# Act on batteries and accumulators

Act of 24 April 2009 on batteries and accumulators (ustawa o bateriach i akumulatorach)

- Status: Amendments pending
- Legal order: Poland
- Legal area: Products and producer responsibility
- Dz.U. 2025 poz. 809 (consolidated text)
- Business profile: Smelting, Recycling, Product manufacturers

## In brief

National provisions on the placing on the market of batteries and accumulators, collection, treatment and recycling (inter alia lead-acid), implementing the repealed Directive 2006/66/EC.

## Key obligations

- Person placing on the market: organisation and financing of the collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of waste batteries (Art. 27(1))
- Person placing portable batteries on the market: achieving the collection rates set out in the regulation (Art. 33(1))
- Recycling: efficiency of at least 65% by weight for waste lead-acid batteries, with the highest possible degree of lead recycling (Art. 15(1)(1))
- Records of the type and weight of batteries placed on the market and reporting (Art. 34(1) and (2))

## Competent authority

Marshal of the Voivodeship (BDO register, reports), Regional Inspector for Environmental Protection (penalties – Art. 103(1))

## Penalties

Fines of PLN 500 to PLN 1,000,000 depending on the infringement (Arts 97–102); imposed by the Regional Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (WIOŚ) (Art. 103(1)).

## Entry into force

12.06.2009

## Application

in force to the extent not inconsistent with Regulation (EU) 2023/1542; until repealed by the new Act

## Key dates

- 23.06.2025: publication of the consolidated text (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 809)

## Pending changes

Draft Act on batteries and waste batteries (UC107, Ministry of Finance and Economy in cooperation with the Ministry of Climate and Environment) – serves the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, repeals the 2009 Act, designates the supervisory authority and penalties; planned adoption by the Council of Ministers – Q3 2026.

## Related acts

- [Batteries Regulation](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-baterie/)

## Official sources

- [Text of the act](https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20090790666)
- [Consolidated text](https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20250000809)
- [Chancellery of the Prime Minister (KPRM) – list of legislative work of the Council of Ministers, draft UC107](https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/projekt-ustawy-o-bateriach-i-zuzytych-bateriach)

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Register as of: 22.10.2026. The official text of the act prevails. IGMNiR. On the website: https://igmnir.org/en/law/#akt-pl-baterie