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Batteries: Recycling

Commons · Question 127773 · Tabled 15 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 21 Apr 2026

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether EU Regulation 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries will come into force in Northern Ireland before equivalent requirements are introduced in Great Britain; and what asses

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 21 Apr 2026

No UK Internal Market assessment has been made. Article 5(4), in conjunction with Article 13(3) of the Windsor Framework, provides that the EU law listed in Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework, including that law as amended or replaced, will apply to and in ...