Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee
8 July 2026
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Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee House of Commons
00:04 - 00:25
Speaker 2
Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee. Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026. Before we start, just quick domestic. If we open the windows, it will probably get worse and the doors have to be closed. So please feel free, colleagues, to divest yourself of clothing within reason.
Minister.
00:25 - 01:46
Speaker 1
Thank you, Dr. Murrison. It's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today and I've immediately availed myself of your generous offer to take some clothes off. So it's always a good way to start the afternoon. If anyone's had the scampi and chips in the members' tea room, that will certainly keep us powering through. I beg to move that the House approves the Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026, which was laid before this House on the 4th of June.
In 2023, the European Union replaced their 2006 Batteries Directive with a new Batteries Regulation. This introduced updated placing on the market requirements for batteries, including design, information, and labelling specifications. This EU regulation achieves several objectives. By introducing new requirements relating to carbon footprint, performance, durability, and recycled content, and updating the requirements for the removability and replaceability of batteries from containing devices, it addresses the environmental and safety performance of batteries. The EU regulation introduces specific safety requirements for stationary battery energy storage systems and updates information requirements, including on battery state of health and expected lifetime.
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