Battery Passport – Sustainability through transparency

Harmonized and centralized management of battery data over the entire life cycle

Meets all EU requirements and industry-specific regulations regarding batteries

Easy reuse of battery data and implementation of other product data for further use cases

The Battery Passport is mandatory for batteries designed to power hybrid or pure electric vehicles of classes M, N, and O. Batteries for lighter vehicles of class L (e.g., electric motorcycles) are also affected, provided the battery itself exceeds a weight of 25 kg.

This category includes batteries with a total weight of over 5 kg but not exceeding 25 kg. They are intended for light transport vehicles powered by an electric motor. Typical examples include e-bikes, e-scooters, and other small, personal electric vehicles.

This includes all batteries with a weight of over 5 kg, as well as batteries specifically designed for industrial purposes or prepared for industrial reuse (second life). Only LMT, EV, and batteries for starting, lighting, and ignition (SLI) are explicitly excluded.

The fundamental duty to create and provide the Battery Passport lies with the economic operator who first places a battery on the EU market or puts it into service for their own use.

The regulation clearly assigns responsibility: Importers who bring batteries into the EU are legally treated as manufacturers and are therefore fully responsible. Device manufacturers must also provide the passport if they are the first to place the battery on the market themselves.

The crucial deadline for the introduction is February 18, 2027. From this date, the digital battery pass is a mandatory requirement for placing new batteries on the market. Anyone who does not implement the digital battery pass risks severe penalties, such as heavy fines (according to § 29 of the German Battery Act (BattG), offenses are subject to fines of up to €100,000 per individual case), sales bans in the EU, the market withdrawal of non-compliant batteries, and sometimes also civil law consequences such as claims for damages, as this violates new EU regulations, particularly the Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.