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Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 · Article 77
—days until Article 77 applies

Counted live to 00:00 on 18 February 2027, Brussels time. From that moment every light-means-of-transport battery, every EV battery and every industrial battery above 2 kWh placed on the EU market or put into service needs a registered battery passport.

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On the day

What applies on 18 February 2027.

Article 77(1)

A passport per battery

An electronic record for each in-scope battery placed on the market or put into service, with the Annex XIII data in four access tiers.

Articles 13(6) and 77(3)

A QR code linking to it

Printed or engraved on the battery, high-contrast and phone-readable, opening the passport through a unique identifier compliant with ISO/IEC 15459.

Article 77(10) · Reg. (EU) 2026/1778

An entry in the EU registry

The identifier registered in the EU Digital Product Passport Registry, which has been live since 20 July 2026. Customs can check it.

Article 78

A host that outlives the seller

The record stored by the economic operator or an authorised operator, available after the operator ceases to exist or leaves the Union.

Is the date firm? The Commission reaffirmed 18 February 2027 at its webinar of 27 May 2026, and the Council's omnibus mandate of 24 and 25 June 2026 keeps it. The due-diligence date was postponed to 18 August 2027 by Regulation (EU) 2025/1561; the passport date was not touched.
The full timeline

Every battery obligation with a date, and the acts still pending.

  • 17 Aug 2023 · 18 Feb 2024
    Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 in force, then applicable
    Applies in Northern Ireland from 18 February 2024 under the Windsor Framework
  • 18 Aug 2025
    Separate-collection symbol on all batteries. Member States' penalty regimes due.
  • 15 Jul 2026
    Six of the eight JTC 24 passport standards cited in the Official Journal
    EN 18216, 18219, 18220, 18221, 18222, 18223. EN 18239 and EN 18246 pending.
  • 20 Jul 2026
    EU Digital Product Passport Registry and test environment live
    Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778; in force 6 August 2026
  • 15 Aug 2026
    Commission guidance: 71 data points by category, version 2.0
    Carbon footprint and recycled-content shares marked "not to be filled" at February 2027
  • 18 Aug 2026 · missed
    Access-rights implementing act under Article 77(9) due
    Draft at the Battery Expert Group, April 2026; adoption expected around Q4 2026
  • 18 Feb 2027
    Article 77 applies: passport, QR, identifier, registry entry, hosting
    Member States name national registry administrators by the same date
  • 18 Aug 2027
    Supply-chain due diligence, Chapter VII
    Exemption below €40 million turnover; Omnibus IV would raise it to €200 million (not yet adopted)
  • 18 Aug 2028
    Recycled-content documentation under Article 8
    Or 24 months after the methodology act, whichever is later
  • 18 Aug 2031 · 18 Aug 2036
    Minimum recycled content: 16% cobalt, 85% lead, 6% lithium, 6% nickel; then 26%, 85%, 12%, 15%
  • Pending
    Carbon-footprint declaration, Article 7
    Triggered only after the methodology and format acts are in force. No obligation has started.
  • Pending
    Label requirements, Article 13(1) to (3)
    Apply 18 months after the Article 13(10) act, which the Commission expects later in 2027

Sources: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on EUR-Lex; Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778; Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1736; the Commission's battery passport guidance; gov.uk guidance on the EU batteries regulations in Northern Ireland. Compiled 3 September 2026.

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