1. RECHARGE 6th WRBRF, March 23-24, Berlin
Update of activities in Europe
RECHARGE th WRBRF, March 23-24, Berlin
PPT 1.b.1.

2. Introduction: European Policy on Sustainability & Global Issues
1. Agenda
Introduction: European Policy on Sustainability & Global Issues
Batteries and the European Policy
Placing on the market
End of Life
Transport and Safety

3. 4 Key Priorities in the European Agenda
Climate Change
2. Renewable and low carbon Energy
3. Critical Raw Materials
4. Resource Efficiency
Batteries are the ‘pacemakers’ of progress.

4. 2030 Climate & Energy Goals

5. 2030 Climate & Energy Goals A binding greenhouse gas reduction target
Reduction of GHG emissions by 40% below 1990 level
Request that EU Council & Parliament pledge for this 40% during the international negotiations on a new climate agreement due to be concluded in Paris at the end of 2015
An EU-wide binding renewable energy target
Renewable energy target of 27%
Energy Efficiency
Details in the review of the Energy Efficiency Directive due to be concluded later in 2014.
Competitive, affordable & secure energy – alignment accross Members States

6. AFID = Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive
Important new Directive including e-mobility infrastructure & standardization requirements in Europe

7. STTP – Roadmap further developed
Moved from a technology roadmap towards a deployment roadmap of BEV, PHEV, FCEV.
Focussed on 3 scenario’s:
Introducing electrified transport of people and goods in cities – 2015
Advancing electric mobility to be affordable for everybody – 2020
Integrated electro-mobility with extended performance and range – 2025
Discussion points:
What to recommend other than electricity ?
Charging infrastructure: promote normal or fast charging, what about smart chargers, potential impact on the battery

8. European Green Vehicle Initiative
A Common Strategic Framework program from the EU for the period has been created: Horizon 2020 (H2020).
Public Private Partnership - PPP : ‘European Green Vehicles Initiative’ (EGVI) to further develop the roadmaps to deploy electro-mobility in Europe.
BMS – battery management system
Electric & electronic architecture
Integration of e-cars into the charging and grid system

9. Resource Efficiency-Critical Raw Materials
‘Critical’ in the meaning of
a high supply risk
(political stability – concentration of supply) combined with
a high economic relevance.
20 CRM identified:
antimony, beryllium, cobalt, fluorspar, gallium, germanium, indium, magnesium, natural graphite, niobium, platinum group metals, light & heavy rare earths, tungsten ,borates, chromium, coking coal, magnesite, phosphate rock, silicon metal.
A significant activity is ongoing around the topics of Resource Efficiency, Sustainability, and Critical Raw Materials.

10. Priorities to get to a Circular Economy

11. Circular economy package
1. Batteries and the European policy on Sustainability
New Commission project about update and new objectives in the European Waste Directives:
Circular economy package
Recharge was involved and supported the document.
not proposed to vote by the new Commission.
But
assessment of the Battery directive still at the agenda for Depending on the result, revision may be proposed in ( see specific presentation).
Commission announced a new “ more ambitious proposal” in 2016?

12. MARKET DATA for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries: technology trend
2. Placing on the Market -1
MARKET DATA for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries: technology trend
Detailed Avicenne data available (see specific presentation).
MARKET DATA for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries: portable growth slowing at 2% CAGR, Automotive at 13% CAGR: (see PPT 05)

13. 2. Placing on the Market -2 2. REACH:
Follow-up of substances used in Batteries, possibly under REACH authorisation process
Ni Compounds
Co compounds
NMP
New position of the industry for REACH regulation:
Support application of the regulation for workers protections based on OEL, when applicable, instead of REACH authorisation process.

14. 2. Placing on the Market -3
3. BATTERIES DIRECTIVE.
2016 is the end of the exemption for POM Ni-Cd batteries for power tools.
4. ECODESIGN (UPS,...)
Release of the final proposal for design of UPS. New list 2015 proposal, including cell phones, and possibly tranversal batteries study
RECHARGE proposal with CDI for the exemption of batteries substances in laptop computers.
5. Product Environmental Footprint, ECOLABEL
Recharge pilot project of PEF for batteries is on-going.

15. 3. End of life -1
BATTERIES DIRECTIVE.
Eurostat consolidating data from Member states since June 30th: report not yet available?
Several organisations are promoting positions papers for the revision of the definitions of Portable/industrial batteries.
RECHARGE working group exploring possible positions.
Portable/ Industrial definition
Collection targets
Recycling efficiency
Labelling (specific presentation)
WASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE
List of Waste update at the Commission agenda, including batteries.

16. 3. End of life -2
3. WEEE Directive
CENELEC standard for recycling published in 2014: batteries can be removed “mechanically, chemically or metallurgically”: it leaves the possibility to the WEEE recyclers to recycle batteries, as long as they can calculate and report a recycling efficiency.
4. ELV Directive
Follow up of Eurobat work about renewal of the exemption, annex 2 in ELV directive
5. Certification of EoL actors
Project proposal with EBRA, EUROMETAUX and WEEEForum: the project will not be funded ( lack of ressources from H2020).
5. Sorting of the Li-ion batteries in the lead-acid waste streams
Working group with EUROBAT
IEC proposal to launch a new labelling standard under discussion.

17. 1. TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS
4. Transport and safety
1. TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS
Many proposals voted at the December UNSCTDG Session in Geneva.
Mandate for a new Working group about UN safety testing of large Li batteries and definitions (UN 38.3 revision).
100 Wh limit increase for exemption according SP188 was refused, new a proposal under construction, based on tests results.
UN transport e-book: edition 2 (2014) released for Lithium batteries.
Eurobat has accepted to contribute (2/3) for a second book on transport of other batteries ( Pb, Ni-MH, Na-S)

18. Discussion about the communication supports on going.
4. Transport and safety 2
2. SAFETY
Ban of the Li-metal from the cargo of passenger aircrafts has been obtained by ICAO.
Update of the emergency response guidances (on-line on our website), following the July 1rst workshop: Safety of Li batteries in storage
ISO/CTIF: standardisation work started in the ISO/TC22, about a rescue sheets and the emergency Follow up of the ISO
part 1: "rescue information" working group7 under ISO/TC22/SC/12 has finished is work. Voted recently, should be publish soon.
part 2 rescue sheets for bused and coaches
Part 3: training manuals
part 4: Drive line identification signs
Discussion about the communication supports on going.