At 02:20 PM 7/25/98 +0200, Ulf Westerberg wrote:
>
>John Hermanson wrote:
>
>>I am not clear on this. Are mercury batteries only being banned in the
>>United States?
>
>I've heard a rumour that they'll be banned (in the EC that is) before the
>year of 2000. I can't remember if and when I've read it, or if it's just
>some commission in Brussels recommending this and decisions yet have to be
>taken.
I don't know the regulatory issues for the EC, but I know that Varta (a big
German manufacturer of batteries) is ending production the last day of 1998,
ostensibly due to EC requirements.
Garth
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