Article 1

This Directive establishes the detailed arrangements for the marking system envisaged in Article 4 of Directive 91/157/EEC on batteries and accumulators covered by that Direcctive and manufactured for sale in, imported into, the Community on or after 1 January 1994.

The batteries and accumulators referred to in paragraph 1 which are produced in, or imported into, the Community before 1 January 1994 may be marketed without the symbols provided for in Articles 2 and 3 until 31 December 1995.