On July 28th, 2023, the Official Gazette of the European Union officially promulgated the regulation (EU)2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries, and abolished the primary battery directive 2006/66/EC. The new regulations came into effect on the 20th day after promulgation (i.e. August 17th, 2023).

Official original text of regulations:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/? uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2023.191.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2023%3A191%3ATOC

Release background:

Since the draft of the new EU battery regulation was issued in December 2020, the content and control requirements of the new battery regulation have changed greatly compared with the original EU battery directive, which has attracted great attention from battery manufacturers and upstream and downstream industries. After more than two years of consultation, discussion and content revision, the new EU battery regulation was finally officially promulgated and will take effect on August 17, 2023.

Scope of application:

The new battery regulations will apply to all types of batteries within the EU (except for military, aerospace, nuclear energy and other special purposes). According to different usage scenarios, the batteries are divided into the following five categories:

1. Portable battery/portable battery

sealed

Under 5kg

Do not belong to other types of batteries.

2. Start the lighting battery/starting, lighting and ignition battery.

Used for vehicle ignition, lighting, or starting.

Auxiliary or spare batteries for vehicles, other transportation or mechanical transportation equipment.

SLI battery for short

3. Light electric vehicle battery/light means of transport battery

sealed

Under 25kg

Drive an l-shaped vehicle

Do not belong to electric vehicle batteries.

LMT battery for short

4. Electric vehicle battery/electric vehicle battery

Battery for traction of hybrid or pure electric vehicle

Batteries used for L-type light vehicles, but weighing more than 25kg.

EV battery for short.

5. industrial battery/industrial battery

Or batteries for industrial use after reuse.

Or other batteries exceeding 5kg and not belonging to LMT/SLI/EV.

For these five types of batteries, the new battery regulations put forward detailed requirements from the following aspects:

-Sustainability and safety: including hazardous substances limitation, carbon footprint, recycled materials, performance and durability, battery removability and replaceability, safety, etc.

-Tag information

-Due diligence

-Waste battery management

-Battery passport

-Green public procurement

Among them, the requirements for limiting the composition of hazardous substances are summarized as follows:

Identification and information requirements:

General information: All batteries are attached with labels containing basic battery information, including manufacturer information, battery type, chemical composition, other harmful substances except lead, cadmium and mercury, key raw materials, etc.

Capacity information: rechargeable portable batteries, LMT batteries and SLI batteries should be labeled with their capacity information;

Individually collected symbols: trash can logo. For batteries with more than 0.002% cadmium or 0.004% lead, corresponding chemical element symbols (at least 1/4 of the size of trash can logo) should be added under the trash can logo;

Identification code: the battery should be attached with an identification code. For different types of batteries, the information contained in the identification code is different, and the identification code should be recognized and read by a general code reader (such as handheld communication equipment).

CE mark and EU declaration of conformity: CE mark should be affixed to the battery before it is put on the market or put into use.

Important reminder:

The introduction of the new EU battery regulations indicates that the EU's requirements for batteries have been upgraded to full-life cycle control, which will have a significant impact on domestic battery manufacturers and upstream and downstream industries. At the same time, it also brings greater challenges to related enterprises.

Remind all relevant enterprises to pay attention to the latest requirements in time to ensure the compliance and safety of products, so as to ensure that products can enter the EU market in compliance.

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