I(Acts whose publication is obligatory)DIRECTIVE 2006/66/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 6 September 2006on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive91/157/EEC(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EURO-PEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-munity,andinparticularArticle175(1)thereofandArticle 95(1) thereof in relation to Articles 4, 6 and 21 of thisDirective,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic andSocial Committee (2),Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of Regions (3),Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 251 of the Treaty (4), in the light of the joint textappr