Which battery categories does the regulation define?

Five: portable, light means of transport (LMT, e.g. e-bike and e-scooter batteries), electric vehicle (EV), industrial, and SLI (starting, lighting and ignition) batteries for vehicles. The obligations differ sharply by category, so identifying yours correctly is the first compliance step.

What is the Digital Battery Passport?

From February 2027, every LMT, EV and industrial battery over 2 kWh placed on the EU market must carry a machine-readable Battery Passport — a QR-linked record of its composition, carbon footprint, recycled content, state of health and supply-chain due diligence. It is one of the first real-world Digital Product Passports.

What are the recycled-content targets?

Industrial, EV and SLI batteries with internal storage must contain minimum recycled cobalt, lead, lithium and nickel. Initial targets apply from August 2031 (for example 16% cobalt, 85% lead, 6% lithium, 6% nickel) and rise further from 2036, and they must be declared and verified.

Does every battery need a carbon-footprint declaration?

No — it phases in. EV batteries first, then rechargeable industrial batteries above 2 kWh and LMT batteries, must carry a carbon-footprint declaration and, later, fall within maximum carbon-footprint thresholds and performance classes. Portable batteries are not subject to the carbon-footprint rule.

Is any data I enter stored?

No. The category you select is evaluated entirely in your browser to produce the requirements list. Nothing about your product or company is uploaded, logged or retained anywhere.

EU Battery Regulation Compliance Checker

An EU Battery Regulation Compliance Checker that maps your product to its obligations under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, the framework that replaced the old Battery Directive. The regulation governs the entire life cycle — design, carbon footprint, recycled content, labelling and end-of-life — and the rules differ enormously by category. This tool is for battery manufacturers and importers who need a fast, accurate scope of what applies to a given product.

How it works

The regulation defines five categories, and almost every obligation keys off them:

portable    LMT    EV    industrial    SLI

Selecting your category surfaces the relevant duties. Common to all are CE marking, safety and labelling (capacity, chemistry, separate-collection symbol, and from 2027 a QR code linking to further information). Beyond that, the heavier requirements attach selectively: a carbon-footprint declaration (EV first, then large industrial and LMT batteries), performance and durability classes for rechargeable industrial and EV batteries, removability and replaceability for portable batteries in appliances, and minimum recycled content of cobalt, lead, lithium and nickel for industrial, EV and SLI batteries.

The Battery Passport and key dates

The flagship obligation is the Digital Battery Passport: from February 2027, every LMT, EV and industrial battery above 2 kWh must carry a machine-readable passport accessible via QR, recording composition, carbon footprint, recycled content, state of health and supply-chain due diligence. Due-diligence policies for cobalt, lithium, nickel and natural graphite already apply to larger economic operators. Recycled-content targets begin in 2031 and tighten in 2036. Because the deadlines are staggered, the tool tags each requirement with the category it applies to and flags the 2027 passport milestone.

All evaluation happens locally — nothing you select is uploaded or stored.