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ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked

Home and kitchen goodsMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 6 not read yet
Sources read
  • retained food-contact framework (Reg. 1935/2004 as retained)
Not read yet
  • GB plastic food-contact rules (retained Reg. 10/2011)
  • GB ceramics rules
  • UK REACH restrictions
  • General Product Safety Regulations 2005
  • Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988
  • PSTI
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 19 Aug 20263 areas read · 3 not read yet
Sources read
  • retained and amended Reg. 1223/2009 Annexes II to VI and Art. 19 (legislation.gov.uk)
  • retained Reg. 1223/2009 Arts. 4 to 13: UK Responsible Person, safety assessment and safety report, product information file, SCPN notification (legislation.gov.uk)
  • Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1478): labelling language
Not read yet
  • Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 offences, penalties and enforcement powers
  • differences between GB and Northern Ireland
  • packaging rules, and the SPF and UVA testing approach for sunscreen claims (Recommendation 2006/647/EC)
Packaged food and beveragesMain sourcesfrom 13 Nov 20255 areas read · 9 not read yet

Great Britain food law as revised on legislation.gov.uk up to 13 Nov 2025.

Sources read
  • retained Reg. 1169/2011
  • Reg. 1333/2008 and Reg. 178/2002 as amended for Great Britain (legislation.gov.uk)
  • Food Information Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1855)
  • contaminants as retained Reg. 1881/2006
  • GB food additive list (retained Reg. 1333/2008 Annex II as in force on 2024-06-28, the terms the FSA register preserves)
Not read yet
  • GB food additive list changes after 2024-06-28 (Annex II was omitted from the revised legislation from 1 April 2025 by S.I. 2025/361; the FSA Register of Food Additive Authorisations holds later changes, for example the February 2026 steviol glycoside conditions E 960a-c)
  • GB Annex III of Reg. 1333/2008 (additives in additives, enzymes, flavourings and nutrients)
  • Northern Ireland (EU rules apply under the Windsor Framework)
  • Scottish
  • Welsh and Northern Irish regulations
  • HFSS promotion and placement rules
  • front-of-pack traffic-light guidance (voluntary)
  • UK GM and claims registers
  • import controls (IPAFFS)
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20257 areas read · 4 not read yet
Sources read
  • UKCA marking and Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regs 2016
  • EMC Regs 2016
  • Radio Equipment Regs 2017
  • RoHS Regs 2012
  • WEEE Regs 2013
  • PSTI Act 2022 and Security Requirements Regs 2023
  • Plugs and Sockets Regs 1994
Not read yet
  • GB ecodesign (Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regs 2021)
  • Northern Ireland EU-rule application
  • GB REACH article duty
  • producer compliance scheme fees
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20254 areas read · 6 not read yet
Sources read
  • Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/890)
  • Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles Regulations 1983 and 2015 amendment (250 W, 25 km/h) as made
  • General Product Safety Regulations 2005
  • power banks and battery chargers as electrical equipment: EMC Regulations 2016, Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016, Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 and WEEE Regulations 2013 (the electronics rules applied to these categories)
Not read yet
  • GB lithium battery product-safety rules beyond the GPSR (no battery-specific instrument stored)
  • revised consolidated text of SI 1983/1168 (only the text as first made is held, without later amendments)
  • Pedal Cycles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1983, Road Vehicles Construction and Use for e-scooters
  • Northern Ireland EU battery rule application
  • producer compliance scheme fees
  • SI 2008/2164 regs. 8 to 25 and SI 2009/890 enforcement, offences and scheme-approval Parts are not covered

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The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009SI 2009/8909 rulesIn force from: 5 May 2009Industries: Electronics, Home and kitchen, Cosmetics
Requirement
Applies when
Effective
Source
Ban

UK waste batteries: distributor-no-separate-charge

Banned

Above 0 charge (content basis)

Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

  • Contains a battery
  • Battery category: Portable battery
  • Your role: Distributor

Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

In force since 1 Feb 2010

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Feb 2010

Part 4 comes into force on 1st February 2010 (reg. 1(2)(b)).

“A distributor must not show separately the costs of the collection, treatment and recycling of waste portable batteries to an end-user at the time of sale”
reg. 34 (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
Declaration

Producer of portable batteries: declare battery producer registration number (reg. 30)

Declaration required

Battery producer registration number, declared to any person to whom the producer sells or supplies batteries in the UK

Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

  • Contains a battery
  • Battery category: Portable battery
  • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

In force since 5 May 2009

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)).

“A producer who is registered with an appropriate authority under regulation 26 must declare its battery producer registration number to any person to whom that producer intends to sell, sells or otherwise supplies batteries in the United Kingdom.”
reg. 30 · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
Declaration

UK waste batteries: record-keeping

Declaration required

Written records of tonnes of portable batteries placed on the market, total and by chemistry type, kept four years and available to the appropriate authority

Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

  • Contains a battery
  • Battery category: Portable battery
  • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

In force since 5 May 2009

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)); the provision states no other date.

“A producer of portable batteries must keep records in writing of— a the total amount in tonnes;”
reg. 12(1) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
Registration

UK waste batteries: compliance-scheme-membership

Registration required

Membership of an approved battery compliance scheme, joined by 15 October of the preceding year (reg. 9)

Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

  • Contains a battery
  • Battery category: Portable battery
  • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

In force since 5 May 2009

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)); the provision states no other date.

“A person must be a member of a battery compliance scheme in respect of any compliance period during which that person is a producer of portable batteries.”
reg. 9(1) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
Registration

UK waste batteries: small-producer-registration

Registration required

Register kept by the appropriate authority (reg. 26(4) small producers; scheme members are registered by the scheme operator, reg. 26(1))

Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

  • Contains a battery
  • Battery category: Portable battery
  • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

In force since 16 Oct 2009

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 16 Oct 2009

Applies to placing on the market after 15th October 2009 (reg. 26(4)); first day 2009-10-16.

“A small producer must make an application to register with the appropriate authority within 28 days of the date that producer first places portable batteries on the market”
reg. 26(4) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
Conformity

UK waste batteries: distributor-take-back

Must meet the conditions of Take back waste portable batteries from end-users at no charge at any place the distributor supplies such batteries

Exemptions (1)

Small distributor: supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year (reg. 31(3), (5))

In this regulation “small distributor” means a distributor who supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year.
reg. 31(5) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)

Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

  • Contains a battery
  • Battery category: Portable battery
  • Your role: Distributor

Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

In force since 1 Feb 2010

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Feb 2010

Part 4 comes into force on 1st February 2010 (reg. 1(2)(b)).

“take back waste portable batteries at no charge”
reg. 31(1)(a) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
Disclosure

UK waste batteries: distributor-take-back

Disclosure to consumer

Inform end-users about the possibility of take back of waste portable batteries at the distributor's sales points

Exemptions (1)

Small distributor: supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year (reg. 31(3), (5))

In this regulation “small distributor” means a distributor who supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year.
reg. 31(5) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)

Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

  • Contains a battery
  • Battery category: Portable battery
  • Your role: Distributor

Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

In force since 1 Feb 2010

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Feb 2010

Part 4 comes into force on 1st February 2010 (reg. 1(2)(b)).

“inform end-users about the possibility of such take back at the distributor's sales points”
reg. 31(1)(b) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
Conformity

UK waste batteries: financing

Must meet the conditions of Finance the net costs of collection, treatment and recycling of the producer's share of waste portable batteries (reg. 7 and 8); met by scheme membership (reg. 10)

Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

  • Contains a battery
  • Battery category: Portable battery
  • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

In force since 5 May 2009

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)); the provision states no other date.

“A producer of portable batteries, or a third party acting on its behalf, must finance the net costs arising from the collection, treatment and recycling of its share”
reg. 7(2) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
Notification

UK waste batteries: small-producer-report

Notification to appropriate authority (Environment Agency, NRBW, SEPA or Department of the Environment NI)

Total tonnes and tonnes by chemistry type of portable batteries placed on the market, by 31 January of the next year

Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

  • Contains a battery
  • Battery category: Portable battery
  • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

In force since 5 May 2009

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)); the provision states no other date.

“A small producer must provide to the appropriate authority information on the total amount in tonnes of portable batteries”
reg. 13(1) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
  • Ban

    UK waste batteries: distributor-no-separate-charge

    Banned

    Above 0 charge (content basis)

    Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Battery category: Portable battery
    • Your role: Distributor

    Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

    Effective

    In force since 1 Feb 2010

    Applies to products sold on or after 1 Feb 2010

    Part 4 comes into force on 1st February 2010 (reg. 1(2)(b)).

    Source
    “A distributor must not show separately the costs of the collection, treatment and recycling of waste portable batteries to an end-user at the time of sale”
    reg. 34 (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
  • Declaration

    Producer of portable batteries: declare battery producer registration number (reg. 30)

    Declaration required

    Battery producer registration number, declared to any person to whom the producer sells or supplies batteries in the UK

    Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Battery category: Portable battery
    • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

    Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

    Effective

    In force since 5 May 2009

    Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

    Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)).

    Source
    “A producer who is registered with an appropriate authority under regulation 26 must declare its battery producer registration number to any person to whom that producer intends to sell, sells or otherwise supplies batteries in the United Kingdom.”
    reg. 30 · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
  • Declaration

    UK waste batteries: record-keeping

    Declaration required

    Written records of tonnes of portable batteries placed on the market, total and by chemistry type, kept four years and available to the appropriate authority

    Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Battery category: Portable battery
    • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

    Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

    Effective

    In force since 5 May 2009

    Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

    Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)); the provision states no other date.

    Source
    “A producer of portable batteries must keep records in writing of— a the total amount in tonnes;”
    reg. 12(1) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
  • Registration

    UK waste batteries: compliance-scheme-membership

    Registration required

    Membership of an approved battery compliance scheme, joined by 15 October of the preceding year (reg. 9)

    Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Battery category: Portable battery
    • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

    Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

    Effective

    In force since 5 May 2009

    Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

    Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)); the provision states no other date.

    Source
    “A person must be a member of a battery compliance scheme in respect of any compliance period during which that person is a producer of portable batteries.”
    reg. 9(1) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
  • Registration

    UK waste batteries: small-producer-registration

    Registration required

    Register kept by the appropriate authority (reg. 26(4) small producers; scheme members are registered by the scheme operator, reg. 26(1))

    Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Battery category: Portable battery
    • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

    Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

    Effective

    In force since 16 Oct 2009

    Applies to products placed on the market on or after 16 Oct 2009

    Applies to placing on the market after 15th October 2009 (reg. 26(4)); first day 2009-10-16.

    Source
    “A small producer must make an application to register with the appropriate authority within 28 days of the date that producer first places portable batteries on the market”
    reg. 26(4) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
  • Conformity

    UK waste batteries: distributor-take-back

    Must meet the conditions of Take back waste portable batteries from end-users at no charge at any place the distributor supplies such batteries

    Exemptions (1)

    Small distributor: supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year (reg. 31(3), (5))

    In this regulation “small distributor” means a distributor who supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year.
    reg. 31(5) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)

    Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Battery category: Portable battery
    • Your role: Distributor

    Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

    Effective

    In force since 1 Feb 2010

    Applies to products sold on or after 1 Feb 2010

    Part 4 comes into force on 1st February 2010 (reg. 1(2)(b)).

    Source
    “take back waste portable batteries at no charge”
    reg. 31(1)(a) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
  • Disclosure

    UK waste batteries: distributor-take-back

    Disclosure to consumer

    Inform end-users about the possibility of take back of waste portable batteries at the distributor's sales points

    Exemptions (1)

    Small distributor: supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year (reg. 31(3), (5))

    In this regulation “small distributor” means a distributor who supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year.
    reg. 31(5) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)

    Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Battery category: Portable battery
    • Your role: Distributor

    Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

    Effective

    In force since 1 Feb 2010

    Applies to products sold on or after 1 Feb 2010

    Part 4 comes into force on 1st February 2010 (reg. 1(2)(b)).

    Source
    “inform end-users about the possibility of such take back at the distributor's sales points”
    reg. 31(1)(b) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
  • Conformity

    UK waste batteries: financing

    Must meet the conditions of Finance the net costs of collection, treatment and recycling of the producer's share of waste portable batteries (reg. 7 and 8); met by scheme membership (reg. 10)

    Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Battery category: Portable battery
    • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

    Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

    Effective

    In force since 5 May 2009

    Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

    Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)); the provision states no other date.

    Source
    “A producer of portable batteries, or a third party acting on its behalf, must finance the net costs arising from the collection, treatment and recycling of its share”
    reg. 7(2) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)
  • Notification

    UK waste batteries: small-producer-report

    Notification to appropriate authority (Environment Agency, NRBW, SEPA or Department of the Environment NI)

    Total tonnes and tonnes by chemistry type of portable batteries placed on the market, by 31 January of the next year

    Official text, current to 27 Feb 2025. legislation.gov.uk revised version (The National Archives), current when read: this version applies from 2025-02-27, last updated 2025-05-19.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Battery category: Portable battery
    • Your role: Manufacturer or Importer

    Depends on: contains battery, battery category, economic operator role

    Effective

    In force since 5 May 2009

    Applies to products placed on the market on or after 5 May 2009

    Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 (reg. 1(2)); the provision states no other date.

    Source
    “A small producer must provide to the appropriate authority information on the total amount in tonnes of portable batteries”
    reg. 13(1) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2009/890(opens in a new tab)

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