# The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, Regulation 8: Calculation of a producer's share


(1) The producer's share referred to in regulation 7(2) is an amount in tonnes of waste batteries.
(2) The producer's share is equal to the specified percentage of the average annual quantity in tonnes of portable batteries placed on the market for the first time in the United Kingdom by the producer during the relevant period excluding any portable batteries and accumulators that have left the United Kingdom before being sold to end users.
(3) In this regulation—
“the relevant period” means—
(a)in relation to the first compliance period, the year 2009;
(b)in relation to the compliance period 2011, the years 2009 and 2010;
(c)in relation to each subsequent compliance period, the compliance period and the two preceding years; and
“the specified percentage” means, in respect of a compliance period, the percentage specified in the table.
(4) The table is—
Compliance period
Specified percentage
2010
10%
2011
18%
2012
25%
2013
30%
2014
35%
2015
40%
2016
45%
Any year after 2016
45%

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/890/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009/regulation-8
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