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What are the Batteries Regulations?

Working in partnership with the policy lead at the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). NMO is the UK Enforcement Authority for the Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 (the “Batteries Regulations”). These Regulations implement the placing on the market obligations of the EU Directive 2006/66/EEC

  • which bans the placing on the EU market of new batteries containing more than agreed levels of cadmium and mercury;
  • controls the marking of batteries and
  • sets design requirements on producers of electrical and electronic equipment that contain batteries.

Producers of batteries and electrical and electronic equipment need to understand the requirements of the Batteries Regulations to ensure that their products comply.

For a copy of our information leaflet on the Batteries Regulations please click here

When did the Batteries Regulations come into force?

The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 came into force on 26 September 2008. The Regulations implement Article 95 (single market) obligations of the directive.

Enforcing the Batteries Regulations

The National Measurement Office (NMO) has been awarded the contract to set up the UK’s national Batteries Regulations enforcement body. We have been delivering the Batteries (placing on the market) enforcement since the regulations were fully implemented on the 26 September 2008.

We have developed this website to provide you with information and help associated with Batteries compliance and enforcement. This includes a FAQ section which we are continually updating as your enquiries come to us, and a list of other useful resources available in our links section.

If you are hosting events relating to Batteries, RoHS, Energy Using Products or Energy Labelling enforcement and would like input from us, please contact us as we would like to support as many targeted events as we can.

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