Do your batteries need an EU battery passport?
From 18 February 2027, every EV, e-bike/LMT and industrial battery over 2 kWh on the EU market must carry a QR-linked battery passport. Find out which of yours are caught, whether you're the economic operator who owns it, and which obligations — like the carbon-footprint declaration — you already owe today.
Does this battery need a passport?
Three questions. This is a screening against the Batteries Regulation — not legal advice.
A decade of deadlines — and some already bite.
The battery passport is the EU's first mandatory Digital Product Passport — the template for textiles, electronics and more. The deadline is fixed; the technical detail is still landing.
From 18 February 2027
Every EV, LMT (e-bike/scooter) and industrial battery over 2 kWh placed on the EU market must carry a QR-linked passport resolving to identity, technical, sustainability and circularity data.
The carbon-footprint rule
Carbon-footprint declarations already apply — for EV batteries since February 2025 and for industrial batteries over 2 kWh since 18 February 2026. Site-specific, batch-level, no offsets. Part of this audience is non-compliant today.
You may be the operator
The economic operator who places the battery on the market — or puts it into service in their own equipment — owns the passport data. Importers and integrators are caught, often without realising it.
To 2028 and 2031
Labelling from August 2026, due-diligence obligations from 18 August 2027, carbon thresholds from 2028, recycled-content minimums to 2031. One report, mapped to all of it.
Your position, in three minutes.
List your batteries
Category, your role, and whether you place them on the market or put them into service. No account.
We map the regulation
Which need a passport from 2027, whether you're the responsible operator, and what already applies today.
Get the report + letters
A dated position report — passport scope, responsibility, the already-in-force audit, the passport data inventory — and supplier data-request letters.
Tell us about your batteries
The report reflects exactly what you enter.
What you're buying
Do e-bike batteries really need a passport?
Yes — LMT (light means of transport) batteries are in scope of the battery passport from 18 February 2027, alongside EV and industrial batteries over 2 kWh. Portable and SLI (car starter) batteries are not in the 2027 passport scope, though the Digital Product Passport is expanding.
I just import them — am I responsible?
Probably. The economic operator who first places the battery on the EU market — or puts it into service in their own equipment — owns the passport data and its accuracy. An importer buying packs from overseas, or a machine builder integrating a battery, is typically that operator. The report determines which you are.
What's this about being "already late"?
The carbon-footprint declaration already applies: EV batteries since February 2025, industrial batteries over 2 kWh since 18 February 2026 (site-specific, batch-level, offsets not allowed). If you place those and don't have the declaration, you're non-compliant today — the report flags it.
Is this legal advice?
No. It's a screening of your answers against the regulation — passport scope, responsibility, and obligations — cited to the article. Passport technical specs are still being set by delegated acts and standards; we state the position as at the report's date. We do not calculate carbon footprints or verify supplier data. Confirm with counsel before relying on it.
Do UK companies need this?
Yes, if you place batteries or battery-powered products on the EU market — a UK e-bike or storage brand is an economic operator under the Batteries Regulation like any other.