Batteries Act Section 15 Reporting

Batteries Act Section 15 Reporting

(1) The Joint Collection Scheme shall submit to the Federal Environment Agency each year by the 30 April records providing information on:

1. The mass of portable batteries placed on the market within the jurisdiction of this Act and remaining within the jurisdiction of this Act in the preceding year, subdivided by chemical system and classification;

2. The mass of waste portable batteries collected by the Joint Collection Scheme in the preceding year, subdivided by chemical system and classification;

3. The mass of waste portable batteries recycled by the Joint Collection Scheme in the preceding year, subdivided by chemical system and classification, separately showing waste portable batteries exported and recycled outside the jurisdiction of this Act;

4. The collection rate, as defined in Section 2 (19), attained by the Joint Collection System in respect of portable batteries;

5. The recycling rate, as defined in Section 2 (20), attained by the Joint Collection System in respect of waste portable batteries;

6. The qualitative and quantitative recycling and disposal results;

7. The total prices paid for each of collection, sorting, recycling and disposal, subdivided by chemical system and classification.

On demand from the Federal Environment Agency, the records shall be submitted in a version that has been audited and confirmed by an independent expert. With the exception of the information sentence 1 no. 7, the Joint Collection Scheme shall publish the records to be submitted under sentence 1 on its website within one month of submission to the Federal Environment Agency.

(2) Paragraph (1) sentence 1 nos. 1 to 6, sentence 2 and sentence 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to producer-specific collection systems; paragraph (1) sentence 1 shall be applied such that the records shall be submitted to the Federal Environment Agency and to the authority which issued approval under Section 7 (1).

(3) For distributors of automotive and industrial batteries, paragraph (1) sentence 1 nos. 1 to 6, sentence 2 and sentence 3 shall be applied such that the reported information shall relate to the collection, take-back and recycling of automotive batteries. Producers of automotive and industrial batteries may present joint records for multiple distributors.

(4) The Federal Environment Agency may publish recommendations for the format and structure of the records under paragraphs (1) and (2) in the Federal Gazette.