(fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 lays out requirements for recyclers to ensure that they reach targets for recycling efficiency and recovery of materials from waste batteries. The Commission is required to draw up the methodology for calculating and verifying rates of recycling efficiency and recovery of materials from waste batteries, and the format for documentation, in line with those requirements. This is necessary to create a harmonised regulatory framework covering the entire life cycle of batteries that are placed on the market in the Union, including the management of waste batteries. 

(2) The methodology should ensure a high quality of recovery of materials for the battery industry. At the same time, it should not distort competition or otherwise impede the smooth functioning of the internal market for secondary raw materials from waste batteries, while promoting research and innovation in that fast-expanding and developing market. It is necessary to consider and build on the methodology established under Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to properly reflect technological developments and changes in battery recycling and recovery processes, extending their scope to cover existing and new battery chemistries. 

(3) The methodology for calculating and verifying rates of recycling efficiency should detail the input and output fractions that can affect achieving the recycling efficiency targets in order to ensure a harmonised calculation of the achieved recycling efficiency. 

(4) The methodology for calculating and verifying rates of recovery of materials should detail the input and output fractions that can affect recovery of materials targets and any further requirements on the quality of the recovered materials in order to ensure a harmonised calculation of the achieved recovery of materials. 

(5) In order to ensure traceability, ensure fair application of the calculation rules and minimise adverse effects on human health or the environment, the format of the documentation regarding substances listed under point (5) and point (6) of Part A of Annex XII of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 should include detailed requirements on how to document the treatment of substances into an identifiable stream within the battery recycling process. 

(6) The method to be used when filling in documentation for calculating rates of recycling efficiency and recovery of materials from waste batteries should be specified to ensure that data are consistent and uniform. 

(7) The formats for documentation for rates of recycling efficiency and recovery of materials should be drawn up separately for lead-acid waste batteries, lithium-based batteries, nickel-cadmium batteries and other batteries to ensure that data are relevant and specific to the different battery chemistries. 

(8) In order to ensure consistent and harmonised application, the methodology for verifying rates of recycling efficiency and recovery of materials should set out, as a minimum, what the verification is to cover, and which verification techniques are to be applied.