# 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 6: Placing on the market

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

1. Member States shall not, on the grounds dealt with in this Directive, impede, prohibit, or restrict the placing on the market in their territory of batteries and accumulators that meet the requirements of this Directive.
2. Batteries and accumulators which do not meet the requirements of this Directive, but which were lawfully placed on the market prior to the date of application of the respective prohibitions in Article 4, may continue to be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/66/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-66/article-6
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