Batteries Regulation: what does it ask of you?

Who it applies to

Every company that makes batteries or has them made under its brand, imports, sells or ships them, supplies cells, or sells products with portable or LMT batteries. The producer is whoever first supplies them in a Member State.

The dates

The Regulation applies from 18 February 2024, directly, with no national transposition. Producer responsibility applies from 18 August 2025, and the later design, label and passport duties each have their own day below.

The one thing to do

Make batteries conform to Articles 6 to 14, assess conformity, draw up the documentation and the declaration, mark them, and register as a producer where you supply.

Who carries which article

A company is often several of these at once, and each brings its own articles. The portal asks which, then asks about the batteries.

The day each later duty applies

Everything else applies from 18 February 2024. Where a day is marked or later, the Commission's own act can push it back.

The carbon footprint, by category

Article 7 gives each category its own day for the declaration, the performance class and the maximum. The table above shows the earliest; each day can move with the Commission's acts.

The EU declaration of conformity

Article 18(2) gives the declaration the model structure of Annex IX, kept up to date and in the language the Member State requires. These are its points, in the Regulation's words:

1. 1. Battery model (product, category, and batch or serial number):
2. 2. Name and address of the manufacturer and, where applicable, its authorised representative:
3. 3. This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer.
4. 4. Object of the declaration (description of the battery and identification allowing traceability, and which may, where appropriate, include an image of the battery):
5. 5. The object of the declaration described in point 4 is in conformity with the relevant Union harmonisation legislation: … (reference to the other Union acts applied).
6. 6. References to the relevant harmonised standards or the common specifications used or references to the other technical specifications in relation to which conformity is declared:
7. 7. The notified body … (name, address, number) … performed … (description of intervention) … and issued the certificate(s): … (details, including its date, and, where appropriate, information on the duration of and conditions for its validity).
8. 8. Additional information

The technical documentation

Article 38(2) has the manufacturer draw up the technical documentation before placing a battery on the market. Module A of Annex VIII lists what it contains:

• a a general description of the battery and its intended use;
• b the conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies and circuits;
• c the descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of the drawings and schemes referred to in point (b) and the operation of the battery;
• d a specimen of the label required in accordance with Article 13;
• e a list of the harmonised standards referred to in Article 15, applied in full or in part, including an indication of which parts have been applied, a list of the common specifications referred to in Article 16, applied in full or in part, including an indication of which parts have been applied, and a list of other relevant technical specifications used for measurement or calculation purposes;
• f where the harmonised standards and the common specifications referred to in point (e) have not been applied or are not available, a description of the solutions adopted to meet the applicable requirements laid down in Articles 6, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14 or to verify the compliance of batteries with those requirements;
• g the results of design calculations made and the examinations carried out, and the technical or documentary evidence used; and
• h the test reports.

Registration, in each Member State

Each Member State keeps its own register of producers, and a producer applies in each one where it first makes a battery available. The application carries Article 55(3):

1. a) name, and brand names if available, under which the producer operates in the Member State and address of the producer, including postal code and place, street and number, country, telephone number, if any, web and email address, indicating a single contact point;
2. b) national identification code of the producer, including its trade register number or equivalent official registration number and the European or national tax identification number;
3. c) the category, or categories, of batteries that the producer intends to make available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State, namely portable batteries, industrial batteries, LMT batteries, electric vehicle batteries, or SLI batteries, and their chemistry;
4. d) information on how the producer meets its responsibilities laid down in Article 56 and the requirements under Articles 59, 60 and 61, respectively: (i) for portable batteries or LMT batteries, the requirements of point (d) shall be met by providing: information in written form on the measures put in place by the producer to fulfil the producer responsibility obligations laid down in Article 56, the measures put in place to fulfil the separate collection obligations laid down in Article 59(1) or Article 60(1) with regard to the amount of batteries the producer makes available on the market in the Member State, and on the system to ensure that the data reported to the competent authorities are reliable; where applicable, the name and contact details, including postal code and place, street and number, country, telephone number, web and email address and the national identification code of the producer responsibility organisation appointed by the producer to fulfil its extended producer responsibility obligations in accordance with Article 57(1) and (2), including the trade register number or an equivalent official registration number and the European or national tax identification number of the producer responsibility organisation, and the represented producer’s mandate; (ii) for SLI batteries, industrial batteries and electric vehicle batteries, the requirements of point (d) shall be met by providing: information in written form on the measures put in place by the producer to fulfil the producer responsibility obligations laid down in Article 56, the measures put in place to fulfil the collection obligations laid down in Article 61(1) with regard to the amount of batteries the producer makes available on the market in the Member State and on the system to ensure that the data reported to the competent authorities are reliable; where applicable, the name and contact details, including postal code and place, street and number, country, telephone number, web and email address and the national identification code of the producer responsibility organisation appointed by the producer to fulfil its extended producer responsibility obligations in accordance with Article 57(1) and (2), including the trade register number or an equivalent official registration number and the European or national tax identification number of the producer responsibility organisation, and the represented producer’s mandate.
5. e) a statement by the producer or, where applicable, authorised representative for extended producer responsibility or the producer responsibility organisation appointed in accordance with Article 57(1), stating that the information provided is true.

Battery due diligence

From 18 August 2027, manufacturers and importers from EUR 40 million in net turnover, alone or as a group, run a due diligence policy. It covers cobalt, natural graphite, lithium and nickel. A notified body verifies it, and a report is published every year. Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 moved the day by two years.

A regulation, with national registers

Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 applies directly in every Member State, with nothing transposed. The register of producers, the producer responsibility schemes and the penalties are still each Member State's. We have not yet read the national registers, so this page names none.

Read from the consolidated version 02023R1542-20260813 on 18 October 2026, in six languages. It carries Regulations (EU) 2024/1781, 2025/1561 and 2026/1738 and every language's corrigenda. EUR-Lex

Questions people ask

Our product has a battery inside. Does the Regulation reach us?

Yes. Article 1(3) covers batteries built into products. For portable and LMT batteries, Article 11 makes them removable and replaceable from 18 February 2027. Supplying them first in your Member State makes you a producer there.

When does the battery passport apply?

From 18 February 2027, Article 77(1), for every LMT battery, industrial battery above 2 kWh and electric vehicle battery. The same day, every battery carries a QR code, Article 13(6).

Does battery due diligence apply to us?

From 18 August 2027, to manufacturers and importers with a net turnover of EUR 40 million or more, or in a group above it, Articles 47 and 48. Batteries placed on the market before their second life are left out.

Do we register once for the whole EU?

No. A producer registers in each Member State where it first makes a battery available, Article 55(2). Selling directly to end users elsewhere, it appoints a representative in each, Article 56(3).

Does the Regulation replace the Batteries Directive?

Yes. Directive 2006/66/EC is repealed from 18 August 2025, Article 95, the day producer responsibility applies. The Regulation itself applies from 18 February 2024, directly, without national transposition.

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