Draw up a carbon footprint declaration for each battery model per manufacturing site, giving the site's geographic location and the battery's carbon footprint in kg CO2-equivalent per kWh delivered over its service life.

Manufacturers of electric vehicle, rechargeable industrial and LMT batteries must comply, and this is law in force.

Why it matters

This is law in force, not a proposal.

It is Art. 7(1), in the Batteries Regulation. as of 2026-09-04
It names one industry by name: Batteries and solar. as of 2026-09-04
Compliance is checked by notified body, per model per site. as of 2026-09-04

Addressee Manufacturers of electric vehicle, rechargeable industrial and LMT batteriesAct Regulation (EU) 2023/1542Article Art. 7(1)Class Businesses

The rule

New — no predecessor

Trigger

each battery model, at each manufacturing site

Obligation

Draw up a carbon footprint declaration for each battery model per manufacturing site, giving the site's geographic location and the battery's carbon footprint in kg CO2-equivalent per kWh delivered over its service life.

Who is affected

Addressee

Manufacturers of electric vehicle, rechargeable industrial and LMT batteries

Class

Businesses

Sectors

Names Batteries and solar · Reaches Automotive

Applies

Staggered by battery category (Art. 7(1), second subparagraph), each date being the later of the date given and the interval stated after the delegated and implementing acts enter into force: electric vehicle batteries 18 February 2025 or 12 months; rechargeable industrial batteries except those with exclusively external storage 18 February 2026 or 18 months; LMT batteries 18 August 2028 or 18 months; rechargeable industrial batteries with external storage 18 August 2030 or 18 months. Neither act has been adopted, so none of the dates is yet fixed

Burden drivers

D1 · D3 — 2 of 7 marks fire on this provision.

Source text

Verbatim

For electric vehicle batteries, rechargeable industrial batteries with a capacity greater than 2 kWh and LMT batteries a carbon footprint declaration shall be drawn up for each battery model per manufacturing plant, in accordance with the implementing act referred to in the fourth subparagraph and containing, at least, the following information: (a) administrative information about the manufacturer; (b) information about the battery model; (c) information about the geographic location of the battery manufacturing plant; (d) the carbon footprint of the battery, calculated as kg of carbon dioxide equivalent per one kWh of the total energy provided by the battery over its expected service life; (e) the carbon footprint of the battery differentiated according to life cycle stage as described in point 4 of Annex II; (f) the identification number of the EU declaration of conformity of the battery; (g) a web link giving access to a public version of the study supporting the carbon footprint values referred to in points (d) and (e).

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