As per these Rules, the Producer (manufacturers, importers) shall have the obligation of Extended Producer Responsibility for the battery they introduce in the market and the Producer shall meet the collection and recycling targets as given in Schedule II of the rules to ensure the attainment of EPR obligations.
EPR is defined as ‘an environmental policy approach in which a producer’s responsibility, physical and/ or financial, for a product, is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product’s life cycle.
(1)Shifting of responsibility upstream towards the producer and away from municipalities
(2)Providing incentives to producers to include environmental considerations in their product design, such as
a) reducing material consumption,
b)using more secondary material,
c)promoting product eco-design
‘Cell’ means a basic functional unit consisting of an assembly of electrodes, electrolytes, containers, terminals, and separators that are sources of energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and includes primary and/or secondary cells.
Automotive battery’ means any Battery used only for automotive starter, lighting, or ignition power.
‘Electric vehicle battery’ means any Battery specifically designed to provide traction to hybrid and electricvehicles for road transport;
‘Portable battery’ means Battery that is sealed, less than five kilograms, not made for industrial purposes, electric vehicle or to be used as an Automotive Battery;
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‘Manufacturer’ means a person or an entity or a company as defined in the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) or a factory as in the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948) which has facilities for manufacturing Battery and/or its components;
‘Producer’ means an entity who engages in:
(i) manufacture and sale of Battery including refurbished Battery, including in equipment, under its own brand; or
(ii) sale of Battery including refurbished Battery, including in equipment, under its brand produced by other manufacturers or suppliers; or
(iii) import of Battery as well as equipment containing Battery;
Waste Battery’ includes:
1. PAN, GST, CIN of the Company
2. Aadhar, PAN of Authorized person (Scanned Copies)
3. Scanned copy containing details of products (type and quantity) produced/marketed.
4. Covering letter in PDF format.
5. Scanned copy of signatures of authorized persons in png, jpeg, jpg.
6. Application Document (if any)
7. Sales Record
A. Be printed beneath the symbol shown in Figure I; and
B. cover an area of at least one-quarter the size of the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol as indicated below:
Figure 1
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