{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-86/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-86/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1993/86",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 93/86/EEC of 4 October 1993 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 91/157/EEC on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-86",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The symbol described in Article 2 shall cover 3 % of the area of the largest side of the battery or accumulator, up to a maximum size of 5 x 5 cm. For cylindrical cells the symbol shall cover 3 % of half the surface area of the battery or accumulator and shall have a maximum size of 5 x 5 cm.\nWhere the size of the battery or accumulator is such that the symbol would be smaller than 0,5 x 0,5 cm, the battery or accumulator need not be marked but a symbol measuring 1 x 1 cm shall be printed on the packaging.\n2. The symbol referred to in Article 3 shall be printed beneath the symbol referred to in Article 2. It shall cover an area of at least one quarter the size of the symbol described in paragraph 1 of this Article.\n3. The symbols shall be printed visibly, legibly and indelibly.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1993/86/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:17.725933+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}