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Batteries
The Battery Regulation is the first EU instrument to require a Digital Product Passport. The EV-battery carbon-footprint declaration applies from 18 February 2026; the full DPP obligation for covered batteries applies from 18 February 2027. Commission operational guidelines were published in August 2025.
Pagrindinės datos
18 August 2023
Battery Regulation enters into force.
18 February 2024
Most general obligations begin applying.
18 August 2024
EV-battery due-diligence and carbon-footprint rules start phasing in.
18 August 2025
Commission operational guidelines for the Battery DPP published.
18 February 2026
Carbon-footprint declaration obligation for EV batteries begins applying.
18 February 2027
Full Digital Product Passport obligation for covered batteries.
Privalomi duomenys
- Unique battery identifier (UBI)
- Manufacturer and batch data
- Chemistry and cell composition
- Substances of concern (REACH)
- Carbon footprint per functional unit
- Recycled content (cobalt, lithium, nickel, lead)
- Performance and durability metrics
- State of health (in-use) for EV and industrial batteries
- Disassembly and dismantling instructions
- Recycling efficiency targets
- Conformity declaration and CE mark data
Priimtinos laikmenos
Ribos ir išimtys
- Portable batteries below 2 kWh are excluded from the DPP obligation but covered by other Battery Regulation requirements.
- SMEs benefit from extended deadlines and simplified due-diligence under Art. 48.
- Second-life and repurposed batteries carry their own DPP referencing the original passport.
Atviri klausimai
- Final CEN-CENELEC technical specification for the Unique Battery Identifier (work item under JTC 24).
- Interoperability between the battery DPP (Catena-X data space) and the ESPR horizontal DPP infrastructure.
- Cross-recognition with the UK and US battery-passport schemes.