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Battery passport
The product passport required for LMT, EV and industrial batteries above 2 kWh from 18 February 2027 — the first mandatory product passport in EU law, reached by a QR code on the battery.
- Battery RegulationGuides
Battery Passport Data Fields: The Full List
Every data category Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 requires in a battery passport, which party in the chain holds each figure, and who may read it once published.
- ChecklistsChecklists
Battery passport readiness checklist
The battery passport is the most demanding in EU law because part of it changes while the product is in service. Work the supplier items first — they originate outside your organisation and cannot…
- Battery RegulationGuides
Battery Passport vs Battery Management System
The passport is a regulated public record; the BMS is a real-time control system. Where the two overlap, what each is for, and why one cannot replace the other.
- Battery RegulationGuides
Battery Passport Implementation: A Data Plan
A supplier-first plan for February 2027: which conversations to start now, what evidence each party can give, and the sequence that actually holds.
- ChecklistsChecklists
Battery passport 2027 checklist
The only mandatory product passport with a fixed date in EU law. From 18 February 2027 an in-scope battery cannot be placed on the market without one, so this list is a countdown rather than a plan.
- Battery RegulationGuides
The Battery Passport: Guide to (EU) 2023/1542
What the EU Battery Regulation requires of a battery passport: which batteries are in scope, what data is mandatory, and who must provide it by February 2027.
- Battery RegulationGuides
The EV Battery Passport
Electric vehicle batteries carry the most demanding passport in EU law. What must be recorded, who updates it in service, and where the difficulty sits.
- Battery RegulationGuides
LMT Battery Passports: E-Bikes and Scooters
Light means of transport batteries need a passport from February 2027 at any capacity. What e-bike and scooter makers must hold, and why 2 kWh does not help.
- Battery RegulationGuides
Industrial Battery Passports Above 2 kWh
The 2 kWh threshold, what counts as industrial use, and how stationary storage and forklift fleets differ from vehicles under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.
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Do e-bike batteries need a battery passport?
Yes. The Battery Regulation creates a light means of transport category covering e-bikes and e-scooters, and it attaches passport obligations on the same footing as electric vehicle batteries. Most…
- Battery RegulationGuides
EU Battery Regulation Timeline: Every Deadline
Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 phases in obligations from 2024 to 2031. Every date that matters, what each one requires, and which ones need work starting now.
- Battery RegulationGuides
Battery Supply Chain Due Diligence
The Battery Regulation puts a human rights due diligence obligation inside a product law. What it covers, which minerals, and how it is verified.
- Battery RegulationGuides
Battery Second Life and the Passport
Repurposing a battery makes the repurposer a producer. What changes legally, what the passport has to carry across, and why grading decides the economics.
- Battery RegulationGuides
Which Batteries Need a Passport? Scope Rules
The capacity thresholds, battery categories and placing-on-market tests that decide whether Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 requires a passport for your product.
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The DPP for Bicycles and E-Bikes
E-bike batteries are light means of transport batteries, which brings a passport obligation ahead of any bicycle-specific rule. What that means in practice.
- Battery RegulationGuides
Battery State of Health in the Passport
State of health is the only battery passport attribute that changes after manufacture. What it measures, why definitions differ, and how it decides second life.
- Battery RegulationGuides
Battery Recycled Content Targets
Cobalt, lithium, nickel and lead carry recycled content minimums with dates attached. How the share is calculated, evidenced, and why supply is the constraint.
- Battery RegulationGuides
The Battery Carbon Footprint Declaration
The first mandatory, verified, per-product carbon declaration in EU law. What it covers, why it is per kWh, and what the calculation actually demands.
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Batteries & EV
Battery passport under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, from February 2027.
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EU regulations
ESPR, Battery Regulation, CSRD, EUDR and PPWR with their dates.
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LMT battery
A battery for light means of transport such as e-bikes and e-scooters, defined as its own category under the Battery Regulation. It carries passport obligations on the same footing as electric…
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Issuance level
Whether a passport is issued per item, per batch or per model. A battery passport is per item under (EU) 2023/1542, a textile passport is usually per model, and a food lot is per batch.
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SGTIN
Serialised Global Trade Item Number — a GTIN plus a serial number, identifying one individual unit. Item-level passports, and the Battery Regulation, need this rather than a model identifier.
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Battery management system (BMS)
The electronics governing a battery pack’s charging, balancing and protection. It holds the cycle count, capacity and fault history a passport needs, which makes access to it the deciding factor in…
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Who is responsible for a repurposed battery?
The repurposer. Preparing a battery for a different application counts as placing a new product on the market, which makes them an economic operator with conformity, safety and passport obligations…
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Second life
Repurposing a battery that no longer meets its original duty into a less demanding application, typically stationary storage. The passport is what makes its remaining capacity assessable to a buyer.
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Do our claims need third-party verification?
It depends on the claim and the instrument. Some, like the battery carbon footprint declaration, require verification outright. Others accept self-declaration. Either way the passport should record…
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