MELSEC Battery Directive Compliance Technical Bulletin

This technical bulletin outlines compliance requirements for the new EU Battery Directive (2006/66/EC), effective September 26, 2008, which mandates printing the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol on batteries and packaging, and explaining the symbol in product manuals. It lists affected Mitsubishi MELSEC programmable controller models and batteries, detailing the schedule for symbol implementation on packaging and batteries from September 2008 and January 2009 production, respectively.