Battery Passport
Battery passport mandatory from 2027 – everything you need to know
The battery passport originates from the EU Battery Regulation and contains all product-specific information about a battery, which can be accessed via a QR code. The overall goal of the battery passport is to create absolute transparency, promote the circular economy, and thus ensure more sustainable and ethical battery production in Europe.
What is the battery passport?
The battery passport is the first digital product passport to become mandatory. This passport contains a wealth of information covering the entire life cycle of the battery. This includes approximately 100 specified attributes from DIN DKE SPEC 99100, such as
Origin of raw materials
Carbon footprint
Performance parameters such as state of health (SOH)
Maintenance and repair histories.
Please feel free to contact us to receive the complete list of attributes from us.
In order to ensure a balance between legally required transparency and the protection of trade secrets, different stakeholders should be able to view different information. This means that recyclers, authorities, market supervisors, and end consumers may view the information intended for their role.
Why do we need the battery passport?
Promotion of the circular economy:
Currently, battery recycling is often inefficient because the exact chemical composition, state of health (SOH), and history of the battery are unknown. The passport provides recycling companies or operators of second-life applications with immediate, accurate data on material types, critical ingredients, and health status. This optimizes dismantling and recycling, increases the recovery rate of valuable raw materials, and maximizes battery life through reuse.
Transparency and ethical procurement:
Batteries contain critical raw materials such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel, the mining of which is often associated with environmental pollution and social risks. The passport creates the necessary traceability by documenting compliance with ethical standards and providing data on the carbon footprint of the entire production process. This enables manufacturers and consumers to make informed decisions and demonstrate compliance with ESG (environmental, social, governance) criteria to market surveillance authorities or the European Commission.
This description already makes it clear that different stakeholders need different information, which the battery passport must cover. It is essential to take this possibility into account when introducing the passport so that not all data is made accessible to everyone.
Who is affected by its introduction?
Economic operators placing the battery on the EU market must provide the battery passport. The following products must carry the battery passport from February 18, 2027:
Electric vehicle (EV) batteries > 25 kg
Light-duty transport (LMT) batteries ≤ 25 kg
Industrial storage batteries ≤ 25 kg
If you find yourself in this list, you should start looking into introducing the battery passport as soon as possible. The deadline is approaching, and implementation could take some time, as effective implementation of the battery passport means that processes will have to be adapted.
Recommended actions
There are two different ways to implement the battery passport. You can either build a battery passport yourself or get support from a DPP provider.
You can read about the advantages of a DPP porvider here . However, we recommend that you note the following when implementing it:
Prepare the contents of the battery passport attributes as quickly as possible so that they can be easily transferred to the battery passport. You will need to request some of these from your suppliers.
Decide whether you want to develop the battery passport yourself or implement it with a DPP provider.
Clarify any questions you may have about the EU Battery Regulation or the battery passport.
To achieve long-term efficiency, you should view the implementation of the battery passport as a process optimization project. Set up new processes to create the battery passport automatically and with as little manual effort as possible.
If you have any further questions about the battery passport, please feel free to contact us or register for our free webinar. We will be happy to assist you with the implementation of the battery passport.
