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Requirement · GPP-01Take account of the life-cycle environmental impacts of batteries when procuring batteries or products containing them.
Contracting authorities and contracting entities must comply, and this is law in force.
Why it matters
This is law in force, not a proposal.
- It is Art. 85(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 none, per procurement. as of 2026-09-04
The rule
New — no predecessor
Trigger
a public procurement of batteries or products containing batteries
Obligation
Take account of the life-cycle environmental impacts of batteries when procuring batteries or products containing them.
Who is affected
Addressee
Contracting authorities and contracting entities
Class
Governments
Sectors
Names Batteries and solar · Reaches Automotive
Applies
12 months after the first delegated act under Art. 85(3) enters into force. That act has not been adopted, so the date is not yet fixed
Burden drivers
D3 — 1 of 7 marks fire on this provision.
Source text
Verbatim
contracting entities, as defined in Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU shall, when procuring batteries or products containing batteries in situations covered by those Directives, take account of the environmental impacts of those batteries over their life cycle with a view to ensuring that such impacts are kept to a minimum.
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