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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport/batteries",
 "title": "Battery Digital Product Passport Requirements",
 "description": "LMT, industrial over 2 kWh and electric-vehicle batteries, placed on the EU market or put into service. What the passport holds, and who may read which part.",
 "territory": "dpp",
 "category": "batteries",
 "direct_answer": "The EU Battery Passport is an adopted legal requirement under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. From **18 February 2027**, each **light means of transport (LMT) battery**, each **industrial battery with a capacity greater than 2 kWh** and each **electric-vehicle battery** placed on the EU market or put into service must have an electronic battery passport.",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-07",
 "verified_label": "Last verified",
 "datePublished": "2026-09-02",
 "dateModified": "2026-10-07",
 "legislation": [
  {
   "@id": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport#legislation-32024r1781",
   "celex": "32024R1781",
   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, ESPR",
   "legislationDate": "2024-06-13"
  },
  {
   "@id": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport/batteries#legislation-32023r1542",
   "celex": "32023R1542",
   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, Battery passport Articles 77-78",
   "legislationDate": "2023-07-12"
  }
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 "primary_sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1542-20250731",
   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries, especially Articles 13, 77 and 78, Annex VI and Annex XIII. Consolidated text current to 31 July 2025 with later corrigenda listed by EUR-Lex: Original ELI"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/guidance-support-preparations-digital-batteries-passport-2026-08-21_en",
   "name": "European Commission, Guidance to support preparations for the Digital Batteries Passport, 21 August 2026. The Commission states that the 71-data-point guidance does not introduce additional legal requirements and is not an authoritative interpretation"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/digital-product-passport_en",
   "name": "European Commission, Digital Product Passport implementation timeline, including indicative Q4 2026 Battery access-rights implementing act"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/digital-product-passport-registry-now-live-2026-07-20_en",
   "name": "European Commission, DPP Registry now live, 20 July 2026"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/digital-product-passport/batteries_en",
   "name": "European Commission, Digital Product Passport for Batteries, current implementation overview"
  }
 ],
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#access-rights",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#digital-product-passport",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#dpp-registry",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#economic-operator",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#espr",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#implementing-act",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#legitimate-interest",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#market-surveillance",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#qr-code"
 ],
 "watch": [
  {
   "fact": "The Article 77(9) access implementing act was not identified as adopted as at 7 October 2026. The roadmap places it in Q4 2026, indicative.",
   "event": "Commission adopts the Article 77(9) implementing act on legitimate-interest access to Battery Passport data",
   "source": "/knowledge/digital-product-passport/batteries/access-rights"
  }
 ],
 "decisions": [
  {
   "state": "operator declares",
   "point": "The battery passport itself",
   "because": "Adopted under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and mandatory from 18 February 2027 for covered LMT, industrial and electric-vehicle batteries."
  },
  {
   "state": "not required yet",
   "point": "The detailed legitimate-interest access rules",
   "because": "The Article 77(9) implementing act was not identified as adopted as at 1 September 2026."
  }
 ],
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