22. An approved batteries exporter must not issue a batteries evidence note unless—U.K.
(a)it relates to waste portable batteries accepted by that exporter in a relevant approval period for treatment and recycling at a site in relation to which the exporter is approved;
(b)it is issued in respect of waste batteries that are exported in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste M1 with respect to waste portable batteries that have arisen as waste in the United Kingdom and that have been exported for treatment and recycling at an establishment or undertaking outside the United Kingdom;
(c)it is issued with respect to waste portable batteries that have arisen as waste in the United Kingdom;
(d)it specifies the quantity in tonnes of waste portable batteries that have been accepted for export for treatment and recycling.
Marginal Citations
M1OJ No L 190, 12.7.2006, p 1.
23. An approved batteries exporter must record a quantity of waste portable batteries on a batteries evidence note in tonnes.U.K.
24. An approved batteries exporter must retain a duplicate copy of a batteries evidence note issued under these Regulations and make it available for inspection by the appropriate authority at all reasonable times.U.K.
25. An approved batteries exporter must not issue a batteries evidence note—U.K.
(a)for more than the total amount of waste portable batteries exported by that exporter; or
(b)for waste batteries that are partially treated or recycled in the United Kingdom before being exported by that exporter.
26. An approved batteries exporter must issue batteries evidence notes only in the format approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 69.U.K.
27. An approved batteries exporter must issue a batteries evidence note only to—U.K.
(a)an scheme operator;
(b)a producer who is not a scheme member or a small producer.
28. An approved batteries exporter must not issue a batteries evidence note which relates to waste batteries accepted for treatment or recycling in any relevant approval period after 30th April in the year following the relevant approval period.U.K.