Directive 2013/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators as regards the placing on the market of portable batteries and accumulators containing cadmium intended for use in cordless power tools, and of button cells with low mercury content, and repealing Commission Decision 2009/603/EC Text with EEA relevance
Basic information
Dates Date of document:
  • November 20, 2013
Date of publication:
  • December 10, 2013
Date of effect:
  • December 30, 2013
    • Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 4
Date of transposition:
  • July 1, 2015
    • At the latest See Art 3
Date of end of validity:
Modified by
Modifies
Modifies:
Repeal:
  • 2009/603/EC: Commission Decision of 5 August 2009 establishing requirements for registration of producers of batteries and accumulators in accordance with Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Notified under document C(2009) 6054) (Text with EEA relevance)
Affected by case
Legal basis
  • Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE XX - ENVIRONMENT Article 192 (ex Article 175 TEC)
  • Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART SIX - INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS TITLE I - INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Chapter 2 - Legal acts of the Union, adoption procedures and other provisions Section 2 - Procedures for the adoption of acts and other provisions Article 294 (ex Article 251 TEC)
EuroVoc Vocabulary
  • Internal market - Principles
  • Consumer information
  • Market approval
  • Other sectors for approximation of laws
  • Labelling
  • Electronic waste
  • Waste management
  • Hand tool
  • Electricity storage device
  • Cadmium
  • Mercury