Compliance schemes must not provide batteries data where producers have estimated the amount of batteries they have exported. Examples of evidence include invoices and bills of lading. You can then deduct these batteries for the data you report. Here are 4 examples of when you can deduct exported batteries from your reported data.
This change took effect in January 2019. The Batteries Regulations 2009 were amended to allow producers and compliance schemes to deduct portable batteries they export outside the UK from their reported batteries data. UK national targets do not include batteries that will never become waste in the UK
Producer E declares batteries placed on the market and puts them into stock. Some of these batteries are then sold to an export customer by producer E. As long as the export takes place during the same compliance period that the batteries were reported as placed on the market, company E can deduct the exported batteries from their batteries data.
As long as the export takes place during the same compliance period that the batteries were reported as placed on the market, company E can deduct the exported batteries from their batteries data. Company F imports batteries, declares the batteries placed on the market in 2018 and puts them into stock.
The rules are different for waste portable, industrial and automotive batteries. You must be an Approved Battery Treatment Operator (ABTO) if you: You must be an Approved Battery Exporter (ABE) if you: Evidence notes are proof of treatment, recycling or export of portable waste batteries by an ABTO or ABE.
Please note that you cannot treat or export automotive or industrial batteries without approval being granted. You must follow extra rules if you manage waste batteries, including collection, treatment, recycling and export. These are in addition to your duty of care and hazardous waste regulation requirements.