scope:

This document provides requirements and recommendations on environmental aspects of secondary lithium, nickel cadmium and nickel-metal hydride cells and batteries for portable applications (hereafter referred to as "relevant secondary cells and batteries"). Relevant secondary cells and batteries are specified in the scopes of IEC 61960-3, IEC 61960-4, IEC 61951-1, IEC 61951-2. NOTE - Portable applications are defined in IEC 61960-3 as the following: Portable applications comprise hand-held equipment, transportable equipment, and movable equipment. See IEC 61960-3 for examples. This document is not intended to be applied for batteries embedded in end-use products. Once the embedded battery is removed from an end-use product, this document becomes applicable to it. The safety and control circuits as well as cases associated with relevant secondary batteries, but not part of an end-use product, are covered by this document as parts of the relevant secondary batteries. NOTE - See Annex A and C for examples of regional regulations applicable and not applicable to batteries.