Contents

• Foreword
• ARN's vision
• ARN's profile and organization
• Recycling
• ARN Recycling
  • Events in 2009
  • Outlook for 2010
• Chain management
• ARN Auto Recycling
  • Efficiency measures in the chain
  • Growing market share
  • Outlook for 2010
• ARN Recycling Services
  • Events in 2009
  • Outlook for 2010
• Knowledge sharing
• ARN Advisory
  • Market trends
  • Events in 2009
  • Outlook for 2010
• Trends in vehicle numbers
• Legislation and environmental performance
  • Legislation and regulations in the Netherlands
  • Legislation and regulations in Europe
  • 2009 environmental performance
• Appendices
  • Financial report 2009
  • Notes to the financial report 2009
  • Assurance report
  • ARN Management Plan

 

ARN Management Plan

ARN Management Plan for automotive batteries and high-voltage batteries for hybrid vehicles

In the context of the 2008 Battery Management Decree, on 24 December 2008 ARN submitted a combined notification to the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. The notification was approved on 20 April 2010. The ARN Management Plan was set up to prepare and submit this notification and the annual reporting that arises from it. To establish the quantities of batteries sold by all participating importers, ARN uses the myBatbase system – an online web application that is also used by Stibat (batteries trust). This enables reports to be made in the same system and at the same time about all three categories of batteries and accumulators (i.e. portable batteries and accumulators, industrial batteries and accumulators, and automotive batteries and accumulators). Stibat manages myBatbase and has a helpdesk function. During 2009, a total of 909,775 automotive and hv batteries were reported up to and including the reference date 31-01-2010. This number comprises 384,907 starter batteries built in to cars, 16,120 hv batteries for hybrid vehicles and 508,748 other automotive batteries. A management contribution of 0.22 euros per battery was paid, which covered the costs of the ARN Management Plan. Apart from the start-up costs, the costs incurred in 2009 can be roughly divided into four categories:

• Man-hours for notification and reporting: these are the hours needed by ARN to prepare and submit the notification and reports to the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment.
• System costs: the fees paid to Stibat as manager of myBatbase for the database application and reporting system.
• Communication costs: the costs of fulfilling the obligation to communicate about the nationwide network of collection points where private end users can hand in their endof- life batteries at no charge.
• Operational costs: if the residual value of batteries is negative, ARN undertakes on behalf of the participants to continue to collect batteries. The residual value of lead batteries was negative for a brief period in January 2009.

The positive sum from the final balance is added to the automotive batteries reserve. This reserve is intended to enable the continued collection of end-of-life batteries if their residual value becomes negative. As per 31-12-2009, the automotive batteries reserve was 68,257 euros. Bearing in mind the number of reports about 2009 that still have to be made after 31-01-2010, this amount is such that the management contribution per battery for 2010 can be reduced to 0.09 euros per battery.