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Mandatory · 18 February 2027

Battery Digital Product Passport — what your team needs to know.

EU Regulation 2023/1542 makes Digital Product Passports mandatory for every EV, light transport, and industrial battery over 2 kWh sold in the EU from February 2027 — a deadline the 2025–26 omnibus packages left untouched. The carbon footprint declaration phases in once the EU adopts its calculation methodology, so start collecting that data now. Here are the required fields, the deadline schedule, and how to ship a compliant passport without a six-figure compliance program.

EU hostedFrankfurt + Vercel EU edge
GTIN-compatibleOpen data on every passport
ESPR-alignedTemplates per category
GDPR-nativeHelsinki-based, no US data transit
CIRPASS-2 observerEU DPP reference programme
Timeline

The deadlines that matter.

19 July 2026
Commission deadline to set up the central EU DPP registry (ESPR Art. 13). Infrastructure milestone — batteries are the first products required to register, from February 2027.
Methodology pending
Carbon footprint declarations phase in per category once the Commission adopts the calculation methodology (EV draft published 2024, adoption pending). Start collecting the data now.
18 February 2027
Battery DPP mandatory under Regulation 2023/1542. Hard deadline — no SME carve-out, and unchanged by the 2025–26 omnibus packages.
18 August 2027
Due diligence obligations under Article 47 enter into force (deferred from 2025 by Regulation (EU) 2025/1561).
2031
Recycled content minimum thresholds begin — 16% cobalt, 6% lithium, 6% nickel in new batteries.
What you need to collect

Required data fields for a battery passport.

Drawn from Regulation 2023/1542 Annex XIII and Article 77. productpasses.com pre-fills this structure when you pick the battery category template.

Battery identity

  • Unique product identifier (GTIN-compatible)
  • Manufacturer name, address, EU economic operator ID
  • Battery model, type, batch number
  • Date of manufacture

Chemistry and performance

  • Cell chemistry (Li-ion NMC, LFP, NaS, etc.)
  • Nominal capacity (Ah and kWh)
  • Voltage range, internal resistance
  • Expected service life and cycle count

Materials and sustainability

  • Materials composition by mass percentage
  • Critical raw materials breakdown (lithium, cobalt, nickel, natural graphite)
  • Recycled content percentages (mandatory thresholds from 2031)
  • Carbon footprint per kWh (phases in once the EU methodology is adopted)

Care, repair, end-of-life

  • State-of-health monitoring data fields
  • Replaceable parts list and disassembly instructions
  • Take-back and recycling channels
  • Hazard classification and safety information
Why start now

Suppliers take 6–12 months to deliver clean data.

Battery DPPs need data your suppliers don't already give you — cell-level chemistry, critical raw material origin, recycled content percentages with audit trails. Brands who start the supplier data-collection now will be ready in February 2027. Brands who wait will spend 2026's last quarter chasing certificates.

Start with productpasses.com's battery template free — 5 active passports, AI fills the fields it can infer, you flag what still needs supplier confirmation.

FAQ

Battery DPP questions, answered.

Which batteries need a Digital Product Passport?

All electric vehicle (EV) batteries, light means of transport (LMT) batteries, and industrial batteries with a capacity over 2 kWh placed on the EU market from February 18, 2027 onwards. Portable batteries (under 2 kWh) are not yet in scope but face other labelling requirements.

What information must a battery passport contain?

Battery model identifier, manufacturer details, battery chemistry, capacity, voltage, weight, expected service life, materials breakdown (with critical raw materials highlighted), recycled content percentages, carbon footprint, state-of-health performance metrics, and end-of-life and dismantling instructions.

When does the battery DPP requirement start?

February 18, 2027 is the hard deadline under EU Regulation 2023/1542 — confirmed on track and unchanged by the 2025–26 omnibus packages. Carbon footprint declarations phase in per category once the Commission adopts the calculation methodology (the EV draft was published in 2024, adoption still pending) — start collecting the data now. Due diligence obligations were deferred to August 18, 2027 by Regulation (EU) 2025/1561.

Does this apply to battery importers, not just manufacturers?

Yes. The regulation applies to every economic operator placing batteries on the EU market — manufacturer, importer, or distributor. If you import EV or industrial batteries into the EU for sale, the DPP obligation falls on you.

Pre-load the battery template.

AI drafts the fields it can, you fill in the rest. No card needed, 5 passports free.