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The EU Battery Passport, done right — before 18 Feb 2027.

PassPer ships a production-ready EU Battery Passport profile covering every Annex XIII field — industrial, EV, LMT and stationary batteries. Carbon footprint, due diligence, state-of-health, recycled content. One workflow, one engine.

EU Battery Passport · NMC 811

Voltaic VX-9

78 kWh EV battery pack · 2026
⚡ Industrial EU 2023/1542
87%
Audit-ready47 fields · 3 in review
Identification
ManufacturerVoltaic GmbH
Capacity78.0 kWh
ChemistryNMC 811
Carbon & circular
Carbon footprint132 kg CO₂e/kWh
Recycled content6.4% · verified
State-of-health99% (factory)
The stakes

The Battery Passport is the first hard DPP deadline.

Under EU Regulation 2023/1542, every industrial and EV battery placed on the EU market from 18 February 2027 requires a compliant Digital Product Passport. Non-compliant batteries lose market access. This is the moment the entire DPP regime becomes real.

18 Feb 2027
Mandatory enforcement date
214
Annex XIII data points per passport
€10k+
Per-unit fines for non-compliance
3-tier
Access (Public, Pro, Authority)
Who's on the hook

Every economic operator in the battery value chain.

⚡ Battery makers

Cell & pack manufacturers

Primary responsibility for the passport. Origin data, chemistry, carbon footprint, due diligence — all yours.

🚗 OEMs

Vehicle & equipment OEMs

When you integrate batteries into vehicles or equipment, you carry pass-through responsibility for the linked passport.

⚠ Importers

Importers & distributors

If you import a battery into the EU, you're the responsible economic operator — even if you didn't make it. The Importer Shield was built for you.

♻ Recyclers

Recyclers & second-life operators

Read access to professional and authority tiers. Update SoH, log second-life events, certify materials for re-entry.

🛠 Repairers

Authorised repairers

Professional-tier access. Diagnostics, part swaps and refurbishment events flow back into the passport.

🛂 Authorities

MSAs & customs

Authority-tier access. Signed evidence, chain of custody, due-diligence audit trail. We deliver bundles on SLA.

Annex XIII coverage

Every mandatory field. Every access tier. All shipped.

Our EU Battery Passport profile maps directly to Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 Annex XIII. Below: a representative slice. Full schema available to customers.

Field Description Access Status PassPer
General & identification
battery.model_identifier
Manufacturer's model name
Model, type and version of the batteryPublicMandatory✓ Auto-extract
battery.serial_number
GS1 SGTIN
Unique serial under GS1 Digital LinkPublicMandatory✓ Generated
battery.weight_kg
Total battery weight
In kilograms, ±0.1 kg precisionPublicMandatory✓ Auto-extract
Composition & materials
cell.chemistry
e.g. NMC, LFP, NCA
Cell chemistry family and ratiosPublicMandatory✓ Profile-coded
composition.critical_raw
CRM share by mass
Co, Li, Ni, natural graphite — per CRM ActProMandatory✓ Graph-derived
composition.recycled_content
% recycled, per material
Verified recycled cobalt, lithium, nickel, leadProMand. 2031✓ Supplier-attested
Carbon footprint
cf.kg_co2e_per_kwh
Cradle-to-gate
PEFCR-compliant footprint per kWhPublicMandatory✓ Auto-extract
cf.performance_class
A–G classification
Carbon footprint performance classPublicMand. 2028✓ Derived
Due diligence (Article 49)
dd.cobalt_origin
Country + mine
Provenance + due-diligence policy referenceAuthMandatory✓ Supplier portal
dd.audit_report
Third-party audit
Signed audit per IRMA / RMI / OECDAuthMandatory✓ Evidence vault
Performance & durability
perf.rated_capacity
Wh / Ah
At BoL, per test method in Annex IVPublicMandatory✓ Auto-extract
perf.state_of_health
% of rated
Live, updated by authorised repairersProMandatory✓ API + workflow
perf.expected_lifetime
Cycles + calendar
Manufacturer-declared expected service lifePublicMandatory✓ Auto-extract

+ 200 more fields covered. Full Annex XIII schema available under NDA.

Battery regulatory timeline

A calendar that does not move.

17 August 2023
Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 enters into force
The Batteries Regulation supersedes 2006/66/EC. Article 77 establishes the Battery Passport.
18 August 2024
CRM & due-diligence reporting kicks in
Sustainable raw material policies become mandatory for in-scope economic operators.
18 February 2027 — ... DAYS
Battery Passport mandatory · EV & industrial > 2 kWh
Every industrial and EV battery placed on the EU market requires a compliant Digital Product Passport accessible via QR / Digital Link. No passport, no market access.
2027–2028
LMT (light means of transport) batteries follow
E-bikes, e-scooters, e-mopeds and similar. Profile extension already drafted.
August 2031
Recycled-content minimums become binding
Minimum recycled cobalt, lithium, nickel and lead by mass. Pre-tracking required from day one.
August 2036
Stricter recycled-content thresholds
Recycled-content minimums escalate. The 2031 evidence trail is what you defend in 2036.
Why PassPer for batteries

Four reasons battery teams pick PassPer.

01

Annex XIII fully shipped, not promised

Every field in the 2023/1542 Annex XIII is in our production profile today. Including the recycled-content fields that don't bind until 2031 — because the evidence trail starts now.

02

State-of-health workflow built in

SoH is the field every other vendor punts on. We ship an authorised-repairer API + workflow so SoH updates flow into the passport for the life of the cell.

03

Due-diligence evidence vault

IRMA, RMI, OECD-aligned audit reports stored once, linked many times, expiry-tracked, renewal-chased. Authority tier on demand.

04

EU Registry adapter on launch day

When the ESPR/Battery registry goes live in July 2026, our adapter is already there. Your passports submit automatically — no manual upload.

Frequently asked

Battery Passport questions, answered.

Does the Battery Passport apply to my product?

The Battery Passport (Article 77 of Regulation 2023/1542) applies to all EV batteries, all LMT (light means of transport) batteries, and all industrial batteries with capacity > 2 kWh placed on the EU market from 18 February 2027. Portable consumer batteries and SLI batteries are exempt from the passport requirement (but other parts of the regulation still apply). If you are unsure, our pod can scope your obligation in 30 minutes.

What about importers — who's responsible for the passport?

The economic operator placing the battery on the EU market is responsible. For imported batteries, that's the importer — even if you didn't design or manufacture the cell. This is exactly the gap our Importer Shield surface was built for. See For Importers.

Do I need separate passports for each cell, or one per pack?

Annex XIII requires passports at the battery model level, with serial-number traceability per unit. PassPer models this natively: one profile per model, instantiated per serial, with cell-level claims linked through the product graph.

How do you handle confidential due-diligence data?

Due-diligence evidence (cobalt origin, audit reports, supplier IDs) lives behind the Authority access tier. It's only accessible to authenticated regulators, MSAs and customs authorities — never to consumers or competitors. Public-tier data shows only the high-level outcome (e.g. "DRC, IRMA-audited").

What if my suppliers won't share carbon-footprint data?

Welcome to the central problem in DPP work. PassPer solves it on three fronts: (1) the Supplier Portal makes responding frictionless — no account required; (2) our compliance pod (under PaaS) chases on your behalf in your suppliers' language; (3) verified supplier profiles let your suppliers reuse declarations across other buyers, reducing the marginal cost of saying yes.

How does the QR / Digital Link work physically?

Every passport ships with a GS1 Digital Link URI. You can render it as a QR code, NFC tag, RFID, or Data Matrix. The minimum is one resolver-readable identifier on the battery itself (etched, printed, or embedded). The same identifier is the canonical passport URL across consumer, repairer and authority access tiers.

What happens after the battery enters second life?

The passport survives. Second-life operators get Pro-tier access, can log SoH updates, ownership transfers, and material declarations. When the battery enters recycling, the passport feeds into the EU recycled-content registry automatically.

days. Start now.

Book a 20-minute Battery Passport demo. We'll walk through Annex XIII on your product line.