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From 18 February 2027, EV, e-bike (LMT) and industrial batteries over 2 kWh placed on the EU market must carry a battery passport, and the carbon-footprint declaration already applies today. What's caught, who's responsible, what's already owed, and what's coming next.
Do e-bike batteries need a battery passport?
Yes, e-bike and e-scooter packs are LMT batteries, in scope from 18 Feb 2027 with no capacity threshold. The confusion that catches the most brands.
Read the guide → Scope · storageDoes a home solar battery need a battery passport?
Yes for nearly all, stationary storage over 2 kWh is an industrial battery, in scope from 18 Feb 2027. Who owns it when you import LFP racks.
Read the guide → Deadline · dataWhat must be behind the QR code on 18 February 2027
The four data categories, identity, technical, sustainability, circularity, and who holds each one under Article 77 and Annex XIII.
Read the guide → ResponsibilityImporters: you are probably the economic operator
If you import, or build batteries into your own equipment, you usually own the passport, not the overseas cell maker. Where responsibility falls.
Read the guide → Already in forceThe battery carbon-footprint rule already applies
Not a 2027 problem: EV batteries since Feb 2025, industrial > 2 kWh since Feb 2026, under Article 7. Offsets not allowed. The "you're already late" page.
Read the guide → DPP · ESPRBattery passport vs the Digital Product Passport
The battery passport is the EU's first mandatory DPP. What the ESPR (2024/1781) brings next for textiles, electronics and more.
Read the guide → UK exportersThe EU battery passport for UK exporters
Selling into the EU market? Brexit does not exempt you, the passport follows the market, not the seller. Who the EU-facing operator is, and what to do now.
Read the guide →Screen your own batteries
The guides explain the rules. The report applies them to your products, category, your role, who owns the passport, what's already owed, with the supplier data-request letters.
Check my batteries → get my battery passport report