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🔋 From electric mobility to energy storage, we must ensure batteries are fit for our green future.

As of today, the #EU Batteries Regulation will make them safer, circular and sustainable throughout their lifecycle, including:

- A restriction on harmful substances
- Mandatory minimum levels of recycled content from 2025
- Removable and replaceable portable batteries in consumer electronics by 2027
- Recovery targets for raw materials, such as nickel and lithium

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A white background with the text ‘Powering our sustainable future’. An infinity symbol is split down the middle – the right side is green with a fully charged green battery attached to it. The left side is colourless, with a grey battery detached from the infinity symbol.

Batteries

Ensuring that batteries placed on the EU market are safe and sustainable throughout their whole life cycle.
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zelzahn
zelzahn
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Really interested to see what this will give for future iPhone batteries
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alg0w
alg0w
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It is a good idea, but I'm afraid it will lead to proliferation of proprietary batteries form-factors which will reduce repair ability of the phone –¸the same problem that we had with DC chargers before USB.
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bovaz
bovaz
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I hope the EU will also include plans to start producing some batteries within our borders.
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Miki
Miki
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It is as naive as the old YU socialist quirp:

Amerika i Engleska bice zemlja proleterska.

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Rickyx
Rickyx
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Mandatory 5 years of replacement batteries would be the right complement.
In addition, each device should still work without batteries, with wall outlets.
Surely standard form factors would be brilliant, as AA and AAA have done for more than a century. By the same criteria as USB-C will become mandatory.
Suggestions are in order of priority and simplicity of approval :mastoinnocent: :coolmsn: :crazy:
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OGEL & TDM Law Journals
OGEL & TDM Law Journals
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On the "Timeline" it says 17 August *2022* for entry into force, probably meant to be 2023
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European Commission
European Commission
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@ogeltdm Thank you for your feedback. The date on the website now reflects the actual date of entry into force.
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