MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - new EU directive concerning battery replaceability

axel77 · 10-10-2008, 03:41 PM

Note that when a directive is (in contrast to a regulation) affective in the EU, its not yet "valid law". Only the nations themselves are then required to turn this into national law in a given time frame. So this might yet take some time until being really effective. There are only rare cases where a costumer can call upon a direct effect of a directive when suing their nation for not fullfilling the directive within time.

However it looks like over short or long, it is coming!
I personally approve this directive btw :-)

EDIT: 2 things I'm wondering about:
* Where exactly does that directive tell about user-exchangeable batteries.

* Suppose my iLiad as at the end of life, what do I do with it? Since the battery is a highly toxic part, and unseperatble from the rest of the device, where do I put it to?

10-10-2008, 03:41 PM	#4
axel77 Fanatic Posts: 584 Karma: 914 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: iliad	Note that when a directive is (in contrast to a regulation) affective in the EU, its not yet "valid law". Only the nations themselves are then required to turn this into national law in a given time frame. So this might yet take some time until being really effective. There are only rare cases where a costumer can call upon a direct effect of a directive when suing their nation for not fullfilling the directive within time. However it looks like over short or long, it is coming! I personally approve this directive btw :-) EDIT: 2 things I'm wondering about: * Where exactly does that directive tell about user-exchangeable batteries. * Suppose my iLiad as at the end of life, what do I do with it? Since the battery is a highly toxic part, and unseperatble from the rest of the device, where do I put it to?