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Panasonic EU Battery Directive Statement
May 18, 2009 EU Battery Directive (2006/66/EC)
We, Panasonic Industrial Company, hereby declare that our products indicated below are in compliance with EU Directive 2006/66/EC. Please note that the NiMH, Li Ion, and some Alkaline cells are not compliant due to labeling.
Mercury and Cadmium
Panasonic’s batteries listed below do not contain Mercury (Hg) greater than 5 ppm or Cadmium (Cd) greater than 20 ppm.
Labeling
The EU battery directive requires a crossed-out dustbin recycling mark on some product.
For cylindrical batteries, this symbol must be greater than 1.5% of the surface area. On batteries where the mark will be less than 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm, no marking is required on the battery, but still must be marked on the packaging with a minimum size of 1 cm x 1 cm. This size requirement would exclude all our Panasonic lithium coin cells and most of the lithium cylindrical cells.
 Please see the specific cell type below for the description of the dustbin marking.
The following lithium cylindrical cells and their various tab configurations will have the dustbin marking on the battery itself starting with April 1st, 2008 factory shipments.
The following lithium coin cell batteries and their various tab configurations will be marked on the packaging only, no marking will appear on the cell due to the size requirements listed above.
Valve Regulated Lead Acid Batteries
Panasonic Lead acid batteries are marked with the crossed out dustbin with the lead (Pb) chemical symbol.
LC-R, LC-P, LC-X, LC-V & UP-RW - Valve Regulated Lead Acid Batteries (VRLA)
Nickel Metal Hydride and Lithium Ion cells
Panasonic Nickel Metal Hydride cells and Lithium Ion cells will not have the crossed out dustbin. These cells are intended to be used in battery pack assemblies and only the outer battery pack must be marked with the dustbin. The cells, however, are not compliant with the EU Battery Directive.
HHR – Nickel Metal Hydride cells
CGR and CGA – Li Ion cylindrical and prismatic cells
Alkaline Batteries
Panasonic Alkaline Plus product line will not have the crossed out dustbin. The new Panasonic Industrial label, effective May 2009, will have the crossed out dustbin.
Alkaline Product not compliant with the EU Battery Directive
Alkaline Product compliant with the EU Battery Directive
Please send any questions regarding this notice to oembatteries@us.panasonic.com.
Reference:
Original text of the amended EU Battery Directive
EPBA Battery guideline for marking
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