with the restrictions from September 26, 2008 on the following substances.
Any battery must contain ?w/w . (except 0.0005% Mercury).
o Key cells must contain mercury tungsten / w . < 2%
? Portable cells must contain < 0.002% cadmium acyl except).
Ah, for use in emergencies, the battery alarm system, including emergency lighting.
o Medical devices
o Cordless power tools (the exemption will be in September 2010 and can be withdrawn).
This means that nickel-cadmium batteries (NiCd) are really effectively banned from being used in all but emergency alarm systems, medical equipment, and cordless power tools.
Note that there is no restriction on the use of batteries, but if there are lead batteries containing > half weight must be marked with the symbol "lead". Similarly, a button cell is allowed to contain mercury, but that 0.0005% must be labeled with the symbol "mercury".
Labeling of cells and batteries
Battery producers must ensure that all batteries and buttons are in position on the cell after September 26, 2008 available on the market.
Crossed-out? front wheels in the trash. The symbol of this size must be at least 3% of the surface area of the largest cell or battery pack, up to the maximum size x 5cm. 5cm The symbol of the size of the cylindrical cell must be at least 1.5% of the surface area of the cell, up to the maximum size x 5cm. 5cm in this size of the cell will be such that the symbol will be less than 0.5cm x 0.5cm cells or battery packs do not need a symbol, rather Crossed-out front wheelie garbage cans must be printed with a package size of at least cm x cm. If this size battery is sold incorporated into an appliance, the crossed-out front wheelie bin must be printed on the packaging of the appliance or the appliance itself with a size of at least cm x cm.
The following chemical symbols? Delete the front wheelie bin battery if it exceeds the following concentrations
If > 0.0005% Hg ah
If > 0.002% Cd ah
Whether the Pb > ah half
The chemical symbols must cover an area of at least one quarter of the size of the crossed-out front wheel of the symbol. This includes printing the chemical symbol below the crossed-wheelie bin pack, and if the battery is too small for the crossed-out front wheel, the chemical symbol is printed on the battery.
The European Commission has not yet published its rules for capacity labeling.
The European Commission has not yet published its rules on capacity marking.