[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":470},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pillar-batteriepass-en":3},{"doc":4,"segments":453},{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"description":416,"extension":417,"faq":418,"meta":443,"metaDescription":444,"metaTitle":445,"navigation":446,"path":447,"seo":448,"slug":449,"stem":450,"updated":451,"__hash__":452},"pillar_en\u002Fen\u002Fpillar\u002Fbattery-passport.md","Battery passport from 18 February 2027: obligations, data, implementation",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":398},"minimark",[10,19,22,25,30,33,39,49,55,62,67,70,73,76,80,83,128,139,143,146,149,152,156,159,165,171,177,180,186,190,193,196,200,203,247,258,261,265,268,271,274,278,328,332,337,352,355,362,366,392],[11,12,13,14,18],"p",{},"From ",[15,16,17],"strong",{},"18 February 2027",", an affected battery may no longer be placed on the EU market or put into service without a digital battery passport. In practice that is a ban on selling it.",[11,20,21],{},"The legal basis is Articles 77 and 78 together with Annex XIII of Regulation (EU) 2023\u002F1542. The battery passport is the first mandatory implementation of the digital product passport anywhere; further product groups follow later through the Ecodesign Regulation.",[11,23,24],{},"Unlike many EU projects, this date is set and has not been moved.",[26,27,29],"h2",{"id":28},"who-is-affected","Who is affected",[11,31,32],{},"The passport obligation covers three battery categories:",[11,34,35,38],{},[15,36,37],{},"Electric vehicle batteries (EV)",", with no capacity threshold.",[11,40,41,44,45,48],{},[15,42,43],{},"LMT batteries",", meaning batteries for light means of transport; the German text calls them LV-Batterien. These are batteries for e-bikes, pedelecs, e-scooters, e-mopeds and comparable vehicles. ",[15,46,47],{},"Regardless of capacity."," The 2 kWh threshold expressly does not apply here: a 500 Wh pedelec battery requires a passport.",[11,50,51,54],{},[15,52,53],{},"Industrial batteries above 2 kWh",", in practice the largest and most frequently overlooked group. It includes stationary battery storage such as home storage systems, traction batteries for industrial trucks, UPS installations, and batteries in cleaning machines, automated guided vehicles and marine propulsion.",[11,56,57,58,61],{},"Portable batteries and starter batteries (SLI) do ",[15,59,60],{},"not"," require a passport.",[63,64,66],"h3",{"id":65},"who-carries-the-obligation","Who carries the obligation",[11,68,69],{},"Responsibility sits with the economic operator placing the battery on the EU market, meaning the manufacturer of the finished product or the importer.",[11,71,72],{},"This is the point at which many companies classify themselves wrongly. Anyone who buys cells and builds a battery system from them that they ship under their own name is placing it on the market and therefore needs a passport, even without manufacturing a single cell. Anyone importing from Asia carries the full manufacturer obligations, although they have no direct access to the production data.",[11,74,75],{},"Pure component suppliers do not need a passport themselves, but will have to supply data to their customers.",[26,77,79],{"id":78},"what-the-passport-contains","What the passport contains",[11,81,82],{},"Annex XIII defines the mandatory content. In total there are around 90 data attributes; the actual number is higher because the fields for materials and hazardous substances repeat. They fall into seven blocks:",[84,85,86,93,99,105,110,116,122],"ol",{},[87,88,89,92],"li",{},[15,90,91],{},"General battery and manufacturer information",": manufacturer, model designation, serial number, place and date of manufacture, battery category, weight, physical characteristics",[87,94,95,98],{},[15,96,97],{},"Conformity and labelling",": symbols, labels, conformity documentation",[87,100,101,104],{},[15,102,103],{},"Carbon footprint",": per kWh across the lifecycle, broken down by lifecycle stage, plus the performance class",[87,106,107],{},[15,108,109],{},"Supply chain due diligence",[87,111,112,115],{},[15,113,114],{},"Materials and composition",": cathode, anode, electrolyte, shares of critical raw materials, hazardous substances under REACH, details on cobalt, lithium, natural graphite, nickel and lead",[87,117,118,121],{},[15,119,120],{},"Performance and durability",": including state data from the use phase",[87,123,124,127],{},[15,125,126],{},"End of life",": dismantling, safety measures, treatment, recycling",[11,129,130,131,134,135,138],{},"The passport carries information on the ",[15,132,133],{},"battery model"," as well as information on the ",[15,136,137],{},"individual battery",", including data that only arises from how that battery is used.",[26,140,142],{"id":141},"one-passport-per-individual-battery","One passport per individual battery",[11,144,145],{},"This is the requirement with the greatest practical consequence: registration happens at item level. Every battery produced gets its own passport with its own identifier, not every model series.",[11,147,148],{},"Access is through a QR code physically affixed to the battery. Where that is not possible, it goes on the packaging or the accompanying documents. QR code and unique identifier must comply with the ISO\u002FIEC 15459 series or equivalent standards.",[11,150,151],{},"Anyone who today keeps serial numbers only at batch level, or does not serialise down to the battery at all, has preparatory work here that has nothing to do with software.",[26,153,155],{"id":154},"three-access-levels","Three access levels",[11,157,158],{},"Not all data is visible to everyone. Article 77(2) tiers access, and the same attribute can return different content depending on who is asking:",[11,160,161,164],{},[15,162,163],{},"Public",": basic information that anyone scanning the QR code can see.",[11,166,167,170],{},[15,168,169],{},"Legitimate interest",": detailed information for independent repair operators, remanufacturers, second-life operators and recyclers. This includes dismantling information together with the safety measures to be taken, and the exact composition of the battery model.",[11,172,173,176],{},[15,174,175],{},"Authorities and notified bodies",": full access including commercially sensitive information, for market surveillance and conformity assessment.",[11,178,179],{},"That makes the fear of know-how leaking addressable: the formulation does not become public, it becomes accessible under control. The condition is that your solution separates these levels cleanly in technical terms.",[11,181,182,185],{},[15,183,184],{},"Open point:"," The implementing act under Article 77(9), governing access by persons with a legitimate interest to the restricted data, was still outstanding at last check. Legally it was due by 18 August 2026; the timeline communicated by DG GROW places adoption in Q4 2026. Track both dates. The passport obligation on 18 February 2027 applies regardless.",[26,187,189],{"id":188},"the-passport-is-a-living-record","The passport is a living record",[11,191,192],{},"A battery passport is not a document you generate once and file away. It has to stay correct across the entire life of the battery and be updated on repurposing, reuse, remanufacturing or transition into waste status. It expires only once the battery is recycled.",[11,194,195],{},"For you that means you do not need a generator, you need an operating process. Anyone planning the passport as a one-off project has not understood the requirement.",[26,197,199],{"id":198},"adjacent-deadlines","Adjacent deadlines",[11,201,202],{},"The battery passport does not stand alone. These obligations run in parallel and partly feed passport fields:",[204,205,206,219],"table",{},[207,208,209],"thead",{},[210,211,212,216],"tr",{},[213,214,215],"th",{},"Obligation",[213,217,218],{},"Date",[220,221,222,231,239],"tbody",{},[210,223,224,228],{},[225,226,227],"td",{},"Supply chain due diligence (Art. 48)",[225,229,230],{},"18 August 2027, postponed by Regulation (EU) 2025\u002F1561",[210,232,233,236],{},[225,234,235],{},"Minimum values for durability and performance, industrial batteries with internal storage",[225,237,238],{},"18 August 2027",[210,240,241,244],{},[225,242,243],{},"Information on cobalt, lithium, nickel and lead shares, documentation",[225,245,246],{},"18 August 2028",[11,248,249,250,253,254,257],{},"The ",[15,251,252],{},"carbon footprint obligations"," call for caution: the dates in circulation contradict each other because the regulation ties them to a condition. What applies is the respective calendar date ",[15,255,256],{},"or"," eighteen months after the delegated act on the calculation methodology enters into force, whichever is later. As long as that act is not in force for a category, the obligation shifts accordingly. Check the status for your specific battery category instead of relying on a year taken from a blog post.",[11,259,260],{},"One detail that is easily missed: the due diligence obligations only bite later, but the corresponding fields are part of the passport from day one. Collecting the data from your suppliers therefore cannot wait until August 2027.",[26,262,264],{"id":263},"the-critical-path-is-the-supply-chain","The critical path is the supply chain",[11,266,267],{},"Realistically, introducing a battery passport takes six to twelve months. The software is not the bottleneck.",[11,269,270],{},"The bottleneck is obtaining the data. Carbon footprint of the cells, recycled content shares, material composition, chain of custody for critical raw materials: all of it sits with upstream suppliers, often across several tiers, frequently in Asia, and as a rule not in the form the passport requires. Experience shows that a supplier enquiry across two tiers takes months.",[11,272,273],{},"Anyone starting in January 2027 will not hold the 18 February date. Not because of the technology, but because a cell supplier in Ningde does not answer within three weeks.",[26,275,277],{"id":276},"what-makes-sense-now","What makes sense now",[84,279,280,286,292,298,304,310,322],{},[87,281,282,285],{},[15,283,284],{},"Establish exposure per product line."," Which category, what capacity, and do you place the finished product on the market yourself?",[87,287,288,291],{},[15,289,290],{},"Name an owner."," Without a responsible person, nothing happens before the end of the year.",[87,293,294,297],{},[15,295,296],{},"Map your data against Annex XIII."," What is available internally, what has to be requested from suppliers? This is the task that has to start first.",[87,299,300,303],{},[15,301,302],{},"Begin the supplier enquiry."," Now, not after the software selection.",[87,305,306,309],{},[15,307,308],{},"Check serialisation."," Does your numbering system reach down to the individual battery?",[87,311,312,315,316,321],{},[15,313,314],{},"Prepare verification in the EU DPP registry."," Details on our ",[317,318,320],"a",{"href":319},"\u002Fen\u002Feu-dpp-register","EU DPP registry page",".",[87,323,324,327],{},[15,325,326],{},"Select a solution."," Criteria: item-level serialisation, the three access levels, supplier connection without an IT project at the supplier, updatability across the lifecycle.",[26,329,331],{"id":330},"support-from-biberware","Support from Biberware",[11,333,334],{},[15,335,336],{},"Onboarding: €2,500, one-off",[338,339,340,343,346,349],"ul",{},[87,341,342],{},"eIDAS identification and registration as a verified economic operator in the EU DPP registry",[87,344,345],{},"Data model for your product line under Annex XIII, with the three access levels",[87,347,348],{},"Structured supplier enquiry including onboarding of one supplier wave",[87,350,351],{},"Public passport view with QR code, ready for production use",[11,353,354],{},"Operation afterwards from €119 per month, with unlimited product passports in every plan. Custom integrations, Catena-X connectivity and deployment in your own infrastructure are covered by Enterprise, on request.",[11,356,357,358,321],{},"Plan details are on the ",[317,359,361],{"href":360},"\u002Fen\u002Fpricing","pricing page",[63,363,365],{"id":364},"for-your-segment","For your segment",[338,367,368,374,380,386],{},[87,369,370],{},[317,371,373],{"href":372},"\u002Fen\u002Fbattery-passport\u002Fhome-storage","Home storage systems",[87,375,376],{},[317,377,379],{"href":378},"\u002Fen\u002Fbattery-passport\u002Fforklift-batteries","Forklift and traction batteries",[87,381,382],{},[317,383,385],{"href":384},"\u002Fen\u002Fbattery-passport\u002Fe-bike-battery","E-bike batteries and LMT batteries",[87,387,388],{},[317,389,391],{"href":390},"\u002Fen\u002Fbattery-passport\u002Fimporters","Importers",[11,393,394],{},[395,396,397],"em",{},"Last updated: August 2026. This text is editorial guidance, not legal advice. Deadlines and scope are specified further by delegated and implementing acts and may change; only the respective legal act in its applicable version is binding.",{"title":399,"searchDepth":400,"depth":400,"links":401},"",2,[402,406,407,408,409,410,411,412,413],{"id":28,"depth":400,"text":29,"children":403},[404],{"id":65,"depth":405,"text":66},3,{"id":78,"depth":400,"text":79},{"id":141,"depth":400,"text":142},{"id":154,"depth":400,"text":155},{"id":188,"depth":400,"text":189},{"id":198,"depth":400,"text":199},{"id":263,"depth":400,"text":264},{"id":276,"depth":400,"text":277},{"id":330,"depth":400,"text":331,"children":414},[415],{"id":364,"depth":405,"text":365},"From 18 February 2027, EV, LMT and industrial batteries above 2 kWh may only be placed on the EU market with a digital battery passport. Who is affected, what the passport contains and what to do now.","md",[419,422,425,428,431,434,437,440],{"q":420,"a":421},"Does the 2 kWh limit apply to all batteries?","No. It applies to industrial batteries only. EV batteries and LMT batteries require a passport regardless of capacity.",{"q":423,"a":424},"Is my home storage system an industrial battery?","As a rule, yes. Stationary battery storage systems fall under the industrial battery category, and above 2 kWh they require a passport. That covers practically every home storage system on the market.",{"q":426,"a":427},"We buy cells and only assemble them. Are we affected?","If you place the finished battery on the EU market under your own name, yes. The obligation attaches to placing the finished product on the market, not to cell manufacturing.",{"q":429,"a":430},"How many data points are there exactly?","Around 90 mandatory attributes under Annex XIII, in practice more, because the fields for materials and hazardous substances repeat per substance. The scope varies by battery category.",{"q":432,"a":433},"Does every individual battery need its own passport?","Yes. One passport per individual battery with its own identifier, reachable through a QR code on the product.",{"q":435,"a":436},"Will our formulations become public?","No. The exact composition is reserved for persons with a legitimate interest and for authorities, not for the general public. The implementing act on access rights was still outstanding at last check.",{"q":438,"a":439},"Can we solve this with Excel and a QR generator?","For a single demonstrator, perhaps. For around 90 attributes per individual battery, three access levels, registration in the EU registry and update obligations across the lifecycle, no.",{"q":441,"a":442},"Will the date be postponed?","18 February 2027 is set out in the regulation and has not been postponed so far. What was postponed are the due diligence obligations under Article 48, not the passport obligation.",{},"Battery passport mandatory from 18 February 2027 for batteries above 2 kWh. 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What manufacturers and assemblers have to prepare now.",{"slug":463,"title":464,"description":465},"home-storage","Battery passport for home storage systems","Stationary battery storage above 2 kWh needs a digital battery passport from 18 February 2027. What manufacturers and importers of home storage systems have to prepare now.",{"slug":467,"title":468,"description":469},"importers","Battery passport for importers","Anyone importing batteries from third countries into the EU carries the full manufacturer obligations. What importers have to build by 18 February 2027, without direct access to the production data.",1787840218321]