2. Strategy
The overall goal of the 2016 – 2018 strategy is to ensure that the association focuses on activities that give added value to the membership of EPBA
The overall direction of the association will stay the same although on some issues a different emphasis is placed
The new collaboration model with the NBA’s will continue and will be rolled out to other countries with the objective of having a more coherent interest representation of the portable power industry both on national and European level

3. EPBA Strategy 2016 – 2018 EPBA Stakeholders Internal External Members
European NBAs
External
Policy makers
Industry associations (e.g. Recharge, Eucobat, Digital Europe, etc.)
Recycling Industry
Standardisation committees

4. EPBA Strategy 2016 – 2018 Geographical scope Key-focus EU 28 - Turkey
Norway Russia & CIS
Switzerland - Israel
Balkan region
900 million inhabitants
Middle-East and Africa
For the Middle-East and African region, EPBA should have a reactive approach
Should an issue arise in a specific country, EPBA would undertake research on a case-by-case basis on the basis of which it will be decided whether support is needed
When available, the local contacts of the members can be approached to consider further action in that given country

5. EPBA Strategy 2016 – 2018 3 key-priorities Legislation Sustainability
Safety & quality
Communication

6. EPBA Strategy 2016 – 2018 Legislation
To promote harmonised and workable legislation
Harmonised across Europe:
Promote public policies enabling the industry to consistently deliver sustainable power solutions, avoiding obstacles to trade
Workable legislation:
Build further on the industry’s experience to define public policies which are effective & efficient across all stakeholders
Specific actions
Monitoring legislation
Providing feedback to authorities (EU, national, international)
Strenghtening the links with the NBAs

7. EPBA Strategy 2016 – 2018 Sustainability
To stay ahead of the discussions and to become a knowledge base on sustainability issues
Specific actions
Monitoring developments on sustainability regarding policy discussions and technical studies both on European and national level
Developing inventory on technical information
To identify and activate available resources within membership to ensure that whenever needed, members can provide internal resources

8. EPBA Strategy 2016 – 2018 Safety & quality
To focus on efficient and safe use of portable power products
Specific actions
To monitor and be involved in discussions on battery ingestion
To set-up an ad-hoc technical task-force which can be contacted in case of technical issues
To develop industry guidelines

9. EPBA Strategy 2016 – 2018 Communication
To increase gradually the communication activities on selected topics
Specific actions
Use of position papers, industry guidelines, press releases
Rework the current EPBA website as a more suitable point of entry to the portable power sector
Increased focus on membership development with primary focus on the OEMs
To increase our visibility through participation to congress/ conferences beyond ICBR.

10. 2016 Working plan Battery Directive Other legislation Safety
Start revision 2006/66 Batteries Directive
Revision waste package
Circular economy
REACH
Nordic Swan
Other legislation
Safety
Battery ingestion
Communication
More pro-active positioning of EPBA

11. 2016 Working plan Battery Directive Other legislation Safety
Start revision 2006/66 Batteries Directive
Revision waste package
Circular economy
REACH
Nordic Swan
Other legislation
Safety
Battery ingestion
Communication
More pro-active positioning of EPBA

12. 2016 Working plan
REACH
The NL government will submit a proposal for harmonised classification and labelling of Cobalt Metal
Based on current information, the NL will propose a very low limit (0,01%)
Cobalt Development Institute has the lead in collecting industry feedback – EPBA, Recharge

13. 2016 Working plan Nordic Swan
Voluntary marking scheme in Nordic countries
Criteria are applicable for primary and rechargeable portable batteries
a revision of criteria for primary batteries will start normally in 2017 – subject to overall workload of the Nordic Swan organization.
Regarding the rechargeable battery criteria, an evaluation will be conducted in October / November to decide whether a further revision
Up until the new criteria are published the current version will remain valid.

14. 2016 Working plan Nordic Swan
Elements which will be included in discussions for the revision process:
Shelf life
Capacity testing after 1-2 years
Use of recycled material in battery production