Who is the "battery producer"? examples

- A battery manufacturer or a domestic importer sells batteries to a retailer who in turn sells them to end-users in the same Member State.

In this case, the battery manufacturer or the domestic importer is the producer in that Member State, as they are the ones placing the batteries on the market for the first time.

- A retailer sells batteries in a Member State; the batteries were bought outside that Member State. A retailer sells batteries to end-users in a given Member State, which he bought in another country.

In this case, as the retailer is placing these batteries on the market for the first time in the given Member State, the retailer is the producer.

- An equipment/car manufacturer buys batteries within a Member State; these batteries are then sold together with the equipment/car in the same Member State

A battery manufacturer or domestic importer in a Member State sells batteries to an equipment or car manufacturer in the same Member State who will then put the battery into equipment or a car and sell it on the market of this Member State. In this case, the battery manufacturer or domestic importer is the producer in this Member State as they are placing the batteries on the market for the first time.

- A car/equipment manufacturer buys batteries outside a Member State, then incorporates them into equipment/a car and sells this in the Member State. The car/equipment manufacturer or domestic importer sells cars/equipment in a given Member State with batteries incorporated. The batteries for the car/equipment were bought outside this Member State.

Since in this case it is the equipment or car manufacturer or domestic importer who places these batteries on the market of the Member State for the first time, they are the battery producers in this Member State.

- A company imports batteries from a non-EU parent company for its independent subsidiary located in a Member State.

In this case the independent European subsidiary is the producer, as it is the subsidiary, which places the batteries on the market in that Member State.