Point of sale
Distributors, when supplying portable batteries or accumulators, shall be required to take back free of charge used portable batteries or accumulators that consumers would like to dispose of.
In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, end-users must receive information on the prevention and management of battery waste.
They must also be informed of the costs covered by the producer, including those related to collection, treatment, recycling, administrative management, information on the prevention and management of battery waste, and the transmission of data to the competent authorities.
As a distributor, including online distributors, it must be ensured that this information is relayed and separately communicated to end-users when selling new batteries.
To this end, the following documents may be downloaded and used:
- the practical guide to batteries, which includes information on the prevention and management of battery waste ;
- the recycling and administrative fees 2025.
These documents are also available in printed form, upon simple request via the following forms:
- order for the practical guide to batteries;
- order for the recycling and administrative fees 2025.
E-commerce
All natural or legal persons whose registered office is located outside Luxembourg and who sell batteries and accumulators (including those integrated into appliances, vehicles and other means of transport) directly to users located in Luxembourg are assimilated to importers.
As such, they are subjected to the same obligations and have the opportunity to join Ecobatterien. The association endorses their obligations and they are asked to submit a declaration of their put on the market.
For more details on registration and reporting, please see the "How to join" and "Declaration" sections.
In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, end-users must receive information on the prevention and management of battery waste.
They must also be informed of the costs covered by the producer, including those related to collection, treatment, recycling, administrative management, information on the prevention and management of battery waste, and the transmission of data to the competent authorities.
As an online importer, it must be ensured that this information is relayed and separately communicated to end-users when selling new batteries.
To this end, the following documents may be downloaded and used:
- the practical guide to batteries, which includes information on the prevention and management of battery waste;