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Battery passport guides

Everything a manufacturer or importer needs to understand and create a compliant EU battery passport — written in plain language, not legalese.

What is a battery passport? The complete 2027 guide
A battery passport is a digital record of an individual battery, reached via QR code, required across the EU from 18 February 2027. What it contains, who needs one, and how to create it.
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EU battery passport deadline: every date from 2025 to 2036
The battery passport becomes mandatory on 18 February 2027. A full timeline of the EU Battery Regulation’s dates and what each one means for manufacturers and importers.
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Do I need a battery passport? A decision guide
Work out whether the EU battery passport applies to you, based on your battery type, capacity and your role as manufacturer or importer.
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How much does a battery passport cost?
Battery passport pricing explained: why most vendors hide it behind a demo, what drives the cost, and how self-serve per-passport pricing compares to enterprise contracts.
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How to create a battery passport in 7 steps
A practical, step-by-step process for creating a compliant EU battery passport — from gathering your data to printing the QR code and publishing the public page.
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The battery carbon footprint declaration explained
What the EU Battery Regulation requires for the carbon footprint declaration, how it is calculated, and how it appears in the passport.
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Recycled content targets for batteries
The EU Battery Regulation’s recycled-content rules for cobalt, lead, lithium and nickel — what must be declared and the thresholds that phase in.
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Unique identifiers and GS1 Digital Link for batteries
How the per-battery unique identifier works, the role of ISO/IEC 15459 and GS1 Digital Link, and why a model-level ID is not enough.
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The QR code and data carrier requirement
The battery passport must be reachable via a QR code or data carrier on the battery. Print quality, error correction and what it must point to.
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Annex XIII access tiers: who sees what
The four access tiers of the battery passport — public, legitimate interest, authorities and the Commission — and why they must be enforced field by field.
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Importer obligations for the battery passport
If you import batteries into the EU, the passport obligation is yours. What importers specifically must do under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.
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Battery passport: build it yourself or use a SaaS?
Building battery-passport infrastructure in-house versus using a self-serve generator — the trade-offs in cost, time and compliance risk.
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Battery passport compliance checklist for 2027
A practical readiness checklist for the EU battery passport: the data, identifiers, access tiers, QR code and hosting you must have in place before 18 February 2027.
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What data goes in a battery passport? The full attribute set
An overview of the roughly 80–90 data attributes a battery passport must carry under Annex XIII of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, grouped into seven clusters.
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State of health and dynamic lifecycle data
How state-of-health and other dynamic data reach the battery passport, the role of the battery management system, and the Article 14 access requirement.
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Supply-chain due diligence obligations for batteries
The EU Battery Regulation’s due-diligence requirements: which operators are covered, which raw materials are in scope, and how the policy connects to the passport.
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Repurposing, second life and recycling in the passport
How the battery passport handles a change of use: repurposing creates a new linked passport for the second-life battery, while recycling ends the original passport.
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The EU battery passport registry and online system
The battery passport connects to a Commission-run online system and registry. What it is, what gets registered, and how the QR resolves through it.
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Battery labelling, symbols and CE marking
The physical labelling the EU Battery Regulation requires alongside the passport: capacity and chemistry labels, the separate-collection symbol, CE marking and the QR data carrier.
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GS1 Digital Link: encoding the battery identifier in the QR
How the per-battery unique identifier is encoded in the QR code using GS1 Digital Link, so a single scan resolves to the right passport.
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What is a battery passport? The complete 2027 guide

EU battery passport deadline: every date from 2025 to 2036

Do I need a battery passport? A decision guide

How much does a battery passport cost?

How to create a battery passport in 7 steps

The battery carbon footprint declaration explained

Recycled content targets for batteries

Unique identifiers and GS1 Digital Link for batteries

The QR code and data carrier requirement

Annex XIII access tiers: who sees what

Importer obligations for the battery passport

Battery passport: build it yourself or use a SaaS?

Battery passport compliance checklist for 2027

What data goes in a battery passport? The full attribute set

State of health and dynamic lifecycle data

Supply-chain due diligence obligations for batteries

Repurposing, second life and recycling in the passport

The EU battery passport registry and online system

Battery labelling, symbols and CE marking

GS1 Digital Link: encoding the battery identifier in the QR