S.L. 549.54 ст. 2Scope.

(1) These regulations bring into effect the provisions of † Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/ ‡ § EEC , as amended by Directive 2008/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008,Directive 2013/56/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013, and Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018.

(2) The objective of the Directive, having regard to the environmental impact of transport, is to maximise the separate collection of waste batteries and accumulators and to minimise the disposal of waste batteries and accumulators as mixed municipal waste in order to achieve a high level of recycling for all waste batteries and accumulators. It also seeks to improve the environmental performance of batteries and accumulators and of the activities of all economic operators involved in the life cycle of batteries and accumulators, such as producers, distributors and end-users and, in particular, those operators directly involved in the treatment and recycling of waste batteries and accumulators.

(3) These regulations provide additional measures, procedures and guidance to those in the Waste Regulations, which aim at establishing specific rules for the collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of waste batteries and accumulators to promote a high level of collection and recycling of waste batteries and accumulators.

(4) These regulations shall be read and construed in the context of the provisions of the Extended Producer Responsibility Framework

Regulations.