Die EU-Batterieverordnung

The EU Battery Regulation
New duties for stakeholders in the battery industry

(Please note: This title is only available in German!)

It is impossible to imagine our modern world without batteries and accumulators. They provide devices with energy; from smartphones to EVs, and for many applications, there is simply no alternative. But they also come with considerable potential to cause damage to the environment and therefore also to humans.

From 18 February 2024, the new EU Battery Regulation should provide for greater sustainability and safety by establishing binding provisions for aspects such as recycling, labelling, producer responsibility, increase in collection rate and more. All phases of a battery/accumulator’s life cycle are covered by the new regulation.

What this means in concrete terms for manufacturers and users is summarized clearly and illustratively in this DIN Media Legal volume. The book is a concise and easy-to-understand guide to the new tasks that arise from the EU Battery Regulation. The following points are introduced with a particular focus on practical application:

• Scope
• Battery passport
• Conformity assessment
• Producer responsibility
• Due diligence requirements in the supply chain
• and much more
   

Comprehensive working aid for the ideal introduction to the new EU regulation

Sustainability, safety and labelling requirements: With the 2024 EU Battery Regulation, battery law has been completely restructured and made more precise and broader than before. Performance, durability, supply chain responsibility and carbon footprints are just some of the aspects that manufacturers, importers and other stakeholders in the battery industry now need to be aware of and apply. This book was conceptualized as a guide for the new practice and should make the transition to the new regulation as simple and efficient as possible. With this in mind, the book contains the following, among other things:

• Full text of the EU Battery Regulation
  Always on hand to refer to: The annex provides the complete text of the EU Battery Regulation in its current version.
   
• Clearly structured chapters on all important aspects
  Which roles, obligations and responsibilities are there according to the new EU Battery Regulation? How is conformity assessed and proven? Which obligations arise along the supply chain? What obligations are there regarding documentation and information? These questions and many more are answered clearly in the book in easy-to-understand language.
   
• Tabular overview and timeline
  For better clarity, the book contains a tabular overview of the obligations by battery type and a visual depiction of the obligations throughout the life cycle of the battery.

“Die EU-Batterieverordnung – Neue Pflichten für Akteure der Batteriewirtschaft” is a valuable aid for an uncomplicated start in putting the new EU Battery Regulation into practice.
 

Included in this book:

• Introduction
• Scope of the Battery Regulation, definitions and allocation of roles
• Obligations regarding sustainable battery design
• Labelling and battery passport
• Conformity assessment for batteries (Art. 15 ff. Battery Regulation)
• Allocation of obligations according to roles (Art. 38 ff. Battery Regulation)
• Due diligence requirements in the supply chain (Art. 47 ff. Battery Regulation)
• Extended producer responsibility (Art. 54 ff. Battery Regulation)
• Preparation for re-use, preparation for repurposing, repurposing or remanufacturing
• Overview of the obligations and timeline
• Annex: Full text of the EU Battery Regulation

This book is for:
Manufacturing companies, importers and distributors of batteries and accumulators, intermediary trade, operators of electronic marketplaces, technical consulting firms, law firms, public authorities, certification bodies