Ordinance on the Return and Disposal of Used Batteries and Accumulators (Battery Ordinance - BattV)1) In the version promulgated on 2 July 2001 (Federal Law GazetteI, page 1486, most recently amended by the Act of 9 September 2001, Federal Law GazetteI, page 2331) Section 1 General provisions Article 1 Waste Management Objectives The aim of this Ordinance is to reduce the entry of harmful substances from batteries into waste, by 1. prohibiting the marketing of certain batteries containing harmful substances 2. ensuring that used batteries are returned and properly and harmlessly recovered in accordance with the provisions of the Closed Substance Cycle 1 This Ordinance serves to implement Council Directive 91/157/EEC of 18 March 1991 on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances (Official Journal of the European Communities No. L 78, page 38), Commission Directive 93/86/EEC of 4 October 1993 on adapting to technical progress C...