Batteries and accumulators – Act on Wastes

(Final report of the project of 2013)

(Prague, January 3, 2014) Portable batteries and accumulators belong among products that are regulated by the Act on Wastes concerning marking, information obligations of distributors as well as take-back of used products. At present, inspection activity of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority is mostly preventive and informative and has been positively reflected in results of surveillance actions in 2013 when only one breach of the Act on Wastes concerning monitored assortment was detected. CTIA will continue in systematic inspections carried out from 2010 as well as efforts for increasing legal awareness of distributors of batteries and accumulators concerning determined obligations.

The complete press release is available in the attachment.


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