Item 9 of Article 1 of the RoHS directive clearly states the situation

with batteries:



(9) This Directive should apply without prejudice to

Community legislation on safety and health requirements

and specific Community waste management legislation,

in particular Council Directive 91/157/EEC of 18

March 1991 on batteries and accumulators containing

certain dangerous substances (1).





Batteries come under the battery directive.

<<http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/batteries/>>



Under the WEEE directive, batteries are one of the items that must be

removed prior to recycling.





Regards,

Chris

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Nutting

Sent: 22 December 2005 13:58

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: [LF] Lithium batteries and RoHS



Good morning all,

 

A question has been raised about lithium "coin cell" batteries and if

they are RoHS compliant.  I have not been able to find anything on the

Panasonic site for the BR2330 or CR2330 batteries.

 

Is there a layman's list of items exempted that details batteries?

 

Phil Nutting



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