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title: EU Battery Regulation
description: The EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 governs the full life cycle of batteries placed on the EU market — from carbon footprint and recycled content to collection and recycling. It introduces the battery passport, which becomes mandatory on 18 February 2027 for LMT, industrial (>2 kWh) and electric-vehicle batteries.
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# EU Battery Regulation

> The EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 governs the full life cycle of batteries placed on the EU market — from carbon footprint and recycled content to collection and recycling. It introduces the battery passport, which becomes mandatory on 18 February 2027 for LMT, industrial (>2 kWh) and electric-vehicle batteries.

The EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 governs the full life cycle of batteries placed on the EU market — from carbon footprint and recycled content to collection and recycling. It introduces the battery passport, which becomes mandatory on 18 February 2027 for LMT, industrial (>2 kWh) and electric-vehicle batteries.

The Battery Regulation entered into force on 17 August 2023 and applies in stages. It carries the first legally fixed Digital Product Passport date in EU law: from 18 February 2027, every LMT (light means of transport), industrial battery above 2 kWh, and EV battery placed on the market must have an electronic battery passport accessible via a QR code on the battery.

Each battery passport must carry model-level and unit-level data — manufacturer, chemistry, carbon footprint, recycled-content shares of cobalt, lithium, lead and nickel, state of health and more. Because its date and field set are already fixed in the regulation itself (not awaiting a delegated act), the battery passport is the proving ground that the rest of the DPP ecosystem watches.

## FAQ

### When is the battery passport mandatory?

From 18 February 2027 for LMT batteries, industrial batteries above 2 kWh, and electric-vehicle batteries placed on the EU market. This date is set directly in Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, not in a later delegated act.

### How does the EU Battery Regulation relate to ESPR?

They are separate laws. The Battery Regulation is product-specific and carries its own passport on a fixed 2027 date; ESPR is the umbrella framework rolling out passports for other product groups via delegated acts. The battery passport is widely treated as the template the broader DPP follows.

## Related terms

- [Digital Product Passport (DPP)](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/digital-product-passport)
- [ESPR](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/espr)
- [Recycled content](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/recycled-content)
- [PEF](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/pef)