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All manufacturers of batteries and accumulators, importers, as well as distributors in certain cases must register in this Registry of Batteries and Accumulators.
 

In the Royal Decree of batteries and accumulators 106/2008, regardless of whether it is a natural or legal person, the following types of producers are distinguished:

• Manufacturer: manufactures in Spain (unless it manufactures for third parties under the brand of another company, in which case the latter may, by agreement between the parties, assume the status of producer).
• White label seller: own brand or distribution brand. You can assume the condition of producer of the batteries and/or accumulators that you sell, even if they are manufactured in Spain by another company in your name.
• Importer: imports batteries and/or accumulators from a Member State of the European Union or from a third country for sale in Spain.
• Distributor: if you import batteries and/or accumulators that you sell, you become a producer (importer) in relation to those batteries and/or accumulators. If all the batteries and/or accumulators that it sells have been purchased from manufacturers or importers that are already producers in Spain, the distributor is not a producer.
• Remote seller: if you are established outside of Spain and sell batteries and/or accumulators by means of distance communication directly to private households or professional users in Spain, you are a producer.

[Note: it is also valid if you are established in Spain and fall into any of the above cases. For example, if you import batteries and/or accumulators to sell them at a distance over the Internet, you would be an importer].

In all these cases, the producer must register and declare his condition as a producer.
 

It affects all types of batteries, accumulators and batteries, regardless of their shape, volume, weight, composition or use:

• Button Cells (Diameter > Height)
• Standard Battery (Not button, weight < 1k)
• Portable batteries (Not industrial or automotive)
• Batteries, Accumulators and Automotive Batteries
• Batteries, Accumulators and Industrial Batteries with Cadmium
• Batteries, Accumulators and Industrial Batteries with Lead
• Batteries, Accumulators and Industrial Batteries without Cadmium and without Lead
• Other types

It includes batteries, accumulators and batteries from vehicles at the end of their useful life and also electrical and electronic equipment. The only exceptions are cells, accumulators and batteries used in equipment designed for military purposes or intended to be sent into space.

The placing of batteries on the market is carried out considering the national regulations for batteries and accumulators (Royal Decree 106/2008, of February 1, on batteries and accumulators and the Environmental management of their waste, modified by Royal Decree 710/2015, of July 24).

These Royal Decrees affect all the batteries and accumulators included in EEE, regardless of whether or not they can be extracted from them.

In any case, the producer who places batteries and/or accumulators on the national market for the first time, whether or not they are incorporated into electrical and/or electronic devices, must be registered with the RII-PYA regardless of the reporting channel used and declare the quantities put on the market.