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title: "EU Batteries Regulation Scope, Duties and Timeline"
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# EU Batteries Regulation Scope, Duties and Timeline

EU Batteries Regulation hub for battery categories, economic-operator duties, labelling, CE conformity, due diligence, battery passports, collection and recycling.

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*EU Batteries* *Free Resource*

## EU Batteries Regulation Scope, duties and rollout

This hub helps classify a battery under the EU Batteries Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542), then map the duties that apply when it is placed on the EU market or put into service and across its later lifecycle.

Start with the battery category and your role. Then separate product-conformity duties from producer-responsibility, waste, passport, sustainability and supply-chain duties; several obligations use category thresholds or depend on later Commission acts.

[Review batteries readiness](/contact.md)

## What the hub helps you check

- **Category and scope**: Separate portable, LMT, SLI, industrial, and EV batteries before applying product, passport, waste, and producer-responsibility rules.
- **Product and operator duties**: Identify which manufacturer, importer, distributor, fulfilment-service-provider, producer, or downstream operator records are needed.
- **Evidence for the lifecycle**: Tie labels, QR codes, technical documentation, EU declarations of conformity, passport data, collection, recycling and due-diligence evidence to the same battery model.

By Sorena AI | Updated 2026 | No signup required

### Quick scan

*Batteries*

- **Classify the battery first**: Category drives whether the page should focus on portable removability, LMT replacement, SLI markings, industrial thresholds, EV carbon-footprint work, or passport data.
- **Build the product file**: Keep technical documentation, conformity assessment outputs, CE-marking logic, EU declaration of conformity, label content, QR-code destination, and passport data together.
- **Close the waste loop**: Track producer registration, collection and take-back duties, recycler data, recovery rates, recycled-content claims, and end-user information without splitting the model record.

Use the timeline and grouped guides in order: category, operator role, applicable obligations, start date, evidence owner, then post-market and waste responsibilities.

| Value | Metric |
| --- | --- |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Applies |
| 18 Aug 2025 | Penalties and waste |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Labels |
| 18 Feb 2027 | Passport |

**Key highlights:** Battery category | CE and labels | Passport and waste

## Primary sources

- [Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 on battery due-diligence timing](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1561/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Binding amendment postponing the Chapter VII due-diligence obligation date to 18 August 2027 and moving the Commission-guidance deadline to 26 July 2026.
  - Quote: "18 August 2027"
- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1542](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Primary legal text for scope, battery categories, economic-operator obligations, conformity assessment, CE marking, labelling, QR codes, battery passports, waste duties, market surveillance, penalties and staged application dates.
  - Quote: "This Regulation should apply to all categories of batteries placed on the market or put into service within the Union"
- [EUR-Lex summary: sustainability rules for batteries and waste batteries](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/sustainability-rules-for-batteries-and-waste-batteries.html?ref=sorena.io) - Concise official overview supporting the page's lifecycle framing, including scope, collection targets, recycled content, removability, safety, labelling, QR codes, battery passports and application from 18 February 2024.
  - Quote: "The regulation applies to all batteries"
- [European Commission: Batteries Regulation enters into force](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-law-more-sustainable-circular-and-safe-batteries-enters-force-2023-08-17_en?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the visitor-facing overview of the Regulation's lifecycle approach: lower carbon footprint, fewer harmful substances, collection, reuse, recycling, carbon footprint declarations, labels, QR access and raw-material due diligence.
  - Quote: "sourcing, manufacturing, use and recycling are addressed and enshrined in a single law"
- [Commission Notice C/2025/214 on removability and replaceability](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C_202500214&ref=sorena.io) - Supports the hub's treatment of portable-battery removability and LMT-battery replaceability as specific design and documentation workstreams rather than generic compliance tasks.
  - Quote: "removability and replaceability of portable batteries and LMT batteries"
- [Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/606](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/606/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the recycling and material-recovery framing by providing the adopted methodology for calculating and verifying recycling efficiency and recovery rates for waste batteries.
  - Quote: "rules for the calculation and verification of the recycling efficiency and rates for recovery of materials"
- [European Commission New Legislative Framework](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/new-legislative-framework_en?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the CE-marking, conformity-assessment, accreditation and market-surveillance context that the Batteries Regulation uses for batteries placed on the EU market.
  - Quote: "conformity assessment, accreditation and market surveillance"

*Recommended reading path*

## Choose the next Batteries Regulation decision

New to the Regulation? Start with category and operator role. If those decisions are documented, jump to product evidence, sustainability and supply-chain duties, digital information, waste responsibilities, or the date you need to plan.

### 1. Start here: scope, category, and role

Decide whether the battery is in scope, route it to portable, LMT, SLI, EV, or industrial, and record the manufacturer, importer, distributor, producer, or other role that owns each duty.

1. [EU Batteries Regulation Applicability Test](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/applicability-test.md): Decide whether Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 applies to a battery, battery cell, module, pack, product with an incorporated battery, operator role, or EU market activity.
2. [EU Batteries Regulation Battery Categories and Scope](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/battery-categories-and-scope.md): Classify batteries under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 across portable, SLI, LMT, electric vehicle, and industrial categories, including incorporated batteries and multipurpose products.
3. [EU Batteries Regulation battery category routing workflow](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/battery-category-routing-workflow.md): Classify portable, SLI, LMT, EV, industrial, and incorporated batteries under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, then route carbon footprint, recycled content, passport, removability, due diligence, and waste-battery duties.
4. [EU Batteries Regulation requirements overview](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/requirements.md): An official source overview of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 requirements for battery scope, sustainability, conformity, labels, QR codes, passports, due diligence, waste duties, and evidence outputs.

### 2. Product conformity and design

Build the category-specific technical file, choose the conformity route, release the CE marking and labels, and address removability or replaceability where Article 11 applies.

5. [EU Batteries Regulation compliance structure](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/compliance.md): Structure Batteries Regulation compliance by battery category, operator role, conformity evidence, passport data, removability, due diligence, and waste-battery responsibility.
6. [EU Batteries Regulation compliance checklist](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/checklist.md): An official source checklist for Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 covering battery category, operator role, conformity, CE marking, labels, QR codes, passports, removability, due diligence, waste batteries, and evidence records.
7. [EU Batteries Regulation Conformity Assessment](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/conformity-assessment-and-ce-marking.md): Article 17 and Annex VIII guide to EU Batteries Regulation conformity assessment, EU declarations of conformity, CE marking, notified bodies, and release evidence.
8. [EU Batteries Regulation: choosing the right conformity assessment route](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/conformity-assessment-route-workflow.md): Choose the Article 17 conformity assessment route for batteries under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, including Module A, D1, G, notified body evidence, declaration, and CE marking outputs.
9. [EU Batteries Regulation Article 13 labels and consumer information](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/labeling-and-consumer-information.md): Article 13 guide to EU battery labels, separate collection marking, heavy-metal symbols, QR code links, capacity and duration notices, packaging fallback, and evidence.
10. [EU Batteries Regulation Article 11: battery removability and replaceability](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/removability-and-replaceability.md): Article 11 guidance for portable and LMT batteries: end-user replacement, independent professionals, instructions, spare batteries, compatible batteries, software limits, and evidence.

### 3. Sustainability and supply-chain evidence

Separate carbon-footprint and recycled-content calculations from the Chapter VII due-diligence program, including the amended 18 August 2027 start date for in-scope operators.

11. [EU Batteries Regulation: carbon footprint declaration requirements and data](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/carbon-footprint-declarations.md): Article 7 carbon footprint declaration scope, required fields, lifecycle stages, technical documentation, and public-access evidence for EU battery compliance.
12. [EU Batteries Regulation: evidence pack for carbon footprint and recycled content targets](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/carbon-footprint-and-recycled-content-evidence.md): What to keep for EU Batteries Regulation Article 7 carbon-footprint declarations and Article 8 recycled-content documentation, with covered battery categories and cited evidence fields.
13. [EU Batteries Regulation recycled content and recovery targets](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/recycled-content-and-recovery-targets.md): Article 8 recycled-content duties, Annex XII recycling efficiency and material recovery targets, covered battery categories, materials, dates, and evidence records.
14. [EU Batteries Regulation Due Diligence Thresholds](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/due-diligence-thresholds.md): Check when Chapter VII battery due diligence applies under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, including the EUR 40 million turnover exclusion, second-life battery exclusion, raw material scope, and notified-body verification route.
15. [EU Batteries Regulation due diligence program: Chapter VII requirements](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/due-diligence-program.md): Article 47-52 guide to battery due diligence policies, management systems, supply-chain controls, Annex X risks, third-party verification, disclosure, and records.
16. [EU Batteries Regulation supplier due diligence questionnaire](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/battery-due-diligence-supplier-questionnaire.md): Supplier questionnaire structure for EU Batteries Regulation battery due diligence: Chapter VII scope, Annex X raw materials, supply-chain evidence, verification, disclosure, and records.

### 4. Battery passport and digital information

Map Article 77 and Annex XIII data, access rights, provenance, QR-code resolution, lifecycle updates, and the distinction between a battery passport and the broader ESPR DPP framework.

17. [EU Battery Passport Implementation Under Article 77](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/battery-passport-implementation.md): Official source implementation guide for Article 77 battery passports: scope, QR codes, identifiers, access rights, updates, storage, and responsibility transfers.
18. [EU Batteries Regulation Battery Passport Fields](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/battery-passport-fields.md): Field-level guide to Article 77 and Annex XIII battery passport data: scope, QR access, public and restricted fields, and model versus individual battery records.
19. [Battery Passport Data Model Template for the EU Batteries Regulation](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/battery-passport-data-model-template.md): Template for an EU Batteries Regulation battery passport data model: Article 77 scope, QR-linked identifiers, Annex XIII field groups, access tiers, owners, and evidence.
20. [Battery passport evidence workflow under EU Regulation 2023/1542](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/battery-passport-evidence-workflow.md): Build a battery passport evidence workflow for Article 77 and Annex XIII: QR code access, access rights, provenance, conformity evidence, lifecycle updates, and ownership.
21. [Battery Passport vs ESPR Digital Product Passport](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/battery-passport-vs-digital-product-passport.md): Compare the EU Batteries Regulation battery passport with the ESPR digital product passport framework across scope, access rights, QR and data carrier rules, interoperability, and reuse limits.

### 5. Waste, deadlines, and enforcement

Plan producer registration, take-back, collection, recycling and reporting by Member State, then connect those controls to the phased legal dates and national penalty exposure.

22. [EU Batteries Regulation Producer Responsibility](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/waste-collection-and-producer-responsibility.md): Official source guide to EU Batteries Regulation EPR: producer registration, free take-back, portable and LMT collection targets, distributor duties, treatment evidence, and Member State boundaries.
23. [EU Batteries Regulation producer responsibility reporting workflow](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/producer-responsibility-reporting-workflow.md): An official source workflow for EU Batteries Regulation producer registration, EPR reporting, collection evidence, take-back records, and Article 75 data handoffs.
24. [EU Batteries Regulation deadlines and compliance calendar](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/deadlines-and-compliance-calendar.md): A cited EU Batteries Regulation calendar for application dates, secondary-act dependencies, QR and passport milestones, removability, carbon footprint, recycled content, and waste obligations.
25. [EU Batteries Regulation penalties and fines: Article 93 enforcement framework](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/penalties-and-fines.md): Official source guide to EU Batteries Regulation penalties: Article 93 Member State rules, market-surveillance action, formal non-compliance, due diligence enforcement, and evidence to preserve.

### 6. Compare regimes or answer a focused question

Use the comparison when Batteries Regulation and ESPR work overlap, or open the FAQ when you already know the scope, label, passport, due-diligence, conformity, or waste question to resolve.

26. [Batteries Regulation vs ESPR](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/batteries-regulation-vs-espr.md): Compare EU Batteries Regulation duties with ESPR framework rules: scope, economic operators, DPP overlap, delegated acts, sustainability evidence, and reuse limits.
27. [EU Batteries Regulation FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq.md): Answers to practical EU Batteries Regulation questions on battery categories, CE conformity, QR labels, battery passports, due diligence, removability, and waste collection duties.

### 7. More guides

Additional guidance related to this artifact.

28. [EU Batteries Regulation Article 11 removability FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/removability-and-replaceability.md): FAQ on Article 11 removability and replaceability duties for portable and LMT batteries, including end-user removal, professional replacement, spares, software, and evidence.
29. [EU Batteries Regulation Article 8 recycled content calculation FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/recycled-content-calculation.md): FAQ on Article 8 recycled content calculations for EU Batteries Regulation battery models, materials, thresholds, documentation, and delegated methodology status.
30. [EU Batteries Regulation battery passport fields FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/battery-passport-fields.md): FAQ on Article 77 and Annex XIII battery passport field groups, public and restricted access, QR codes, unique identifiers, and model versus individual battery data.
31. [EU Batteries Regulation category routing FAQ: portable, LMT, SLI, EV and industrial batteries](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/category-routing.md): FAQ guidance for routing batteries under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 across portable, LMT, SLI, EV and industrial categories, including incorporated batteries and obligation checks.
32. [EU Batteries Regulation due diligence threshold FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/due-diligence-thresholds.md): FAQ on the EU Batteries Regulation Chapter VII due diligence threshold, Article 47 exclusions, Annex X raw materials, and verification and disclosure records.
33. [EU Batteries Regulation economic operator roles FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/economic-operator-roles.md): FAQ on manufacturer, importer, distributor, fulfilment service provider, producer, and second-life operator roles under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.
34. [EU Batteries Regulation NANDO and notified bodies FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/nando.md): When notified bodies matter under the EU Batteries Regulation, how to use the Single Market Compliance Space/NANDO lookup, and what scope evidence to retain.
35. [EU Batteries Regulation QR code and label timing FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/qr-and-label-timing.md): FAQ on Article 13 battery labels, the 18 February 2027 QR code rule, battery passport access, and Commission act dependencies under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.
36. [EU Batteries Regulation: CE Marking FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/ce-and-conformity-assessment.md): FAQ on Article 17 conformity assessment, Annex VIII modules, EU declarations of conformity, CE marking, notified bodies, and importer and distributor checks under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.
37. [EU Batteries Regulation: Waste Collection FAQ](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/waste-collection-and-recycling-reporting.md): FAQ on EU Batteries Regulation waste battery collection, producer registration, free take-back, collection targets, recycling, and reporting evidence.
38. [FAQ: EU Batteries Regulation carbon footprint performance classes](/artifacts/eu/batteries-regulation/faq/carbon-footprint-classes.md): FAQ on Article 7 carbon footprint declarations, performance classes, maximum-threshold sequencing, covered battery categories, and delegated-act dependencies.

## Key dates for battery categories and duties

*Batteries Timeline*

Track the staged dates for application, state-of-health data, Chapter VI conformity rules, penalties, Chapter VIII waste duties, labels, QR codes, battery passports, removability, collection targets, recycling efficiency, material recovery, and recycled-content rules.

*Next step*

## Turn EU Batteries Regulation scope and duties into owned work

This hub is the shared entry point for product, sustainability, supply-chain, regulatory, and waste-battery work. Route confirmed duties into ESG Compliance and keep the supporting product, supplier, conformity, passport, and recycling evidence in SSOT.

- Start with the battery category, chemistry, capacity, use case, placing-on-the-market path, and responsible economic operator.
- Use ESG Compliance to assign carbon-footprint, recycled-content, due-diligence, collection, recycling, and reporting work to accountable owners.
- Use SSOT to keep technical documentation, EU declarations of conformity, label records, QR destinations, passport data, supplier evidence, and recycler reports together.
- Escalate due-diligence timing and amendment questions against the current consolidated legal text before release planning.

- [Open ESG Compliance](/solutions/esg-compliance.md): Manage carbon footprint, recycled content, due diligence, collection, recycling, and reporting work from one workflow.
- [Open SSOT](/solutions/ssot.md): Keep battery model records, conformity files, labels, passport data, supplier evidence, and waste reports in one governed system.
- **Download timeline**: Align category, labelling, passport, conformity, producer-responsibility and recycling work with the legal dates.
- [Talk through readiness](/contact.md): Review category classification, operator roles, evidence gaps, due-diligence questions, and release planning.

## Compliance Timeline

| Date | Event | Category | Reference |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2006-09-06 | Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC) adopted | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/66/oj?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2006-09-26 | Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC) published in the Official Journal (OJ L 266) | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/66/oj?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2021-12-07 | Battery standardisation request M/579 adopted | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/enorm/mandate/579_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2023-07-12 | EU Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 adopted | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2023-07-28 | EU Batteries Regulation published in the Official Journal | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2023-08-17 | EU Batteries Regulation enters into force | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-02-18 | EU Batteries Regulation applies (general application date) | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-04-17 | Corrigendum published (EU Batteries Regulation) | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/corrigendum/2024-04-17/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-08-18 | EU Batteries Regulation Article 17 and Chapter VI apply | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-08-18 | Performance, safety and state-of-health evidence starts | Labelling & Performance | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-08-18 | Portable battery lead restriction starts | Substance Restrictions | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-01-10 | Commission removability and replaceability guidelines published | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C_202500214&ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-02-18 | Carbon footprint declaration starts (earliest) for EV batteries | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-03-21 | Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/606 adopted | Recycling & Recovery | [Source](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/606/oj?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-05-28 | JRC methodological support for industrial battery carbon footprint published | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/calculating-carbon-footprint-industrial-batteries-methodological-support-2025-05-28_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-07-04 | Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/606 published in the Official Journal | Recycling & Recovery | [Source](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/606/oj?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-07-18 | Battery due-diligence amendment adopted | Due Diligence | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1561/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-07-24 | Waste-battery recycling methodology enters into force | Recycling & Recovery | [Source](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-rules-boost-recycling-efficiency-waste-batteries-2025-07-04_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-07-30 | Battery due-diligence amendment published | Due Diligence | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1561/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-07-31 | Battery due-diligence amendment enters into force | Due Diligence | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1561/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-08-18 | Directive repeal and Chapter VIII waste-battery rules apply | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-08-18 | Separate collection symbol marking applies | Labelling & Performance | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-08-18 | Member State battery penalty rules due | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-10-08 | Corrigendum published (EU Batteries Regulation) | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/corrigendum/2025-10-08/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-11-13 | Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2289 adopted | Collection Targets | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2289/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-11-18 | EU Batteries Regulation competent-authority notification deadline | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-11-19 | EU Batteries Regulation technical support report published | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/document/21b9a660-a240-4f97-a755-847d6f74df0e_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-11-21 | Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2289 published | Collection Targets | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2289/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-12-11 | Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2289 enters into force | Collection Targets | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2289/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-12-31 | Recycling efficiency targets due (Annex XII) | Recycling & Recovery | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-01-01 | EU Batteries Regulation compositional surveys for waste portable and LMT batteries begin | Collection Targets | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-02-18 | Carbon footprint declaration starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-07-26 | Battery due-diligence guidelines deadline | Due Diligence | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1561/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-08-18 | Carbon footprint performance class labelling starts (earliest) for EV batteries | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-08-18 | General labels and capacity labels start (earliest) | Labelling & Performance | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-08-18 | Battery passport access implementing-act deadline | Battery Passport | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2027-02-18 | Article 11 removability and replaceability applies | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C_202500214&ref=sorena.io) |
| 2027-02-18 | QR code and battery passport requirements start | Battery Passport | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2027-08-18 | Rechargeable industrial performance minimums start (earliest) | Labelling & Performance | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2027-08-18 | Battery due-diligence obligations start | Due Diligence | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1561/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2027-12-31 | Material recovery targets start (Annex XII) | Recycling & Recovery | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2027-12-31 | Portable battery collection target increases to 63% | Collection Targets | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2028-02-18 | Maximum life cycle carbon footprint threshold starts (earliest) for EV batteries | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2028-06-07 | Battery standardisation request M/579 expires | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/enorm/mandate/579_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2028-08-18 | Carbon footprint declaration starts (earliest) for LMT batteries | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2028-08-18 | Recycled content disclosure documentation starts (industrial, EV, SLI) | Recycled Content | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2028-08-18 | Portable and LMT performance minimums start (earliest) | Labelling & Performance | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2028-08-18 | Portable zinc-air button-cell lead transition ends | Substance Restrictions | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2028-12-31 | LMT battery collection target starts at 51% | Collection Targets | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2029-02-18 | Maximum life cycle carbon footprint threshold starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2030-01-01 | Recycling-efficiency calculation transition starts | Recycling & Recovery | [Source](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/606/oj?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2030-02-18 | Carbon footprint performance class labelling starts (earliest) for LMT batteries | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2030-08-18 | Carbon footprint declaration starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2030-12-31 | Increased recycling efficiency targets due (Annex XII) | Recycling & Recovery | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2030-12-31 | Portable battery collection target increases to 73% | Collection Targets | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2031-06-30 | EU Batteries Regulation review reports due | Legislative Milestones | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2031-08-18 | Maximum life cycle carbon footprint threshold starts (earliest) for LMT batteries | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2031-08-18 | Mandatory minimum recycled content targets start (industrial, EV, SLI) | Recycled Content | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2031-12-31 | Increased material recovery targets due (Annex XII) | Recycling & Recovery | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2031-12-31 | LMT battery collection target increases to 61% | Collection Targets | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2032-02-18 | Carbon footprint performance class labelling starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2033-08-18 | Maximum life cycle carbon footprint threshold starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage | Carbon Footprint | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2033-08-18 | Recycled content disclosure documentation starts (LMT batteries) | Recycled Content | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2036-08-18 | EU Batteries Regulation increased recycled-content targets start for covered battery types | Recycled Content | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |

**Event details:**

- **2006-09-06 - Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC) adopted**: Date of Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council: 6 September 2006.
- **2006-09-26 - Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC) published in the Official Journal (OJ L 266)**: Official Journal reference for Directive 2006/66/EC: OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1.
- **2021-12-07 - Battery standardisation request M/579 adopted**: Commission Implementing Decision C(2021)8614 requested European standardisation work for battery performance, safety and sustainability requirements.
- **2023-07-12 - EU Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 adopted**: Date of the Regulation: of 12 July 2023.
- **2023-07-28 - EU Batteries Regulation published in the Official Journal**: Official Journal of the European Union date: 28.7.2023.
- **2023-08-17 - EU Batteries Regulation enters into force**: Entry into force: 20 days after publication in the Official Journal (published 28 July 2023).
- **2024-02-18 - EU Batteries Regulation applies (general application date)**: General application date: 18 February 2024 (with specific phased provisions).
- **2024-04-17 - Corrigendum published (EU Batteries Regulation)**: Corrigendum dated 17 April 2024 (Official Journal corrigendum entry for Regulation (EU) 2023/1542).
- **2024-08-18 - EU Batteries Regulation Article 17 and Chapter VI apply**: From 18 August 2024, Article 17 and Chapter VI apply, starting the main conformity-assessment and economic-operator obligation phase; Article 17(2) follows the separate 12-month transition tied to first publication of the Article 30(2) notified-body list.
- **2024-08-18 - Performance, safety and state-of-health evidence starts**: From 18 August 2024, rechargeable industrial batteries over 2 kWh, LMT batteries and EV batteries need performance and durability parameter documentation; stationary battery energy storage systems need safety evidence; and battery management systems for stationary storage, LMT and EV batteries must contain state-of-health and expected-lifetime data.
- **2024-08-18 - Portable battery lead restriction starts**: From 18 August 2024, portable batteries must not contain more than 0.01% lead by weight, except portable zinc-air button cells during the Regulation's transition period.
- **2025-01-10 - Commission removability and replaceability guidelines published**: Commission Notice C/2025/214 was published with guidance on Article 11 removability and replaceability rules for portable and LMT batteries.
- **2025-02-18 - Carbon footprint declaration starts (earliest) for EV batteries**: Earliest: 18 February 2025 for EV batteries (or later depending on delegated and implementing acts).
- **2025-03-21 - Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/606 adopted**: The Commission adopted Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/606 establishing the methodology for calculating and verifying recycling efficiency and material recovery rates from waste batteries, plus documentation format rules.
- **2025-05-28 - JRC methodological support for industrial battery carbon footprint published**: The Joint Research Centre published methodological support for calculating the carbon footprint of rechargeable industrial batteries without external storage and with capacity above 2 kWh.
- **2025-07-04 - Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/606 published in the Official Journal**: OJ L, 2025/606 was published on 4 July 2025, establishing the calculation, verification and documentation methodology for recycling efficiency and material recovery from waste batteries.
- **2025-07-18 - Battery due-diligence amendment adopted**: Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 was adopted to amend Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards economic-operator obligations for battery due diligence policies.
- **2025-07-24 - Waste-battery recycling methodology enters into force**: The newly established methodology will enter into force on 24 July 2025.
- **2025-07-30 - Battery due-diligence amendment published**: Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 was published in the Official Journal on 30 July 2025.
- **2025-07-31 - Battery due-diligence amendment enters into force**: Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 entered into force the day after its Official Journal publication and postponed the main battery due-diligence obligation date to 18 August 2027.
- **2025-08-18 - Directive repeal and Chapter VIII waste-battery rules apply**: From 18 August 2025, Chapter VIII applies and Directive 2006/66/EC is repealed, subject to the transitional reporting provisions in Article 95.
- **2025-08-18 - Separate collection symbol marking applies**: From 18 August 2025, all batteries must be marked with the separate collection symbol shown in Annex VI Part B.
- **2025-08-18 - Member State battery penalty rules due**: By 18 August 2025, Member States must lay down penalty rules for infringements of the Regulation and notify the Commission.
- **2025-10-08 - Corrigendum published (EU Batteries Regulation)**: Corrigendum dated 8 October 2025 (Official Journal corrigendum entry for Regulation (EU) 2023/1542).
- **2025-11-13 - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2289 adopted**: The Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2289 on data reporting formats and assessment methods or operational conditions for collection and treatment of waste batteries.
- **2025-11-18 - EU Batteries Regulation competent-authority notification deadline**: By 18 November 2025, Member States must notify the Commission of the names and addresses of competent authorities designated for producer registration and Chapter VIII tasks.
- **2025-11-19 - EU Batteries Regulation technical support report published**: The Commission publishes a technical support report for delegated acts and review work under the EU Batteries Regulation.
- **2025-11-21 - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2289 published**: OJ L, 2025/2289 was published on 21 November 2025, setting the reporting format and related assessment methods or operational conditions for collection and treatment of waste batteries.
- **2025-12-11 - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2289 enters into force**: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2289 enters into force on the twentieth day following its Official Journal publication.
- **2025-12-31 - Recycling efficiency targets due (Annex XII)**: No later than 31 December 2025, recycling efficiency targets apply: 75% lead-acid, 65% lithium-based, 80% nickel-cadmium, 50% other waste batteries.
- **2026-01-01 - EU Batteries Regulation compositional surveys for waste portable and LMT batteries begin**: By 1 January 2026 and every five years thereafter, Member States must carry out compositional surveys for the preceding calendar year to determine the share of waste portable and LMT batteries in mixed municipal waste and WEEE streams.
- **2026-02-18 - Carbon footprint declaration starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries**: Earliest: 18 February 2026 for rechargeable industrial batteries (except those with exclusively external storage), or later depending on delegated and implementing acts.
- **2026-07-26 - Battery due-diligence guidelines deadline**: As amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/1561, the Commission must publish battery due-diligence guidelines by 26 July 2026.
- **2026-08-18 - Carbon footprint performance class labelling starts (earliest) for EV batteries**: Earliest: 18 August 2026 for EV batteries, or later depending on delegated and implementing acts.
- **2026-08-18 - General labels and capacity labels start (earliest)**: Earliest: 18 August 2026 for general battery labels, capacity labels and non-rechargeable portable battery labels, or later depending on the Article 13 implementing act timing.
- **2026-08-18 - Battery passport access implementing-act deadline**: By 18 August 2026, the Commission must adopt implementing acts specifying legitimate-interest access to non-public battery passport information.
- **2027-02-18 - Article 11 removability and replaceability applies**: From 18 February 2027, Article 11 removability and replaceability obligations apply to portable and LMT batteries in products, with Commission guidance published in C/2025/214.
- **2027-02-18 - QR code and battery passport requirements start**: From 18 February 2027, all batteries must carry a QR code; each LMT battery, industrial battery over 2 kWh and EV battery must have a battery passport accessible through the QR code.
- **2027-08-18 - Rechargeable industrial performance minimums start (earliest)**: Earliest: 18 August 2027 for mandatory minimum electrochemical performance and durability values for rechargeable industrial batteries over 2 kWh except those with exclusively external storage, or later depending on delegated-act timing.
- **2027-08-18 - Battery due-diligence obligations start**: As amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/1561, in-scope economic operators must fulfil battery due-diligence obligations from 18 August 2027.
- **2027-12-31 - Material recovery targets start (Annex XII)**: No later than 31 December 2027, recovery targets apply: 90% cobalt/copper/lead/nickel and 50% lithium.
- **2027-12-31 - Portable battery collection target increases to 63%**: By 31 December 2027, the portable waste-battery collection target increases to 63%; the Commission must also assess possible deposit-return systems by this date.
- **2028-02-18 - Maximum life cycle carbon footprint threshold starts (earliest) for EV batteries**: Earliest: 18 February 2028 for EV batteries, or later depending on delegated acts setting thresholds.
- **2028-06-07 - Battery standardisation request M/579 expires**: The standardisation request page for M/579 states an expiration date of 7 June 2028 after amendment by M/579Amd1.
- **2028-08-18 - Carbon footprint declaration starts (earliest) for LMT batteries**: Earliest: 18 August 2028 for LMT batteries, or later depending on delegated and implementing acts.
- **2028-08-18 - Recycled content disclosure documentation starts (industrial, EV, SLI)**: From 18 August 2028, industrial batteries over 2 kWh (except exclusively external storage), EV batteries and SLI batteries must be accompanied by recycled content share documentation (for cobalt, lead, lithium, nickel in active materials).
- **2028-08-18 - Portable and LMT performance minimums start (earliest)**: Earliest: 18 August 2028 for mandatory minimum performance and durability values for portable batteries of general use and LMT batteries, or later depending on delegated-act timing.
- **2028-08-18 - Portable zinc-air button-cell lead transition ends**: The portable-battery lead restriction exception for portable zinc-air button cells ends on 18 August 2028.
- **2028-12-31 - LMT battery collection target starts at 51%**: By 31 December 2028, producers must meet a 51% collection target for waste LMT batteries.
- **2029-02-18 - Maximum life cycle carbon footprint threshold starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries**: Earliest: 18 February 2029 for rechargeable industrial batteries (except exclusively external storage), or later depending on delegated acts setting thresholds.
- **2030-01-01 - Recycling-efficiency calculation transition starts**: From 1 January 2030, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/606 changes which substances are taken into account when calculating recycling efficiency.
- **2030-02-18 - Carbon footprint performance class labelling starts (earliest) for LMT batteries**: Earliest: 18 February 2030 for LMT batteries, or later depending on delegated and implementing acts.
- **2030-08-18 - Carbon footprint declaration starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage**: Earliest: 18 August 2030 for rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage, or later depending on delegated and implementing acts.
- **2030-12-31 - Increased recycling efficiency targets due (Annex XII)**: No later than 31 December 2030, recycling efficiency targets increase to 80% lead-acid and 70% lithium-based.
- **2030-12-31 - Portable battery collection target increases to 73%**: By 31 December 2030, the portable waste-battery collection target increases to 73%.
- **2031-06-30 - EU Batteries Regulation review reports due**: By 30 June 2031, the Commission must review the Regulation's application and impact and submit the LMT-scope assessment report, with a Chapter VII due-diligence report also due by this date unless triggered earlier by other due-diligence legislation.
- **2031-08-18 - Maximum life cycle carbon footprint threshold starts (earliest) for LMT batteries**: Earliest: 18 August 2031 for LMT batteries, or later depending on delegated acts setting thresholds.
- **2031-08-18 - Mandatory minimum recycled content targets start (industrial, EV, SLI)**: From 18 August 2031, batteries in scope must meet minimum recycled content shares in active materials (including cobalt, lead, lithium, nickel) as part of technical documentation.
- **2031-12-31 - Increased material recovery targets due (Annex XII)**: No later than 31 December 2031, recovery targets increase to 95% cobalt/copper/lead/nickel and 80% lithium.
- **2031-12-31 - LMT battery collection target increases to 61%**: By 31 December 2031, the waste LMT battery collection target increases to 61%.
- **2032-02-18 - Carbon footprint performance class labelling starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage**: Earliest: 18 February 2032 for rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage, or later depending on delegated and implementing acts.
- **2033-08-18 - Maximum life cycle carbon footprint threshold starts (earliest) for rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage**: Earliest: 18 August 2033 for rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage, or later depending on delegated acts setting thresholds.
- **2033-08-18 - Recycled content disclosure documentation starts (LMT batteries)**: From 18 August 2033, LMT batteries in scope must be accompanied by recycled content share documentation (for cobalt, lead, lithium, nickel in active materials).
- **2036-08-18 - EU Batteries Regulation increased recycled-content targets start for covered battery types**: From 18 August 2036, increased minimum recycled content shares apply (including higher cobalt, lithium, and nickel targets).


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