No. It is important that you carefully read the information below to know exactly which batteries you are required to declare, depending on whether your company/organisation is based in Belgium or abroad.
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Companies based in Belgium
Here you can find the scheme.
You are required to enter the declaration either based on your sales figures or based your purchase figures.
- If all your battery sales (sold separately or included in/sold with) are invoiced, you should declare based on your sales figures.
- If you only issue cash receipts, or a combination of cash receipts and invoices, your declarations must be based on your purchase figures.
Please bear in mind the elements listed below in order to find out exactly which batteries you are required to declare.
Declaration based on sales
- To be included in the declaration
- Batteries which you have sold in Belgium and that you have produced yourself and/or purchased from a foreign supplier who does not take over your Bebat declaration obligation.
- To be deducted from the declaration
- Batteries which you have sold abroad and which you purchased in Belgium.
- Batteries which you have sold abroad and purchased abroad from suppliers who take over your Bebat declaration obligation.
- Do not need to be declared
- Batteries sold in Belgium and which were purchased in Belgium.
- Batteries which you have sold abroad and that you have produced in Belgium or that were purchased abroad from suppliers that do not take over your Bebat declaration obligation.
How can you be sure...whether your foreign supplier takes over your Bebat declaration obligation?
This is the case if he:
- mentions the environmental or administrative contribution of Bebat on his invoice,
or - is affiliated to Bebat (see list of participants on myBatbase) and he confirms that he takes over your Bebat declaration obligation.
Declaration based on purchases
- To be included in the declaration
- Batteries which you purchased abroad from suppliers who do not take over your Bebat declaration obligation or batteries which you produced yourself in Belgium.
- To be deducted from the declaration
- Batteries which you purchased in Belgium and sold abroad.
- Batteries which you purchased abroad, from suppliers who have taken over your Bebat declaration obligation, and that you sell abroad.
- Batteries which you purchased abroad from suppliers who do not take over your Bebat declaration obligation, or batteries which you produced in Belgium and which you sell abroad, provided that you included these batteries in your declarations at the time of purchase or production.
- Do not need to be declared
- Batteries purchased in Belgium that are sold in Belgium.
- Batteries purchased abroad from suppliers who do not take over your Bebat declaration obligation or batteries which you produced in Belgium and which have been sold abroad, provided that you did not include these batteries in your declarations at the time of purchase or production.
Companies based outside of Belgium
Here you can find the scheme.
Your declarations should be based on your sales invoices. You declare the batteries which you sell in Belgium to private consumers via distance selling as well as to Belgian companies whose Bebat declaration obligation you take over.