{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1103/annex-IV/part-A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1103/annex-IV/part-A.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/1103",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1103/2010 of 29 November 2010 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, rules as regards capacity labelling of portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1103",
  "path": "annex/IV/part/A",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "A.",
  "heading": "Portable secondary (rechargeable) batteries and accumulators",
  "text": "The capacity labels of portable secondary (rechargeable) batteries and accumulators shall comply with the following requirements:\n(1) for individual batteries and accumulators, except button cells and memory back-up batteries:\n(a) on the battery and accumulator: the label shall have a minimum size of 1,0 × 5,0 mm (H × L);\n(b) on the packaging (front) of the batteries and accumulators: the label shall have a minimum size of 5,0 × 12,0 mm (H × L);\n(c) the label shall be located on the packaging (front) and on the batteries and accumulators inside the packaging;\n(d) for batteries and accumulators sold without packaging, the label shall be located on the battery and accumulator itself;\n(2) for battery packs:\n(a) for battery packs where the largest side is below 70 cm2, the label shall have a minimum size of 1,0 × 5,0 mm (H × L);\n(b) for battery packs where the largest side is equal to or above 70 cm2, the label shall have a minimum size of 2,0 × 5,0 mm (H × L);\n(c) the label shall be located only on the external housing of the cell(s) assembly and not on each individual cell inside the housing;\n(3) where the size of the battery, the accumulator or the battery pack is such that a label of a minimum size cannot be shown upon it, the capacity shall be marked on the packaging with a minimum size of 5,0 × 12,0 mm (H × L). In this circumstance, and where the battery, the accumulator or the battery pack is not supplied with its own packaging, the capacity shall be marked on the packaging of the appliance with which the batteries, accumulators or battery packs are sold;\n(4) for button cells and memory back-up batteries:\n(a) on the packaging (front): the label shall have a minimum size of 5,0 × 12,0 mm (H × L);\n(b) the label shall be located on the front of the packaging.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Height (H); Length (L)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1103/annex/IV/part/A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:28.265178+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."
}