{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-493/annex-IV/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-493/annex-IV/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/493",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 493/2012 of 11 June 2012 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, detailed rules regarding the calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-493",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "For lead-acid batteries and accumulators input into the recycling process the following information shall be reported:",
  "text": "Recycling efficiency of a battery recycling process (lead-acid batteries)\nCalendar year\nFacility\nName\nStreet\nCity\nCountry\nContact person\nE-mail\nTel.\nDescription of the complete battery recycling process:\nNotes:\nFacility treating the waste batteries and accumulators after collection, eventual sorting and preparation for recycling.\nDescription of the complete battery recycling process, no matter if carried out by one or several facilities (including a description of the individual recycling steps and their output fractions).\nDescription of waste batteries and accumulators as received after collection, eventual sorting and preparation for recycling.\nWet mass of waste batteries and accumulators as received after collection, eventual sorting and preparation for recycling (the mass of separated impurities and outer casing of battery packs as well as the water content as specified in the field ‘overall composition’ shall be subtracted for the calculation of the recycling efficiency).\nData transferred from Annex IV(2).\nCalculated according to the formula for RE based on data reported according to Annex IV(2).\nCalculated according to the formula for RPb based on data reported according to Annex IV(2).\nExamples of impurities include plastic, ebonite chips, items/pieces of iron, fibres from electronic scrap, molten aluminium.\nInput to the complete battery recycling process\nDescription of waste batteries and accumulators\nEWC code(optional)\nMass\nOverall composition of input\nminput\nt/a\nElement or compound\nmass %\n[t/a]\nElements or components, which are not part of the input fractions\nImpurities\nOuter casing of battery pack\nWater (H2O)\nOther\nElements or components, which are part of the input fractions\nLead (Pb)\nSulphuric acid (H2SO4)\nPlastics\nOther\nminput, total\nmoutput, Pb\nmoutput, total\nRecycling efficiency (RE):\nmoutput/minput\nmass %\nDegree of recycled Pb (RPb):\nmPb output/mPb input\nmass %",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Facility treating the waste batteries and accumulators after collection, eventual sorting and preparation for recycling."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Description of the complete battery recycling process, no matter if carried out by one or several facilities (including a description of the individual recycling steps and their output fractions)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Description of waste batteries and accumulators as received after collection, eventual sorting and preparation for recycling."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Wet mass of waste batteries and accumulators as received after collection, eventual sorting and preparation for recycling (the mass of separated impurities and outer casing of battery packs as well as the water content as specified in the field ‘overall composition’ shall be subtracted for the calculation of the recycling efficiency)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Examples of impurities include plastic, ebonite chips, items/pieces of iron, fibres from electronic scrap, molten aluminium."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Data transferred from Annex IV(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Calculated according to the formula for RE based on data reported according to Annex IV(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Calculated according to the formula for RPb based on data reported according to Annex IV(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/493/annex/IV/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:24.121858+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."
}