Keller and Heckman is pleased to announce the webinar, Recharge Your Battery Knowledge: An Overview of U.S. and EU Regulatory Requirements. This 90-minute webinar, to be held on February 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. EST / 4:00 p.m. CET, will be hosted by Keller and Heckman Partner Ales Bartl, Counsel Antonia Stamenova-Dancheva, and Associate Anushka Stein, with Partner Sheila Millar moderating. 

Explore the current regulatory landscape for lithium and alkaline batteries in the United States (U.S.) and European Union (EU) and hear about upcoming compliance obligations, including Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements in California for covered battery-embedded products and the next batch of requirements under the EU Batteries Regulation. Battery manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, as well as companies which require lithium or alkaline batteries to power their consumer products would greatly benefit from this webinar presented by Keller and Heckman’s U.S. and EU teams of product safety thought-leaders. 

This webinar will compare and contrast legal obligations for batteries in both the U.S. and EU. Highlights include:

• Safety, performance, and labeling requirements including —
  • In the U.S. under Reese’s Law, mandatory standards recognized by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), voluntary industry standards, and retailer requirements for batteries 
  • In the EU under the EU Batteries Regulation, rules governing CE marking, and harmonized standards
• Recall considerations 
• Considerations for disposal, including relevant EPR laws 
• Enforcement actions