As a producer of vehicle and industrial batteries you have to ensure that dealers and treatment facilities offer return options for these batteries that are free of charge and that they recycle the returned batteries properly.
When you are applying to register vehicle of industrial batteries you have to state that you have set up a return option and how authorised persons can have access within the scope of the registration application. Depending on how you have designed the return option you can state the appropriate information in the ear-Portal:
- Return option according to § 8 section 1 BattG: Here you explain how often the pick-up occurs and which minimum pick-up amounts apply. State the contact details here under which the return can be applied for.
- Deviating arrangement according to § 8 section 2 BattG: Here you have to state which legal requirements you are deviating from (for example: full waiver of return option, free-of-charge, reasonableness…).