Battery passport

An electronic record required from 18 February 2027 for EV batteries and industrial batteries above 2 kWh, with information on the model and the individual battery.

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Battery storage · Stop 04What does a battery need for safety and permits?Safety tests in EU law, fire protection on site, the battery passport and second-life batteries: what a stationary system needs before and during operation.

Battery passport: from 18 February 2027, every industrial battery above 2 kWh, every EV battery and every battery for light means of transport placed on the market needs an electronic record with information on the model and the individual battery.

From “Passport and second life”, stop 04
  1. RepurposingUsing a battery, or parts of it, for a purpose other than the one it was designed for, such as a car battery in a stationary system.
  1. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries, Articles 3, 12, 14 and 77 and Annex V. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj. Checked 09 Oct 2026. © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.