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The new EU Battery Regulation.

Since 2006, the placing on the market and the associated requirements for batteries and accumulators as well as spent batteries and accumulators have been regulated by Directive 2006/66/EC. The Directive has been amended several times, most recently in 2013. On December 10, 2020, a proposal for the new Battery Regulation was published by the European Commission, with its new regulation repealing the existing Battery Directive 2006/66/EC. This draft proposal is scheduled to enter into force on January 1, 2022.

The new supply chain law:
A step toward precaution against human rights abuses.

The new supply chain law on compliance with human rights along the entire supply chain is to be passed by the end of 2021. With the new law, small to large companies will be confronted with new requirements. Now they are supposed to take extensive compliance measures (such as setting up a risk management system, conducting regular risk analyses, adopting a policy statement, etc.) to ensure the protection of human rights in connection with related supply chains.