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# EU Batteries Regulation: Waste Collection FAQ

FAQ on EU Batteries Regulation waste battery collection, producer registration, free take-back, collection targets, recycling, and reporting evidence.

*FAQ* *Batteries Regulation* *EU*

## EU Batteries Regulation Waste collection and recycling reporting FAQ

Under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, waste battery collection and recycling reporting is an extended producer responsibility workflow: register in each relevant Member State, finance and operate collection or take-back routes, send collected batteries to permitted treatment, and report the required data.

This FAQ focuses on portable and LMT battery collection targets, free take-back, treatment and recycling evidence, and the records needed for competent-authority reporting.

Waste battery obligations under the EU Batteries Regulation are not only a recycling-team issue. Producers, producer responsibility organisations, distributors, waste operators, and recyclers each hold parts of the evidence chain that supports Member State registration, collection-rate monitoring, treatment, recycling efficiency, material recovery, and Article 75 reporting.

## What should producers do first for waste battery collection and reporting?

Start with the Member State where each battery category is made available on the market for the first time. Article 55 requires a producer register in each Member State, and producers may place batteries on that Member State market only if they, or their authorised representative where applicable, are registered there.

The registration file should identify the producer, battery categories and chemistries, and the measures used to meet extended producer responsibility and collection obligations. For portable and LMT batteries, the file should also explain the system used to keep reported data reliable.

- Map each battery category: portable, LMT, SLI, industrial, and electric vehicle batteries.
- Register in every Member State where batteries are first made available on the market.
- Record whether obligations are fulfilled individually, through an authorised representative, or through a producer responsibility organisation.
- Keep written evidence of collection measures, data reliability controls, and any producer responsibility organisation mandate.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Article 55 supports the Member State producer registration requirement and the registration evidence needed for battery categories, chemistries, EPR measures, and data reliability controls.

## Who pays for collection, take-back, treatment, and reporting?

The Batteries Regulation uses extended producer responsibility. Article 56 makes producers responsible for batteries they make available for the first time in a Member State, including batteries resulting from preparation for re-use, preparation for repurposing, repurposing, or remanufacturing.

Producer financial contributions cover separate collection, transport and treatment, compositional surveys where required, information on prevention and management of waste batteries, and data gathering and reporting to competent authorities. A producer responsibility organisation can carry out obligations on behalf of producers.

- Budget collection, transport, and treatment costs by Member State and battery category.
- Include reporting and data gathering in the EPR cost model, not only logistics invoices.
- For repurposed or remanufactured batteries placed on the market, check whether the operator becomes the producer for EPR purposes.
- Avoid unsupported national details unless the relevant Member State source is separately verified.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Article 56 supports the producer responsibility rule and the cost categories for separate collection, treatment, information, data gathering, and reporting.

## How must free collection and take-back work for portable and LMT batteries?

For portable batteries and LMT batteries, producers or their producer responsibility organisations must establish take-back and collection systems in the Member State where they make those batteries available for the first time. Those systems must cover the whole territory, taking account of population, expected waste battery volumes, accessibility, and proximity to end-users.

End-users must be able to discard waste portable batteries and waste LMT batteries at collection points without being charged, without having to buy a new battery, and without having to prove they bought the battery from the producer that set up the collection point.

- Portable battery collection points can involve distributors, public authorities, voluntary points, end-of-life vehicle treatment facilities, and WEEE treatment facilities.
- LMT battery systems use the same types of cooperation points, with suitable infrastructure for the volume and hazardous nature of LMT waste batteries.
- Distributors must take back waste batteries from end-users free of charge, limited to categories they have or had in their offer and, for portable batteries, normal non-professional quantities.
- Distance sellers must provide collection points across the Member State and tell end-users the take-back arrangements when a battery is ordered.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Articles 59, 60, and 62 support the free collection and take-back requirements for portable and LMT batteries, including distributor and distance-sale obligations.

## Which collection targets matter for portable and LMT batteries?

For waste portable batteries, producers or producer responsibility organisations must attain and durably maintain collection targets of 45% by 31 December 2023, 63% by 31 December 2027, and 73% by 31 December 2030.

For waste LMT batteries, the targets are 51% by 31 December 2028 and 61% by 31 December 2031. The collection rate is calculated using the Annex XI methodology, which compares collected waste batteries with the average weight of relevant batteries made available on the market to end-users in the three preceding calendar years.

- Track placed-on-market weights by Member State, category, and chemistry.
- Exclude batteries that left that Member State before sale to end-users when reporting placed-on-market amounts.
- Keep collection-point data connected to the producer or producer responsibility organisation collection system.
- Prepare corrective-action evidence if a competent authority finds collection measures are not consistent with achieving the targets.

Sources for this answer:

- [EUR-Lex summary of sustainability rules for batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/sustainability-rules-for-batteries-and-waste-batteries.html?ref=sorena.io) - The EUR-Lex summary gives the headline portable and LMT collection targets and provides a concise source for search visitors checking the target percentages.
- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Articles 59, 60, and 69, together with Annex XI, support the detailed target dates, collection-rate calculation approach, Member State monitoring, and corrective-action process.

## What has to happen after waste batteries are collected?

Collected waste batteries cannot be treated as disposal or energy-recovery material. Article 70 requires treatment in permitted facilities, with waste batteries removed from waste appliances, waste light means of transport, or end-of-life vehicles where applicable.

Article 71 requires permitted facilities to accept waste batteries made available to them and ensure preparation for re-use, preparation for repurposing, or recycling. Recyclers must meet Annex XII recycling efficiency and material recovery targets, calculated under the delegated methodology and documentation format for recycling efficiency and recovery rates.

- Maintain handover records from distributors, public collection points, voluntary points, WEEE facilities, and end-of-life vehicle facilities.
- Show that collected batteries were delivered to permitted treatment, preparation for re-use, preparation for repurposing, or recycling facilities.
- For exported waste batteries, retain documentary evidence approved by the destination competent authority when counting treatment toward EU obligations.
- For recycling evidence, preserve data for each individual recycling step and output fraction.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Articles 70 to 72 support the treatment route, recycling obligation, export evidence rule, and requirement to cover all recycling steps and output fractions.
- [Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/606](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/606/oj?ref=sorena.io) - This delegated regulation is the official methodology and documentation-format source for calculating and verifying recycling efficiency and recovery rates for waste batteries.
- [European Commission: new rules to boost recycling efficiency and material recovery from waste batteries](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-rules-boost-recycling-efficiency-waste-batteries-2025-07-04_en?ref=sorena.io) - The Commission news page explains that the delegated rules create consistent calculation guidelines for recyclers and a harmonised documentation format for Member State authorities.

## What should the Article 75 reporting evidence file contain?

Article 75 is the practical reporting checklist. Producers of portable and LMT batteries, or their producer responsibility organisations, must report annually by chemistry and battery category on placed-on-market amounts, collected waste batteries, collection rates, delivery to treatment, export for treatment or preparation, and delivery to preparation for re-use or repurposing.

Waste management operators, treatment operators, recyclers, and exporters also have reporting duties where they collect, treat, recycle, or export waste batteries. The evidence file should therefore connect sales data, collection data, treatment handovers, recycling calculations, and export records by Member State and battery category.

- Placed-on-market data: first making available in the Member State, excluding batteries that left before sale to end-users.
- Collection data: collected waste portable and LMT batteries, by category and chemistry, plus the achieved collection rate.
- Treatment data: amounts delivered to permitted treatment, preparation for re-use, preparation for repurposing, or recycling facilities.
- Export data: amounts exported for treatment, preparation for re-use, or preparation for repurposing, with supporting destination evidence where needed.
- Recycler data: recycling efficiency, material recovery, destination, and yield of final output fractions, covering all recycling steps.
- Submission control: report within six months of the end of the reporting year once the applicable reporting-format implementing act starts the first reporting period.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Article 75 supports the annual reporting fields for producers, producer responsibility organisations, waste management operators, recyclers, exporters, and treatment operators.

## Primary sources

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Primary legal source for producer registration, extended producer responsibility, free collection and take-back, collection targets, treatment, recycling, shipment evidence, and Article 75 reporting.
  - Quote: "concerning batteries and waste batteries"
- [EUR-Lex summary of sustainability rules for batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/sustainability-rules-for-batteries-and-waste-batteries.html?ref=sorena.io) - Plain-language EUR-Lex summary supporting the battery categories, portable and LMT collection targets, recycling efficiency targets, and material recovery targets.
  - Quote: "collected, reused and recycled"
- [Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/606](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/606/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official delegated methodology and documentation-format source for calculating and verifying recycling efficiency and recovery rates from waste batteries.
  - Quote: "recycling efficiency and recovery rates"
- [European Commission: new rules to boost recycling efficiency and material recovery from waste batteries](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-rules-boost-recycling-efficiency-waste-batteries-2025-07-04_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission explanation of the delegated recycling rules, including calculation guidance for recyclers and harmonised documentation for Member State authorities.
  - Quote: "recycling efficiency of recyclers"

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