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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport/batteries/2027-readiness",
 "title": "How Do You Prepare a Battery Passport for February 2027 While Rules Move?",
 "description": "A dated September 2026 guide to Battery Passport readiness for 18 February 2027: what is fixed, what can be tested now and what should remain configurable.",
 "territory": "dpp",
 "category": "batteries",
 "direct_answer": "Under the adopted Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 the Battery Passport obligation starts on **[18 February 2027](https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport/timeline)** for the covered battery categories. The legal start date does not move while implementation detail is still arriving. So the question is what to build now, what to test and what to keep configurable.",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-07",
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 "datePublished": "2026-09-06",
 "dateModified": "2026-10-07",
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   "@id": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/evidence/how-product-evidence-travels-downstream#legislation-32026d1736",
   "celex": "32026D1736",
   "name": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1736",
   "legislationDate": "2026-07-14"
  },
  {
   "@id": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/regulation/how-to-register-a-dpp-eu-registry#legislation-32026r1778",
   "celex": "32026R1778",
   "name": "EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2026/1778",
   "legislationDate": "2026-07-16"
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   "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1542-20240718",
   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries, EUR-Lex"
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   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/digital-product-passport_en",
   "name": "European Commission Digital Product Passport implementation page"
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  {
   "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"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://thebatterypass.eu/news/now-published-data-attribute-longlist-v2-0-and-data-model-v2-0/",
   "name": "BatteryPass-Ready Data Attribute Longlist v2.0 and Data Model v2.0 release"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://thebatterypass.eu/press-release/batterypass-ready-launches-test-environment-for-digital-battery-passport/",
   "name": "BatteryPass-Ready test environment launch"
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  {
   "url": "https://thebatterypass.eu/battery-pass-ready/resources/",
   "name": "BatteryPass-Ready resources and Technical User Stories"
  }
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#dpp-registry",
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 "watch": [
  {
   "fact": "The Commission still shows the battery access-rights implementing act for Q4 2026.",
   "event": "Commission adopts the Article 77(9) implementing act on legitimate-interest access to Battery Passport data",
   "source": "/knowledge/digital-product-passport/batteries/2027-readiness"
  },
  {
   "fact": "The September 2026 decision on the two remaining DPP standards had not been published as at 7 October 2026.",
   "event": "Commission decides on the two remaining horizontal DPP standards",
   "source": "/knowledge/status/standards"
  }
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