The regulation leaves penalties to each Member State (Article 93). In France, Articles L. 521-17 and L. 521-18 of the French Environmental Code, which cover the Battery Regulation, provide for formal notice, followed, if the notice has no effect, by an administrative fine of up to €15,000, a periodic penalty payment of €1,500 per day, a prohibition on placing products on the market or product withdrawal. An appliance placed on the market after 18 February 2027 whose portable battery cannot be replaced, outside a derogation, or an LMT, industrial or vehicle battery without a passport, is exposed to these measures.
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