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Articles

Written from named sources. Each one says the day we last read them.

When an article covers one country's detail, its canonical points at that country's site rather than competing with it — the local detail belongs there, and two of our own domains fighting over the same query helps nobody.

Batteries

Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, read for whoever puts a battery on the market, loose or inside a product.

Country guides

10 countries, documented line by line. Every operated country has its source ledger.

A guide exists once we hold the register, the schemes and the legal texts for that country, not merely once we open it. 10 countries run today, and all 10 have been through that review.

  • Italy

    Public route: MASE. Filed through RENAP.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles No documented source yet

    Source reviewed 14 Aug 2026

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  • Spain

    Public route: MITECO. Filed through Registro de Productores de Producto.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles No documented source yet

    Source reviewed 14 Aug 2026

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  • Portugal

    Public route: APA. Filed through SILiAmb.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles No documented source yet

    Source reviewed 14 Aug 2026

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  • Austria

    Public route: BMLUK · EAK · VKS. Filed through EDM · ZAReg.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles No documented source yet

    Source reviewed 27 Aug 2026

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  • Belgium

    Public route: EPRiBEL. Filed through EPRiBEL · stream-specific systems.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles No documented source yet

    Source reviewed 27 Aug 2026

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  • France

    Public route: ADEME. Filed through SYDEREP.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles Documented source

    Source reviewed 27 Aug 2026

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  • Germany

    Public route: ZSVR · stiftung ear. Filed through LUCID · ear-Portal.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles No documented source yet

    Source reviewed 27 Aug 2026

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  • Netherlands

    Public route: ILT · Rijkswaterstaat. Filed through Rijkswaterstaat · stream registers.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles Documented source

    Source reviewed 27 Aug 2026

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  • Poland

    Public route: Voivodeship marshal. Filed through BDO.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles No documented source yet

    Source reviewed 27 Aug 2026

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  • Greece

    Public route: EOAN. Filed through EMPA.

    • Packaging Documented source
    • WEEE Documented source
    • Batteries Documented source
    • Textiles No documented source yet

    Source reviewed 27 Aug 2026

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  • No documented source yet — ask us before you assume

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Last source review: 14–27 August 2026