http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/493/article/3Commission Regulation (EU) No 493/2012 of 11 June 2012 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, detailed rules regarding the calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators (Text with EEA relevance)Commission Regulation (EU) No 493/2012Commission Regulation (EU) No 493/2012 of 11 June 2012 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, detailed rules regarding the calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators (Text with EEA relevance)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R0493texttext/xmlen2025-04-23Expert Participation2025-02-27 Calculation of recycling efficiencyArticle 31The method set out in Annex I shall be used to calculate the recycling efficiency of a process for recycling waste lead-acid, nickel-cadmium and other batteries and accumulators.2The method set out in Annex II shall be used to calculate the rate of recycled lead content for any recycling process.3The method set out in Annex III shall be used to calculate the rate of recycled cadmium content for any recycling process.4Recyclers shall report the information shown in Annex IV, Annex V and Annex VI, as applicable, on an annual basis and shall send it to the competent authority by no later than four months from the end of a calendar year concerned. Recyclers shall send their first annual reports no later than the 30 April 2015.5Reporting on the recycling efficiency shall cover all individual steps of recycling and all corresponding output fractions.6Where a recycling process is carried out at more than one facility, the first recycler is responsible for submitting the information required under point 4 to the competent authority.Words in Art. 3(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 3(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 10(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)