Who can join?
Producers are defined as any manufacturer, importer, distributor, or any other natural or legal person who, irrespective of the selling technique used, including by means of distance contracts:
a) is established in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and manufactures batteries under their own name or trademark, or has batteries designed or manufactured and supplies them for the first time under their own name or trademark, including batteries incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, within the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;
b) is established in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and resells, within the territory, under their own name or trademark, batteries manufactured by other manufacturers, including batteries incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, and those batteries do not bear the name or trademark of the original manufacturer;
c) is established in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and, in the course of a professional activity, places on the market for the first time within the territory batteries from another Member State or from a third country, including those incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles;
d) is established in another Member State or in a third country and sells batteries, including those incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, by means of distance contracts directly to end-users in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, whether or not these end-users are private households.
Foreign suppliers may register with Ecobatterien ASBL if they are mandated by their Luxembourgish producer clients.
By way of derogation for the automotive sector, a foreign supplier may register directly with Ecobatterien ASBL on behalf of its Luxembourg resellers. In such cases, the supplier must inform its Luxembourg resellers in writing of their obligations regarding the collection of waste batteries.
Foreign suppliers may join Ecobatterien ASBL if they are commissioned by their Luxembourg producer clients.
With regard to the automotive industry and by way of derogation a supplier located abroad may directly join Ecobatterien ASBL on behalf of its Luxembourg producers. The supplier must then inform its producers located in Luxembourg in writing and notify them of their obligations with regard to the collection of automotive batteries.
How to become a member of Ecotrel?
1.
Membership in Ecobatterien is open to any company that meets the definition of a producer as set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 concerning batteries and waste batteries.
Producers pay an annual fixed contribution depending on the amount of recycling fees due.
Producers located in Luxembourg who are members of one of the federations, the Luxembourg Confederation, the Fédération des Artisans or Fedil are exempted to pay the annual fixed contributions. For more information on joining one of these federations, please visit www.confederation.lu, www.fda.lu or www.fedil.lu
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Next, you should download the Accession agreement. (This is valid both for Luxembourg and foreign companies)
You must then:
- fill in the identification form ;
complete both copies of the Accession agreement on page 1, initial each page and sign in the space provided on the last page ;
- send all the documents (both copies of the Accession agreement plus the identification form) to the following postal address:
Ecobatterien asbl
Square Mile Belval
11, boulevard du Jazz
L-4370 BelvauxYou can also send you agreement by e-mail: info@ecobatterien.lu
4.
Ecobatterien will sign your copy of the agreement and send it back to you together with your membership number, your user code and the password that will allow you to fill in your declaration electronically.
5.
The last step is to submit your initial declaration directly via this site or by post, fax or email. To do this correctly, we recommend you to consult the information provided on this site under the heading "Declaration".