Even if Member States are required to "take the necessary measures" to maximise the separate collection of waste batteries and accumulators and to achieve "maximum recycling ", Parliament did not change the collection targets proposed in the Council's common position: 25 % of portable batteries after 6 years and 45 % after 10 years.
Patērētāji ir jāinformē par pirkto bateriju jaudu, lai viņi izdarītu informācijas pamatotu izvēli, tāpēc ierosina grozījumu, kas nosaka: dalībvalstis nodrošina, ka uz visām baterijām, akumulatoriem un to iesaiņojuma norāda to jaudu.