Batteries Act Section 20 Authorisation to issue subordinate legislation

Batteries Act Section 20 Authorisation to issue subordinate legislation

The Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety shall be authorised to issue subordinate legislation which does not require the approval of the German Bundestag and which:

1. Stipulates the data required under Section 4 (1) sentence 1 on the notifier’s identity and unique identifiers, notifier’s contact data, data on the notifier’s product responsibility compliance, and which of these data items are for publication under Section 4 (3) sentence 1;

2. Stipulates minimum requirements for the treatment and recycling of waste batteries, the recycling efficiencies to be achieved and requirements for their computation;

3. Lays down implementing rules under Article 15 (3) of Directive 2006/66/EC;

4. Stipulates requirements on measuring the capacity of automotive and portable batteries and on the appearance of the capacity indication;

5. Permits exceptions from Section 17 (1) to (6).