The present Ordinance implements the Council Directive 91/157/EEC of 18 March 1991 on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances. Its aim is to reduce the entry of harmful substances from batteries into waste, by 1. prohibiting the marketing of certain batteries containing harmful substances 2. ensuring that used batteries are returned and properly and harmlessly recovered in accordance with the provisions of the Closed Substance Cycleand Waste Management Act, and that th