The passport date
Article 77 applies from 18 February 2027 to the specified battery categories placed on the EU market or put into service. The date does not automatically create a retrospective obligation for every battery already in use.
Prepare before the first affected shipment
- Confirm your role and classify the battery.
- Compare factory documentation with the required data points.
- Separate shared model data from information about each battery.
- Agree identifiers, QR-code placement, access rights and hosting.
- Arrange validation, registration and an update process.
Check dates at data-field level
Not every requirement starts on the same day. Some data points depend on the category, another legal obligation or later implementation dates. Use the Commission’s current data-point guidance and the relevant legal provisions, rather than treating February 2027 as a single deadline for every possible field.
Official sources
Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, particularly Articles 13, 77 and 78 and Annex XIII. See the European Commission’s battery passport guidance and FAQ for explanations and data-point guidance. Consult the current consolidated legislation for your situation.
General information, not an assessment of an individual battery’s compliance. Content basis reviewed on 14 October 2026.