{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-86/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-86/introduction.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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Directive 93/86/EEC\nof 4 October 1993\nadapting to technical progress Council Directive 91/157/EEC on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste, as last amended by Directive 91/692/EEC, and in particular Article 18 thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 91/157/EEC of 18 March 1991 on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances and in particular Article 10 thereof,\nWhereas detailed arrangements should be established for the making system provided for in Article 4 of Directive 91/157/EEC;\nWhereas appliances need not be marked, since Annex II to Directive 91/157/EEC provides for a special information system for appliances from which the consumer cannot easily remove the battery or accumulator;\nWhereas there is a need for a symbol clearly showing that batteries or accumulators covered by Directive 91/157/EEC should be collected separately from other household waste;\nWhereas the use of this symbol for batteries and accumulators covered by Directive 91/157/EEC must be protected;\nWhereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion delivered by the Committee for the Adaptation to Scientific and Technical Progress of Community Legislation on Waste,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 194, 25. 7. 1975, p. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1991, p. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 78, 26. 3. 1991, p. 38."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1993/86/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}