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In July 2023, the European Union (EU) published Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries.

The new legislation establishes requirements for the following:

  • Sustainability
  • Safety
  • Labelling
  • Information for all batteries, including:
    • Portable batteries
    • Starting, lighting, and ignition batteries (SLI batteries)
    • Light means of transport batteries (LMT batteries)
    • Electric vehicle batteries
    • Industrial batteries
    • Batteries designed to be incorporated into or added to products

The new Regulation will replace Battery Directive 2006/66/EC but also introduce requirements in many new areas of sustainability and safety of batteries and battery-operated products.

Key requirements

Design requirements:

  • Restriction of substrates
  • Carbon footprint
  • Recycled content
  • Performance and durability
  • Removability and replaceability 
  • Information and traceability
  • Labeling, CE marking, and conformity assessments
  • Information via QR code
  • Digital battery passport

End of life

  • Extended responsibility obligations for producers/ producer responsibility organizations (PROs)
  • Collection of waste from portable and light means of transport (LMT) batteries
  • Recycling efficiency targets
  • Materials recovery targets
  • Shipment of waste batteries outside the EU
  • Reporting obligations

Due diligence

  • Management system
  • Risk management plan
  • Third-party verification through a notified body
  • Disclosure of information

To find out more about the new requirements, please speak to our team today.
 

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