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These terms apply to every person who asks for or receives access to the parts of battery passports that are not public, through the website, the passport pages or the API of Battery Compliance, operated by ANB Consult Ltd, VAT BG208982488, Bratiya Miladinovi 12, 4230 Asenovgrad, Bulgaria (the "Provider"). They do not apply to the economic operators whose passports the Provider hosts; their terms of use apply to them.
1. Basis of access
1.1. Access to non-public passport data is given under Article 77(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and the act under its Article 77(9) to persons with a legitimate interest, to market surveillance and other public authorities, to notified bodies and to the Commission. Until that act applies, the Provider follows its published draft. 1.2. Each role sees only the groups of data the law gives it (for example the detailed composition, the part numbers and spare parts, the dismantling information, the safety measures, or the data of an individual battery). The groups of each role are shown in the request form and on the reader's page. 1.3. The economic operator responsible for the passports, or the Provider on its behalf, decides on each request. It may ask for evidence of the role, the purpose and – for recyclers and waste management operators – the registration or permit number in a national register, and may refuse or end access when the evidence is missing or the conditions below are not met. Access is given for the passports of one operator, or of every operator when the Provider decides, and may be limited in time.
2. Purpose
2.1. The data may be used only for the purpose stated in the request, which must be one of: evaluating the status and residual value of the battery and its capability for further use; repair; preparation for re-use or for repurposing; repurposing; remanufacturing; recycling; or choosing between those operations. The purchaser of a battery may also use the data of its battery to make the battery available to independent aggregators or market participants. Public authorities use the data for their official tasks. 2.2. The data may not be used for any other purpose, in particular not to compete with the economic operator, to analyse its products or prices, or to train or improve models or databases offered to others.
3. Download, keeping and deletion
3.1. The data may be viewed and downloaded as far as the stated purpose requires. Downloaded data is kept no longer than necessary for that purpose and then deleted. 3.2. The data must be protected with appropriate technical and organisational measures against access by persons who are not entitled to it.
4. No sharing, no publishing
4.1. The data may not be shared with others or published, except: (a) the composition, dismantling information and data of an individual battery – with emergency services, for reasons of health and safety; (b) the composition – with poison centres; (c) by the purchaser, the data of its own battery – with prospective purchasers, with market surveillance authorities and with the authorities responsible for the obligations under Chapter VIII of the Regulation; (d) with customs authorities; (e) the safety measures, which may be shared and published without restriction; (f) where the economic operator that placed the battery on the market has authorised it; the authorisation is shown on the reader's page. 4.2. Credentials (passwords, OAuth client secrets, access tokens and owner access codes) are personal to the organisation that received them and may not be passed on. A purchaser who authorises a third party does so in the platform; the third party receives its own access.
5. Logging and control
5.1. Every read of non-public data, every download and every change is logged with the account or client, the time and the passport. The economic operator sees the log of its passports; the Provider and the economic operator may use it to check compliance with these terms. 5.2. The Provider or the economic operator may suspend or end access at any time when these terms are breached, when the role or the purpose no longer applies, or when the law or an authority requires it. The person concerned remains liable for any use of the data contrary to these terms or to the law.
6. No warranty
6.1. The passport data is provided by the economic operators, which are responsible for it. The Provider does not check its content and gives no warranty that it is complete, correct or current, or that the Service will be available without interruption. The Provider is not liable for any loss arising from the use of the data or from the unavailability of the Service, to the extent permitted by law.
7. Personal data
7.1. The Provider processes the contact details given in the request and the access log as described in its privacy notice. Battery passports contain no personal data.
8. Changes and law
8.1. The Provider may change these terms to follow the law, in particular the act under Article 77(9); the version in force is published on the website and applies from its effective date. Continued use of access after that date means acceptance. 8.2. These terms are governed by the law of the Republic of Bulgaria; the courts of Sofia have jurisdiction, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.