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From 18 February 2027, EV, e-bike (LMT) and industrial batteries over 2 kWh placed on the EU market must carry a battery passport — and the carbon-footprint declaration already bites today. What's caught, who's responsible, what's already owed, and what's coming next.
Do e-bike batteries need a battery passport?
Yes — e-bike and e-scooter packs are LMT batteries, in scope from 18 Feb 2027 with no capacity threshold. The confusion that catches the most brands.
Read the guide → Deadline · dataWhat must be behind the QR code on 18 February 2027
The four data categories — identity, technical, sustainability, circularity — and who holds each one under Article 77 and Annex XIII.
Read the guide → ResponsibilityImporters: you are probably the economic operator
If you import — or build batteries into your own equipment — you usually own the passport, not the overseas cell maker. The responsibility trap.
Read the guide → Already in forceThe battery carbon-footprint rule already applies
Not a 2027 problem: EV batteries since Feb 2025, industrial > 2 kWh since Feb 2026, under Article 7. Offsets not allowed. The "you're already late" page.
Read the guide → DPP · ESPRBattery passport vs the Digital Product Passport
The battery passport is the EU's first mandatory DPP. What the ESPR (2024/1781) brings next for textiles, electronics and more.
Read the guide → UK exportersThe EU battery passport for UK exporters
Selling into the EU market? Brexit does not exempt you — the passport follows the market, not the seller. Who the EU-facing operator is, and what to do now.
Read the guide →Screen your own batteries
The guides explain the rules. The report applies them to your products — category, your role, who owns the passport, what's already owed — with the supplier data-request letters.
Check my batteries → get my battery passport report