Guides
Field pages answer what a given field means. Guides answer what you have to do. Each one links several fields together and updates when our rule set updates.
What you have already missed: battery regulation duties that started before the 2027 deadline
The 18 February 2027 deadline overshadows duties that started in 2024 and 2025. Here are the ones already running — with article and date.
Duties already running todayBattery importer: what to demand from your supplier before you sign
An importer is treated as a manufacturer, yet the supplier holds most of the evidence. What the contract must say if you are ever to obtain it.
Fields whose evidence sits with the supplierWhat you do not owe yet: battery passport duties that have not fallen due
Some Annex XIII fields do not fall due until 2028 or later, and some have no absolute date at all. You should not be paying to prepare those today.
Fields that have not fallen dueWho is in scope for the battery passport, and who is not
Which battery categories are covered, why an importer often acts as manufacturer, and where the regulation sets a threshold that removes some duties entirely.
What this means in practice18 February 2027: what exactly happens, and what about stock in the warehouse
The trigger is not the date of manufacture but the first making available on the market. Stock not yet supplied by then will therefore need a passport.
The practical consequence for planning