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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport/batteries/second-life",
 "title": "What Happens to a Battery Passport After Reuse, Repurposing or Remanufacturing?",
 "description": "Learn when EU battery second-life operations require a new linked Battery Passport, who becomes responsible and what happens to lifecycle data.",
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 "direct_answer": "A Battery Passport is **not simply overwritten when a battery enters a second life**. Article 77(7) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 requires a **new passport, linked to the original**, once a battery has been prepared for re-use, prepared for repurposing, repurposed or remanufactured.",
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   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, Battery passport Articles 77-78",
   "legislationDate": "2023-07-12"
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   "name": "European Commission, Digital Product Passport for Batteries. Current implementation overview and Battery Passport timing."
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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 timeline. Current status of the Battery access-rights implementing act."
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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, 21 August 2026. Used as non-binding implementation context only."
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