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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport/batteries/access-rights",
 "title": "Which Battery Passport Data Is Public, Restricted or Limited to Legitimate-Interest Users?",
 "description": "Annex XIII of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 splits the Battery Passport into four tiers, from public to regulators only. The Article 77(9) access act is pending.",
 "territory": "dpp",
 "category": "batteries",
 "direct_answer": "**Battery Passport information is not all public. Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 splits it across the four points of Annex XIII, from information anyone can read to information only a notified body, a market-surveillance authority or the Commission can see.**",
 "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/batteries#legislation-32023r1542",
   "celex": "32023R1542",
   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, Battery passport Articles 77-78",
   "legislationDate": "2023-07-12"
  }
 ],
 "primary_sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/digital-product-passport_en",
   "name": "European Commission, Digital Product Passport, current implementation timeline checked 7 October 2026. Shows Battery Access Rights Implementing Act in Q4 2026 and the Battery Passport milestone on 18 February 2027."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/document/download/cd1e5e6c-4a4a-4b99-995a-49eb6916187e_en?filename=Digital+Batteries+Passport+-+data+point+by+category.pdf",
   "name": "European Commission, Guidance Document: Digital Batteries Passport – data points by category, version 2.0, 15 August 2026. Used to cross-check public/restricted data-point organisation and applicability by battery category."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202601778",
   "name": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778 of 16 July 2026, laying down rules for the Digital Product Passport Registry. EUR-Lex"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/digital-product-passport/batteries_en",
   "name": "European Commission, Digital Product Passport – Batteries, checked 1 September 2026. Describes the decentralised architecture, Battery Passport scope and Registry status."
  }
 ],
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#digital-product-passport",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#dpp-registry",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#dpp-service-provider",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#economic-operator",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#gtin",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#implementing-act",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#legitimate-interest",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#qr-code"
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 "watch": [
  {
   "fact": "Article 77(9) required the access implementing act by 18 August 2026. It was not identified as adopted as at 7 October 2026.",
   "event": "Commission adopts the Article 77(9) implementing act on legitimate-interest access to Battery Passport data",
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  }
 ],
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