EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 in Numbers

Name: EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 — key figures
Creator: LMTPASS

The key figures of the EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and the digital battery passport, with the official source for each. Figures reflect the regulation as published; verify against the consolidated EUR-Lex text for your specific case.

Last reviewed: June 2026

Key deadlines

18 Feb 2027 — Digital battery passport becomes mandatory for LMT, industrial (>2 kWh) and EV batteries placed on the EU market (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 77)
18 Aug 2027 — Supply-chain due-diligence obligations apply (Reg. (EU) 2025/1561)
18 Aug 2031 — Minimum recycled-content thresholds start to apply (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 8)

Scope thresholds

0 kWh — Capacity threshold for LMT batteries — in scope at any capacity (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542)
2 kWh — Capacity above which industrial batteries are in scope of the passport (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542)
All EV — Electric-vehicle batteries are in scope regardless of capacity (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542)

The digital passport

~80 — Data attributes each passport must expose, defined in Annex XIII (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Annex XIII)
3 tiers — Access levels: public, legitimate-interest (vetted), and authorities (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Annex XIII)
1 QR — Unique QR code / carrier per battery giving access to its passport (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 77)

Recycled-content minimums (from 2031, active materials)

16% — Minimum recycled cobalt in industrial, EV and SLI batteries (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 8)
6% — Minimum recycled lithium (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 8)
6% — Minimum recycled nickel (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 8)
85% — Minimum recycled lead (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 8)

Core obligations by article

Art. 7 — Carbon-footprint declaration per functional unit (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 7)
Art. 8 — Minimum recycled content of cobalt, lithium, nickel and lead (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 8)
Art. 52 — Supply-chain due-diligence policy and reporting (Reg. (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 52)

Sources

All figures are drawn from the primary legislation and official EU sources below. LMTPASS maintains this page as a public reference; you are welcome to cite it.

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