A Full Guide to the EU Digital Battery Passport
Battery regulation is changing. The Digital Battery Passport mandate takes effect on 18 February 2027. This guide tells procurement, sustainability, compliance and supply chain teams what to prepare and when.
The Digital Battery Passport is not just a QR code. It is a lifecycle data transformation under EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542, covering EV batteries, light transport batteries and industrial batteries of 2 kWh or more placed on the EU market. Each passport must track lifecycle data, carbon footprint, material composition, recycled content, performance, durability, safety and end-of-life information.
If your company places in-scope batteries on the EU market, you are already in scope.
Why February 2027 is already urgent
Mapping supplier data, calculating product carbon footprints at BOM level and establishing governance structures all take months, not weeks. Companies that wait risk incomplete data, higher assumed emissions, delayed passport generation and market access disruption.
- 80+ data fields required per passport
- 18 February 2027 Digital Battery Passport deadline
- 3 battery categories in scope: EV, light transport and industrial batteries of 2 kWh or more
- QR code access required for passport information
- Traceability required for lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and other critical materials
- Static and dynamic data must be managed with controlled access rights
- Non-compliance can lead to market access denial, vehicle sales prohibition or component rejection at EU borders
Download the Full Guide to the EU Digital Battery Passport
What is inside the guide
Everything you need to know. Written for the teams responsible for turning regulation into operational readiness.
- The full Digital Battery Passport timeline and what each milestone means operationally
- Which batteries are in scope and why product portfolios must be assessed now
- Who is legally responsible when a battery is first placed on the EU market
- The 80+ data fields required per passport and what they mean for supplier, product, carbon and lifecycle data
- Static vs dynamic data explained and why access control matters
- How to build the four-layer data platform for traceability, audit trails, QR-code access and reporting
- Why emissions and materials data quality determine compliance cost, audit readiness and market access
- How carbmee EIS™ supports product carbon footprint calculation, supplier engagement, QR-code generation and compliance monitoring
- A seven-step roadmap to prepare before February 2027
Download the Ultimate Guide to the EU Digital Battery Passport
Prepare your organisation for the Digital Battery Passport mandate on 18 February 2027 and understand the data, traceability and compliance steps needed before the deadline.