# 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), Article 1: Scope and interpretation

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

1. This Regulation shall apply to portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators placed on the market for the first time 18 months after 30th November 2010 .
(1A) In paragraph 1, ‘placed on the market’ means supplied or made available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a third party within the Great Britain and includes import into the Great Britain.
2. This Regulation shall not apply to portable secondary (rechargeable) batteries and accumulators as listed in Annex I.
(3.) In this Regulation, “appliance” means any electrical or electronic equipment, as defined by Article 3(1)(a) of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), which is fully or partly powered by batteries or accumulators or is capable of being so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1103/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1103/article-1
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