# Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 5: Increased environmental performance

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States which have manufacturers established on their territory shall promote research and encourage improvements in the overall environmental performance of batteries and accumulators throughout their entire life cycle as well as the development and marketing of batteries and accumulators which contain smaller quantities of dangerous substances or which contain less polluting substances, in particular as substitutes for mercury, cadmium and lead.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/66/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-66/article-5
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