The EU Batteries Regulation combines product requirements, carbon-footprint rules, supply chain due diligence, recycled-content information, QR codes, and digital battery passports. CommonShare helps teams govern the product, material, facility, supplier, calculation, and evidence records behind those duties.
At a glance
Reviewed against official primary sources on 5 August 2026.
Jurisdiction
European Union
Status
In force · battery passports begin 18 February 2027
Who it affects
Manufacturers, importers, distributors, producers, and other economic operators, subject to role- and requirement-specific scope
Products & scope
Portable, starting, light means of transport, electric-vehicle, and industrial batteries, with requirement-specific categories and thresholds
Key dates
Battery passports from 18 Feb 2027 for LMT, EV, and industrial batteries above 2 kWh · battery due diligence from 18 Aug 2027
Authority
European Commission and EU Member State market-surveillance and competent authorities
Battery category and phased duties
Build one battery record across due diligence, carbon, and passports.
Start with battery category, capacity, model, and economic-operator role. The Regulation’s product, footprint, due-diligence, labeling, passport, and end-of-life duties follow different scopes and dates.
Classify the battery and market role
Determine the battery category, model, capacity, chemistry, economic-operator role, and which phased requirements apply.
Govern sustainability and performance data
Maintain applicable carbon-footprint, recycled-content, durability, removability, safety, and conformity information.
Prepare the battery passport
Connect the unique identifier and QR code to model- and battery-specific data with the required access controls.
Operate raw-material due diligence
For in-scope operators, map covered raw materials, assess sourcing risk, manage findings, and retain verification evidence.
Maintain lifecycle and end-of-life records
Keep producer, collection, repurposing, remanufacturing, status, and recycling information connected where required.
Regulatory workflow in practice
Move from scope to a governed outcome.
Map the relevant records, collect evidence, review gaps, and release an approved outcome with a complete history.
- Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542Classify the battery and market role
- Operational evidenceGovern sustainability and performance data
- CommonShareConnect obligations to owned action.
- AuthorityPrepare the battery passport
- Team ownershipOperate raw-material due diligence
01 ScopeOpen the relevant requirement02 ConnectGather identity and evidence03 AssessCheck, calculate, and route04 DecideKeep human authority05 DemonstrateIssue and reuse the outcome
Classify the battery and market role
Govern product, material, facility, supplier, calculation, and evidence records behind battery requirements.
- Input
- Economic operators for covered batteries
- Decision or control
- Translate applicable requirements into a managed process while keeping legal judgement with the responsible team.
- Handoff
- Govern sustainability and performance data · Operational evidence
- Classify the battery and market roleBatteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542
See how CommonShare connects products, partners, evidence, calculations, and accountable decisions in one governed operating model.
Operational evidence
Trace every declared battery attribute back to its source.
Connect materials, suppliers, facilities, calculations, tests, declarations, verification, identifiers, and lifecycle events to the correct model or individual battery.
- 01
Battery model, category, chemistry, capacity, unique identifier, and responsible-operator records
- 02
Cell, component, raw-material, supplier, smelter or refiner, and manufacturing-facility relationships
- 03
Carbon-footprint inputs, methodology, calculation version, verification, and declaration
- 04
Recycled-content, performance, durability, removability, safety, and conformity evidence
- 05
Due-diligence policy, risk assessment, mitigation, third-party verification, and audit reports
- 06
QR, battery-passport fields, access roles, lifecycle status, and change history
CommonShare support
Operate the battery passport from connected lifecycle evidence.
CommonShare supports product and transaction mapping, supplier collaboration, governed calculations, due-diligence workflows, evidence history, QR publishing, and role-based views.
Battery lifecycle graph
Link battery models and individual batteries to facilities, materials, suppliers, documents, calculations, and status changes.
Passport and QR publishing
Publish governed public and role-restricted views from approved battery records.
Carbon and recycled-content evidence
Keep declared values connected to source data, calculation context, verification, and product versions.
Mineral due-diligence workflow
Coordinate supplier requests, risk review, cases, corrective actions, verification, and approvals for covered raw materials.
CommonShare operational view
Product circularity and data
Product compliance, sustainability, sourcing, and battery operations
- 01Classify
- 02Connect
- 03Assure
- 04Publish
Team ownership
Give every battery owner the same governed evidence base.
Product compliance
One governed record for battery requirements, conformity, and passport fields.
Sustainability
Carbon and recycled-content results connected to their source evidence.
Sourcing
Specific raw-material and supplier requests tied to due-diligence decisions.
Operations & IT
Role-based battery data that can change with lifecycle status.
Frequently asked
Battery passports, carbon data, and raw-material due diligence
From 18 February 2027, each light means of transport battery, each electric-vehicle battery, and each industrial battery with a capacity above 2 kWh placed on the market or put into service must have an electronic battery passport.
Official primary sources
Verify scope against the current rules.
Last reviewed: 5 August 2026
EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries
EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 postponing battery due diligence
Applicability note
Confirm applicability against current legal text and implementing measures for your company role, products, transactions, and facts.
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