You can find information on legal aspects related to batteries on the pages of the European industry associations as well as the associations of the individual European member states and our partners in the battery industry.

• http://grs-batterien.de/recht.html (only German)
• https://www.zvei.org/en/association/division/batteries-division/
• http://www.rechargebatteries.org/communication/legislation-transport/
• https://www.lithium-batterie-service.de/en (Service may be subject to charges)
• https://www.stiftung-ear.de/en/ (for electronic equipment)
• https://www.epbaeurope.net/policy-areas/national-legislation/
• http://buttonbatterysafety.com/

At European level, the following industry associations supply information on the regulation of transport, storage, safety and disposal of batteries and accumulators:

The European Battery Directive 2006/66/EC is the most important legislation for batteries in the EU market.
 

The directive applies to all types of batteries, i.e. on

• Portable batteries and rechargeable batteries
• Starter batteries (Automotive batteries)
• Industrial and appliance batteries
• Storage technologies

The legislation contains provisions on the use of certain substances in batteries and the regulation of labeling requirements. In the case of portable batteries, European legislation also envisaged specific collection targets, which should have been achieved by Sentyabr 2012, latest 2016 and have now been achieved.
 

In particular, the

• environmentally friendly disposal of batteries and accumulators (battery legislation – BattG)
• marking of the battery packs with warning symbols, which could be swallowed due to their size
• child resistant packaging
• standardization and homogenization of safety symbols.
   

For example, some warning and indication symbols on battery packs of the VARTA Microbattery: