Passport and QR code
- Battery passport · 电池护照
An electronic record that goes with the battery, holding information on the battery model and on that one battery (Battery Regulation Art. 77(1) and 77(2)).
- QR code · 二维码
A machine-readable matrix code that links to information required by the regulation (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(24)).
- Unique identifier · 唯一标识
A unique string of characters that identifies a battery and also enables a web link to the battery passport (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(66)).
- Battery model · 电池型号
A version of a battery whose units all share the same technical characteristics relevant to the regulation's sustainability, safety, labelling, marking and information requirements, and the same model identifier (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(19)).
- Battery management system (BMS) · 电池管理系统
An electronic device that controls or manages the electric and thermal functions of a battery to ensure its safety, performance and service life, and that manages and stores the data used to determine its state of health (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(25)).
- Carbon footprint · 碳足迹
The sum of greenhouse gas emissions and removals in a product system, in carbon dioxide equivalents, based on a Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) study using the single impact category of climate change (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(21)).
Battery types
- Light means of transport (LMT) battery · 轻型交通工具电池
A sealed battery weighing 25 kg or less, specifically designed to power the traction of wheeled vehicles driven by an electric motor alone or by motor and human power, and that is not an electric vehicle battery (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(11)).
- Electric vehicle battery · 电动汽车电池
A battery specifically designed to power the traction of hybrid or electric vehicles of categories M, N or O, or of category L vehicles when it weighs more than 25 kg (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(14)).
- Industrial battery · 工业电池
A battery specifically designed for industrial uses, or any other battery that weighs more than 5 kg and is neither an electric vehicle, an LMT nor a starting battery (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(13)).
- Stationary battery energy storage system · 固定式电池储能系统
An industrial battery with internal storage, specifically designed to store from and deliver electric energy to the grid, or to store for and deliver to end-users, wherever and by whomever it is used (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(15)).
- Portable battery · 便携式电池
A sealed battery weighing 5 kg or less that is not designed specifically for industrial use and is neither an electric vehicle, an LMT nor a starting battery (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(9)).
- Starting, lighting and ignition (SLI) battery · 启动、照明和点火电池
A battery specifically designed to supply power for starting, lighting or ignition, which can also serve auxiliary or backup purposes in vehicles, other means of transport or machinery (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(12)).
Responsibility and registration
- Economic operator · 经济运营者
The manufacturer, authorised representative, importer, distributor, and anyone else with duties for making, placing on the market or putting batteries into service (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(22)). The passport duty falls on the economic operator that places the battery on the market (Art. 77(4)).
- Placing on the market · 投放市场
The first making available of a battery on the Union market (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(16)).
- Putting into service · 投入使用
The first use of a battery in the Union for its intended purpose, without having been placed on the market before (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(18)).
- Importer · 进口商
A natural or legal person established in the Union who places a battery from a third country on the Union market (Battery Regulation Art. 3(1)(64)).
- Notified body · 公告机构
A conformity assessment body notified in accordance with Chapter V of the Battery Regulation (Art. 3(1)(41)).
- EU registry (digital product passport registry) · 欧盟注册库
The information system the Commission establishes and maintains under Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 to register digital product passports (Registry Regulation Art. 2).
- Verified economic operator · 已验证经济运营者
An economic operator that has completed the identity verification process in the registry (Registry Regulation Art. 2 and 4).
- Qualified electronic seal · 合格电子印章
An electronic seal backed by a qualified certificate issued by a qualified trust service provider. A legal person can use it to verify its identity in the EU registry (Registry Regulation Art. 4).
Update dates and checks
- First published
- Last updated
- Checked against
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (Battery Regulation), Article 3 and others, consolidated text; Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778, Articles 2 and 4
- Checked
- Checked 2026-11-07 · by PassBridge
This guide is for reference and is not legal advice. When the rules change we update it and say so here.
