ANNEX III
Format for the quality check report accompanying the data referred to in Annex I
PART 1
General information
Member State
Title
Quality check report for the data submitted for the purposes of Article 76 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542
Organisation submitting the data and the quality check report
Contact person / contact details
Reporting year
Delivery date / version of the quality check report
Claim for confidentiality
This quality check report shall be available
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to the public (on the Commission’s webpage):
☐Yes / ☐ Yes, with the exception of specific section(s) for specific reasons; please provide explicit information on which section(s) should be confidential and the justification(s) for confidentiality:___________
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to the members of the Technical Adaptation Committee (TAC) and the Expert Group on waste:
☐Yes / ☐ Yes, with the exception of section(s) for specific reasons; please provide explicit information on which section(s) should be confidential and the justification(s) for confidentiality:___________
☐No, neither on the Commission’s webpage, nor to the members of the TAC.
If no, please provide explicit information on the reasons for confidentiality of the entire report: _________________________________
PART 2
Sources of data, process for validation of data and coverage
A. QUANTITY OF BATTERIES MADE AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A MEMBER STATE AND WASTE BATTERIES COLLECTED AND TREATED
A.1. Exclusion of batteries that have left the territory before being sold to end-users from the amount of batteries made available on the market for the first time in a Member State
Please describe how it is tracked that batteries that have left the territory of the Member State in the reporting year before being sold to end-users are excluded in accordance with Article 76(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. Please detail for which batteries exclusion is unclear, if any, and the reasons for a possible lack of exclusion.
A.2. Waste batteries collected
Please describe how data on the chemistries of waste batteries collected is distinguished and how it is ensured that, e.g. starting, lighting and ignition lead-acid batteries, industrial nickel-cadmium batteries and electric vehicle lithium-based batteries are not mixed up.
A.3. Waste batteries collected and exported to third countries for recycling, preparation for recycling, preparation for re-use or preparation for repurposing
Please describe if and how the amount of waste batteries collected, which are temporarily stored before being exported to third countries for recycling, preparation for recycling, preparation for re-use or preparation for repurposing are tracked and how accurate reporting over different reporting years is ensured.
B. TREATMENT, RECYCLING EFFICIENCY RATES AND RECOVERY OF MATERIALS RATES
B.1. Treatment systems and operational conditions
Please generally describe the waste battery treatment systems available (nationally and/or outside the Member State) for the Member State’s batteries and provide information about measures taken to ensure that the operational treatment conditions are met, as referred to in Article 70 and Annex XII, Part A, of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.
B.2. Output fractions generated outside the Member State
If quantities of waste batteries are treated in other Member States and/or in third countries, please specify how it is ensured and tracked that the generated output fractions are declared and considered correctly for the calculation of the recovery of materials rates and recycling efficiency rates.
B.3. Aggregation of recycling efficiency data
Please describe how the data on recycling input and output fractions are aggregated in order to calculate the recycling efficiency rates on a national level.
B.4. Aggregation of recovery of materials data
Please describe how the data on material input and output fractions are aggregated in order to calculate the recovery of materials rates on a national level.
C. DATA SOURCES
For the following specified data sets, please describe the data sources (e.g. administrative data, national statistics, data from waste operators and/or producers/producer responsibility organisations (PROs), business reporting obligations, specific impact assessments, etc.) which provided the data per data set
C.1. Data on batteries made available on the market for the first time in a Member State (for all categories)
C.2. Data on waste batteries collected (for all categories)
C.3. Data on waste batteries exported to third countries for recycling, preparation for recycling, preparation for re-use or preparation for repurposing (for all categories)
C.4. Data on waste industrial and electric vehicle batteries delivered to preparation for re-use or preparation for repurposing
C.5. Data on waste battery recycling efficiencies (for all chemistries)
C.6. Data on waste battery recovery of materials (for all materials)
D. DATA QUALITY AND VALIDATION
D.1. Quality of data sources and estimations
Please describe the quality (i.e. accuracy and reliability) of the data for the different battery categories, chemistries and data types (including how data quality is guaranteed, challenges with data quality and how the Member State intends to improve data quality in the future).
D.2. Validation process for data accuracy
Please describe how competent authorities ensure the accuracy and reliability of data for the achievement of collection and recycling efficiency and recovery of materials targets. In the description, please indicate how aggregated data from different producers and waste management operators is validated.
D.3. Sorting of batteries into correct category
Please describe which processes are in place to ensure that all batteries are sorted into the correct battery categories and that the data for a given battery category does not include batteries of another battery category, e.g. how is it ensured that industrial batteries weighing less than 5 kg are not incorrectly categorised as portable batteries and not incorrectly accounted for the portable batteries collection rate? Please describe how the categorisation is verified.
E. DATA COMPLETENESS AND COVERAGE
E.1. General
What percentage of the batteries collected and treated is covered or estimated to be covered by the reporting scheme and what are the main systematic data gaps (e.g. a PRO or a specific company did not provide a (complete) data set; preparation for re-use or preparation for repurposing is not or is only partially covered; a specific data source is missing or incomplete; etc.)? Describe the measures being taken to remedy the failure to provide the required data.
E.2. Difficulties in data collection from another Member State or a third country
Please indicate which difficulties, if any, were experienced in collecting data from treatment operators located in another Member State or a third country. Please describe the difficulties, including their possible reasons, and the actions taken to address the difficulties.
F. DATA PLAUSIBILITY
Please indicate in the table below whether any of the following situations has occurred. If the response for one or more of the questions is yes, please provide additional information on the occurrence and its reasons.
Question
Answer
F.1.
The quantity of batteries from a category collected is higher than the quantity of batteries from that category made available on the market for the first time in a Member State.
Yes/No
F.2.
The collection rate for waste portable batteries exceeds 90 %
Yes/No
F.3.
The collection rate for waste LMT batteries exceeds 80 %
Yes/No
F.4.
The quantity of batteries from a category and chemistry exported to third countries for recycling, preparation for recycling, preparation for re-use or preparation for repurposing is higher than the quantity of batteries from that category and chemistry collected.
Yes/No
F.5.
The quantity of batteries from a chemistry supplied to recycling and accounted for in the recycling efficiency is higher than the quantity of all batteries from that chemistry collected.
Yes/No
F.6.
The recycling efficiency for lead-acid batteries exceeds 90 %.
Yes/No
F.7.
The recycling efficiency for lithium-based batteries exceeds 80 %.
Yes/No
F.8.
The recycling efficiency for nickel-cadmium batteries exceeds 95 %.
Yes/No
F.9.
The recycling efficiency for other waste batteries exceeds 75 %.
Yes/No
F.10.
The recovery of materials rate for cobalt, copper, lead or lithium exceeds 99 %.
Yes/No
F.11.
The recovery of materials rate for lithium exceeds 70 %.
Yes/No
F.12.
Break in time series (significant changes of the amounts reported over time).
Yes/No
G. OTHER DIFFERENCES OR DEVIATIONS COMPARED TO REPORTING IN PREVIOUS YEARS
In case a significant variation from the data submitted for the previous reporting year occurs, please provide explanations detailing the tonnage difference and the causes of the difference for any data type (batteries made available on the market, collected waste batteries, recycling efficiency, recovery of materials, etc.), battery category, battery chemistry and/or material.
H. MAIN NATIONAL WEBSITES, REFERENCE DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Please provide any other relevant data or data sources not indicated in the questions above, including: downloadable reference documents for data sources (e.g. from PROs, specific manufacturers, recyclers, etc.); reports addressing aspects of data quality or coverage; reports on best practice on battery collection and treatment; reports on imports and exports of batteries; reports addressing enforcement, such as from PROs on the achievements as concern battery collection, treatment and recycling; and any other source of data and information related to batteries for national reporting.
